Dictionaries :: Judas

Judas:

the Graecized form of Judah. (1.) The patriarch (Mat 1:2,3).

(2.) Son of Simon (Jhn 6:71; 13:2,26), surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (Jos 15:25). His name is uniformly the last in the list of the apostles, as given in the synoptic (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The evil of his nature probably gradually unfolded itself till "Satan entered into him" (Jhn 13:27), and he betrayed our Lord (18:3). Afterwards he owned his sin with "an exceeding bitter cry," and cast the money he had received as the wages of his iniquity down on the floor of the sanctuary, and "departed and went and hanged himself" (Mat 27:5). He perished in his guilt, and "went unto his own place" (Act 1:25). The statement in Act 1:18 that he "fell headlong and burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out," is in no way contrary to that in Mat 27:5. The sucide first hanged himself, perhaps over the valley of Hinnom, "and the rope giving way, or the branch to which he hung breaking, he fell down headlong on his face, and was crushed and mangled on the rocky pavement below."

Why such a man was chosen to be an apostle we know not, but it is written that "Jesus knew from the beginning who should betray him" (Jhn 6:64). Nor can any answer be satisfactorily given to the question as to the motives that led Judas to betray his Master. "Of the motives that have been assigned we need not care to fix on any one as that which simply led him on. Crime is, for the most part, the result of a hundred motives rushing with bewildering fury through the mind of the criminal."

(3.) A Jew of Damascus (Act 9:11), to whose house Ananias was sent. The street called "Straight" in which it was situated is identified with the modern "street of bazaars," where is still pointed out the so-called "house of Judas."

(4.) A Christian teacher, surnamed Barsabas. He was sent from Jerusalem to Antioch along with Paul and Barnabas with the decision of the council (Act 15:22,27,32). He was a "prophet" and a "chief man among the brethren."

Judas:

Jude, same as Judah

Judas:

joo'-das (Ioudas; Greek form of Hebrew "Judah"):

(1) A Levite mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:23 = JUDAH (3).

(2) Judas Maccabeus, 3rd son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:4).

See MACCABEES.

(3) Judas, son of Chalphi, a Jewish officer who supported Jonathan bravely at the battle of Hazor (1 Macc 11:70; Ant, XIII, v, 7).

(4) A person of good position in Jerusalem at the time of the mission to Aristobulus (2 Macc 1:10); he has been identified with Judas Maccabeus and also with an Essene prophet (Ant., XIII, xi, 2; BJ, III, 5).

(5) Son of Simon the Maccabee, and brother of John Hyrcanus (1 Macc 16:2). He was wounded in the battle which he fought along with his brother against Cendebeus (1 Macc 16:1 ff; Ant, XIII, vii, 3), and was murdered by Ptolemy the usurper, his brother-in-law, at Dok (1 Macc 16:11 ff).

Written by J. Hutchinson

Judas: 1. Surnamed Iscariot

Chosen as an apostle,

Mat 10:4; Mar 3:19; Luk 6:16; Act 1:17.

The treasurer of the disciples,

Jhn 12:6; 13:29.

His greed exemplified

by his protest against the breaking of the container of ointment,

Jhn 12:4-6;

by his bargaining to betray Jesus for a sum of money,

Mat 26:14-16; Mar 14:10,11; Luk 22:3-6; Jhn 13:2.

His apostasy,

Jhn 17:12.

Betrays the Lord Jesus,

Mat 26:47-50; Mar 14:43-45; Luk 22:47-49; Jhn 18:2-5; Act 1:16-25.

Returns the money to the rulers of the Jews,

Mat 27:3-10.

Hangs himself,

Mat 27:5; Act 1:18.

Prophecies concerning,

Mat 26:21-25; Mar 14:18-21; Luk 22:21-23; Jhn 13:18-26; 17:12; Act 1:16, 20; with Psa 41:9; 109:8; Zec 11:12, 13.

Judas: 2. One of the Brethren (Physical Half-Brothers) of Jesus

Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3

Judas: 3. Brother of James

And (probably the) writer of the epistle of Jude,

Luk 6:16; Act 1:13; Jud 1:1.

Judas: 4. An Apostle

Probably identical with Lebbaeus, or Thaddaeus,

Jhn 14:22.

Judas: 5. Of Galilee

Who stirred up a sedition among the Jews soon after the birth of Jesus,

Act 5:37.

Judas: 6. A Disciple Who Hosted Paul

Act 9:11

Judas: 7. Surnamed Barsabas

A Christian sent to Antioch of Syria with Paul and Barnabas,

Act 15:22-32.

Judas:

the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah, occurring in the LXX, and the New Testament.

(1.) The patriarch Judah (Matthew 1:2-3).

(2.) A man residing at Damascus, in "the street which is called Straight," in whose house Saul of Tarsus lodged after his miraculous conversion (Acts 9:11).

(3.)surnamed Barsabas, a leading member of the apostolic church at Jerusalem (Acts 15:22) endued with the gift of prophesy, verse (Acts 15:32) chosen with Silas to accompany Paul and Barnabas as delegates to the church at Antioch (A.D. 47) Later, Judas went back to Jerusalem.