Judas Iscariot
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Judas Iscariot
Yəhûḏ
āh Κ-qəriyyô
ʾ
ṯ
was, according tothe New Testament,one of the twelve original Apostlesof Jesus. Among the twelve, he was
apparently designated to keep account of the "money bag" (Grk. γλωσσόκομον),
but he is mosttraditionally known for his role in Jesus' betrayalinto the hands of Roman authorities.
His name is also associated with aGnostic gospel, theGospel of Judas, that exists in an early
fourth centuryCoptic text. Judas has been a figure of great interest to esoteric groups, such as
manyGnosticsects, and has also been the subject of many philosophical writings, including
Judas
has entered many languages as a synonym for
betrayer
, and Judas has becomethe archetype of the betrayer in Western art and literature. Judas is given some role in virtually allliterature telling thePassion story, and appears in a number of modern novels and movies.
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In theGreek New Testament, Judas Iscariot is called Ιούδας Ισκάριωθ (Ioúdas Iskáriōth) and
Ισκαριώτης (
Iskariṓ
tēs). "Judas" (spelled "Ioudas" in ancient Greek and "Iudas" in Latin, pronounced yudas' in both) is the Greek form of the common name
ˈ
Judah(הדוהי, Y
e
hûdâh,Hebrew for "God is praised"). The same Greek spelling underlies other names in the NewTestament that are traditionally rendered differently in English:Judah and Jude.
The precise significance of "Iscariot," however, is uncertain. There are two major theories on itsetymology:
•
The most likely explanation derives
Iscariot
Κ-Qrîyôth
, that is"man of Kerioth." The Gospel of John refers to Judas as "son of Simon Iscariot" (John
6:71), implying that it was not Judas, but his father, who came from here.
Somespeculate that
Kerioth
•
Thesewere a cadre of assassins among Jewish rebels intent on driving the Romans out of Judea.However, many historians maintain that the sicariionly arose in the 40s or 50s of the 1st
century, in which case Judas could not have been a member .
Judas is mentioned in thesynoptic gospels, the Gospel of John and at the beginning of Acts of
the Apostles. Mark also states that the chief priests were looking for a "sly" way to arrest Jesus.
They determine not to do so during the feast because they were afraid that the people would riot;
instead, they chose the night before the feast to arrest him.Satan enters Judas at this time, as
described by theGospel of Luke.
According to the account given in the Gospel of John, Judas carried the disciples' money bag
by identifying him with a kiss—"thekiss of Judas"—to arresting soldiers of the High PriestCaiaphas, who then turned Jesus over to
Pontius Pilate's soldiers. These "pieces of silver" were most likely intended to be understood assilver Tyrian shekels.
[edit
] Death
•
The
says that, after Jesus' arrest by the Roman authorities (but beforehis execution), the guilt-ridden Judas returned the bribe to the priests and committed
suicideby hanging himself. The priests, forbidden by Jewish law from returning themoney to the treasury, used it to buy the potter's field
in order to bury strangers. TheGospel account
presents this as a fulfilment of prophecy.
•
The
says that Judas used the bribe to buy a field, but fell down, and
. This field is called Akeldama
or
Field Of Blood
.
Another account was preserved by the early Christian leader, Papias: "Judas walked about in this
world a sad example of impiety; for his body having swollen to such an extent that he could not pass where a chariot could pass easily, he was crushed by the chariot, so that his bowels gushedout."
Judas Iscariot
1891 by Nikolai GeRaymond E. Browngave the contradictory accounts of the death of Judas as an example of anobvious contradiction in the Bible texts: "Luke's account of the death of Judas in Acts 1:18 isscarcely reconcilable with Matt 27:3-10."
This problem was one of the points that caused C. S.Lewis, for example, to reject the view "that every statement in Scripture must be historicaltruth".
such as thatJudas hanged himself in the field, and afterwards the rope snapped, and his body burst open onthe ground,
stating that the Matthew account is amidrashic exposition that allows the author to present the event as a fulfillment of prophetic passages from the Old Testament. They argue that the author adds imaginative details such as thethirty pieces of silver, and the fact that Judas hangs himself, to an earlier tradition about Judas'sdeath.
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