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• Judas Iscariot

  Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. He 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.

• Judas Maccabeus

  Judas Maccabeus was a 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 Barsabbas

  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 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.

• Judas Barsabas

  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 of Galilee

  Judas of Galilee is a figure mentioned by Gamaliel in Acts 5:37. According to the account, he rose up and drew people after him in the days of the taxing (census), but he perished, and those who followed him were scattered.

• Judas Called Barsabas

  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.

• Judas (of Damascus)

  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.

• Thaddaeus

  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.

• Jude (Brother of the Lord)

  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.

• Arrest of Jesus

  The arrest of Jesus is the event in which, on the night after the Last Supper, a crowd led by Judas Iscariot seized Jesus at Gethsemane. All four Gospels record it, and it leads directly to the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.

• Luke 22

  Luke 22 records Judas's plot to betray Jesus, the Last Supper and the institution of the Lord's Supper, the prayer on the Mount of Olives, the arrest of Jesus, Peter's denial, and the interrogation before the council.

• Matthias

  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.

• Aceldama

  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."

• Straight Street

  Straight Street (Korean 직가, 直街) 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.

• Joseph Barsabbas

  Joseph Barsabbas was a disciple in the early church who was put forward, together with Matthias, as a candidate to fill the apostolic office left vacant by Judas Iscariot. He was surnamed Justus, and when lots were cast, Matthias was chosen.

• Brothers of Jesus

  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.

• Matthew 27

  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.

• Matthew 26

  Matthew 26 is the chapter in which the Passion narrative of Jesus begins. It recounts, in order, the plot to kill him, the anointing at Bethany, Judas's betrayal, the Last Supper, the prayer and arrest in Gethsemane, the trial before the high priest, and Peter's denial.

• John 13

  John 13 is the chapter in which, on the evening before Passover, Jesus washes his disciples' feet, foretells Judas Iscariot's betrayal and Peter's denial, and gives the new commandment to love one another.