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Judas Iscariot in the Bible.

Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. The King James Version names Judas Iscariot in 23 verses, from Matthew 10:4 to Acts 1:25.

Judas Iscariot’s own words.

Judas Iscariot speaks in 9 verses of the King James Version: 5 in Matthew, 2 in Mark, 2 in John.

His first words in the Bible
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 26:15 ›

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Who Judas Iscariot was.

Son of Simon (John 6:71; 13:2, 26), surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (Josh. 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” (John 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” (Matt. 27:5). He perished in his guilt, and “went unto his own place” (Acts 1:25). The statement in Acts 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 Matt. 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” (John 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.”

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Judas Iscariot’s story.

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All 23 verses that name Judas Iscariot.

Matthew 5

  • Matthew 10:4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
  • Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
  • Matthew 26:25Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
  • Matthew 26:47And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  • Matthew 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

Mark 3

  • Mark 3:19And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.
  • Mark 14:10And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
  • Mark 14:43And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

Luke 4

  • Luke 6:16And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
  • Luke 22:3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
  • Luke 22:47And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
  • Luke 22:48But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

John 9

  • John 6:71He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
  • John 12:4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
  • John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
  • John 13:26Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
  • John 13:29For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
  • John 14:22Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
  • John 18:2And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
  • John 18:3Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
  • John 18:5They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

Acts 2

  • Acts 1:16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • Acts 1:25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

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Questions about Judas Iscariot.

Who was Judas Iscariot in the Bible?

Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. The King James Version names Judas Iscariot in 23 verses, from Matthew 10:4 to Acts 1:25.

Where does Judas Iscariot speak in the Bible?

In 9 verses of the King James Version, most of them in Matthew. His first words are in Matthew 26:15.

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