The first Scriptural reference to Judas is his election to the apostleship (compare Matthew 10:4 Mark 3:19 Luke 6:16). He was the son of Simon ( John 13:2) or Simon Iscariot ( John 6:71 John 13:26), the meaning of Iscariot explaining why it was applied to his father also. Plummer, article "Judas Iscariot" in HDB). The exact locality of Kerioth (compare Joshua 15:25) is doubtful, but it lay probably to the South of Judea, being identified with the ruins of el Karjetein (compare A. Judas was, as his second name indicates, a native of Kerioth or Karioth. 'ish qeriyoth, "Judas, man of Kerioth"): One of the twelve apostles and the betrayer of Jesus for etymology, etc., see JUDAS. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Judas Iscariot
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