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Judas Iscariot
Facts
Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' twelve apostles. He was the one who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish leaders.
- The name "Iscariot" may mean "from Kerioth," perhaps referring to the city where Judas grew up.
- Judas Iscariot was a thief; he managed the apostles' money and regularly stole some of it to use for himself.
- Judas betrayed Jesus by telling the religious leaders where Jesus was so they could arrest him.
- After the religious leaders condemned Jesus to die, Judas regretted that he had betrayed Jesus, so he killed himself.
- There are other men named Judas in the Bible, such as Jesus' brother and another of the twelve disciples.