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Judas of Galilee
Judas of Galilee was a Jew who led an uprising against a Roman census in the early first century AD. In Acts 5:37, Gamaliel cites him as an example of a failed movement.
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- Judas of GalileePeople
Judas of Galilee is a figure mentioned by Gamaliel in Acts 5:37. According to the account, he rose up in the days of the taxing (the census) and drew people after him, but he perished, and those who followed him were scattered.
- Isaiah 9:1–7Bible Verses
Isaiah 9:1–7 is a prophecy proclaiming that light will shine on the land of Galilee, darkened by the Assyrian invasion, and that a child will be born who will reign on the throne of David with judgment and with justice. Christians read it as a prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ and of his ministry in Galilee, and it is widely read at Christmas.
- Judas (of Damascus)People
Judas was a man whose house stood on the street called Straight in Damascus. Saul (Paul), blinded immediately after his conversion, stayed in his house. Judas is named only once, in Acts 9:11.
- ThaddaeusPeople
Thaddaeus was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark call him "Thaddaeus," while the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts record him as "Judas the son of James." The two names are commonly understood to refer to the same person.
- Ananias of DamascusPeople
Ananias of Damascus was a disciple in Damascus, mentioned in Acts 9 and 22, who laid his hands on the newly converted Saul (Paul), restoring his sight and leading him to be baptized.
- Books of the MaccabeesBible
The Books of the Maccabees are writings that record the Jewish resistance to persecution under the Seleucid dynasty in the second century BC and the martyrdoms that accompanied it. The Catholic and Orthodox Churches accept them as canonical (deuterocanonical), while Protestants classify them as Apocrypha.
- Acts 1Bible
Acts 1 is the chapter in which the risen Jesus appears to his disciples over forty days, promises the Holy Spirit, and ascends into heaven, and in which the disciples cast lots to appoint Matthias to the place of Judas Iscariot.
- AceldamaBible
Aceldama is a field near Jerusalem associated with the money for which Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus; its name means "field of blood" in Aramaic. The name appears in Acts 1, and Matthew 27 calls the same field "the field of blood."
- MattathiasPeople
Mattathias was a Jewish priest who lived in Modein in the second century BC. He launched the Maccabean Revolt against the religious persecution of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, and he was the father of Judas Maccabeus.
- Straight StreetBible
Straight Street is a street within the city of Damascus mentioned in Acts 9:11. The house of Judas, where Saul stayed immediately after his conversion, stood on this street, and Ananias was sent there.
- Matthew 27Bible
This chapter records the events from Jesus' being handed over to the governor Pilate for trial, through His crucifixion and death at Golgotha, to His burial in a tomb. It also includes the death of Judas, the release of Barabbas, and the posting of a guard at the tomb.
- MatthiasPeople
Matthias was chosen by lot to fill the place left vacant by Judas Iscariot and was numbered with the eleven apostles. In Scripture he appears only in Acts 1.
- Judas IscariotPeople
Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who handed Jesus over to the chief priests for thirty pieces of silver. His actions and death are recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
- Jude (Brother of the Lord)People
Jude is a figure named in the New Testament as a brother of Jesus. He is traditionally identified with "Jude, the brother of James," the author of the New Testament Epistle of Jude.
- Judas MaccabeusPeople
Judas Maccabeus was the leader of the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid king Antiochus IV in the second century BC. He recaptured the Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it.
- Judas BarsabbasPeople
Judas Barsabbas was a leader and prophet of the early Jerusalem church who appears in Acts 15. Together with Silas, he delivered to the church at Antioch the letter containing the decision of the Jerusalem Council.
- Judas BarsabasPeople
Judas Barsabas was a leader and prophet of the Jerusalem church mentioned in Acts 15. Together with Silas, he carried the letter containing the decision of the Jerusalem Council to the church at Antioch.
- Judas Called BarsabasPeople
Judas called Barsabas was a leader of the Jerusalem church who, after the Council of Jerusalem, traveled with Silas to deliver the letter containing the council's decision to the church at Antioch. He appears in Acts 15.
- Brothers of JesusBible
A collective term for James, Joseph (Joses), Simon, and Judas, who are called the "brothers" of Jesus in the New Testament, together with his unnamed sisters. Christian traditions differ in their understanding of how these individuals were related to Jesus.