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JUDAS

(Gk. Ioúdas)

1. The son of Chalphi; a commander in the army of Jonathan who with Mattathias remained with Jonathan while all others fled in the ambush at Hazor (1 Macc. 11:70).

2. A son of Simon Maccabeus and brother of John Hyrcanus. Together Judas and John defeated the Seleucid Cendebeus (1 Macc. 16:2-10).

3. One who wrote to Aristobulus and the Jews in Egypt; apparently a person of high standing in Jerusalem (2 Macc. 1:10). Some have identified him with Judas Maccabeus.

4. A brother of Jesus (Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3). Tradition identifies him as the author of the book of Jude.

5. One of the original 12 disciples; a son (or brother) of James (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13). This is probably the “Judas, not Iscariot” of John 14:22. He is often identified with Thaddeus (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18).

6. Judas of Galilee (Acts 5:37), a Zealot and leader of a revolt at the time of the census of Quirinius in 6-7 c.e. (perhaps claiming to be the Messiah).

7. One in whose house Saul of Tarsus stayed after his experience on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11).

8. Judas Barsabbas (“son of the sabbath”), a leader of the Jerusalem church chosen to accompany Paul and Barnabas to Antioch to convey the decision of the Jerusalem church concerning placing the requirements of Jewish law on gentile converts (Acts 15:22-33).

See Judas Iscariot; Judas Maccabeus.

Joe E. Lunceford

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JUDAS

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)