Alphaeus is mentioned 4 times in scripture, across 4 books of the New Testament. First named in scripture around 31 AD.
The father of James the Less, the apostle and writer of the epistle (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15; Acts 1:13), and the husband of Mary (John 19:25). The Hebrew form of this name is Cleopas, or Clopas (q.v.).