3.] Many others followed him habitually, and recognized him as their master--a certain Philip of Bethsaida; Nathanael, son of Tolmai or Ptolemy, of Cana, perhaps a disciple of the first period;[1] and Matthew, probably the one who was the Xenophon of the infant Christianity.

The latter had been a publican, and, as such, doubtless handled the _Kalam_ more easily than the others.

Perhaps it was this that suggested to him the idea of writing the _Logia_,[2] which are the basis of what we know of the teachings of Jesus.

Among the disciples are also mentioned Thomas, or Didymus,[3] who doubted sometimes, but who appears to have been a man of warm heart and of generous sympathies;[4] one Lebbaeus, or Thaddeus; Simon Zelotes,[5] perhaps a disciple of Judas the Gaulonite, belonging to the party of the _Kenaim_, which was formed about that time, and which was soon to play so great a part in the movements of the Jewish people.

Lastly, Judas, son of Simon, of the town of Kerioth, who was an exception in the faithful flock, and drew upon himself such a terrible notoriety.
He was the only one who was not a Galilean.