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Judas Iscariot |
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Judas Iscariot (lived 1st century AD)In the New Testament, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ. Judas was the treasurer of the group. At the last Pesach (Passover) supper, he arranged, for 30 pieces of silver, to point out Jesus to the chief priests so that they could arrest him. Afterward, Judas was overcome with remorse and committed suicide. |
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Peter's; a bone of Judas Iscariot, (it was black,) and also bones of all the other disciples; a handkerchief in which the Saviour had left the impression of his face. Present owner nicknamed him Judas Iscariot, and refuses to sell without the buyer knowing all about him first. But he who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage existed, and Judas Iscariot existed, and Castlereagh existed, and this man exists |
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