Θευδᾶς

Θευδᾶς, ᾶ, ὁ (CIG 2684; 3563; 5689; BCH 11, 1887, 213–15) Theudas, the short form of a name compounded w. θεός, but perh. not Θεόδωρος, since in CIG 3920=SIG 1229 two brothers Theodore and Theudas are mentioned (s. B-D-F §125, 2; Mlt-H. 88; 91). Ac 5:36 mentions a Jewish insurrectionist named Theudas; the only such pers. known to history revolted and was killed in the time of the procurator Cuspius Fadus, 44 A.D. and later (Jos., Ant. 20, 97–99). For the grave chronological difficulties here s. the comm., e.g. Haenchen and Beginn. IV ad loc.—Schürer I 456 (lit. here, note 6); JSwain, HTR 37, ’44, 341–49.—New Docs 4, 183–85 (ins w. numerous orthographic variations). M-M.