Luke - 6:16



16 Judas the son of James; and Judas Iscariot, who also became a traitor.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 6:16.

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And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
And Jude, the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was the traitor.
and Judas brother of James, and Judas Iscariote, who was also his betrayer;
Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)
James's relative Judas, and Judas Iscariot who proved to be a traitor.
And Judas, the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, he who was false to him.
and Jude of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was a traitor.
Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who proved a traitor.

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And Judas the brother of James,.... Of that James, that was the son of Alphaeus; though the Syriac and Arabic versions call him "the son of James", very wrongly: this Judas was also called Thaddaeus and Lebbaeus, and is the writer of the epistle that bears his name:
and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor; both his surname and his character are mentioned, to distinguish him from the other Judas: it is easy to observe, that these twelve are mentioned by pairs, or couples, and so they were sent out, two by two; see Mark 6:7 as were also the seventy disciples afterwards; see Luke 10:1 There seems to be an allusion to the pairs and couples of the Jewish fathers and doctors, who in their succession are thus paired: Jose ben Joezer, and Joseph ben Jochauan; Joshua ben Perachia, and Nathan the Arbelite; Simeon ben Shetach, and Judah ben Tabai; Shemain and Abtalion; the two sons of Bethira, whose names were Judah and Joshua; Hillell and Shammai (s): all before Christ's time.
(s) Pirke Abot, c. 1.

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