biography
pronunciation:
[iskaryot]
| biography:
| One of the 12 apostles of Jesus, usually appearing last in the lists in the synoptic Gospels (Mark 3.19), identified as the one who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver by helping to arrange for his arrest at Gethsemane by the Jewish authorities (Mark 14.43–6). Other traditions indicate his role as treasurer (John 13.29) and his later repentance and suicide (Matt 27.3–10, Acts 1.16–19). The meaning of Iscariot is unclear: it may mean ‘man of Keriot’ or ‘man of falsehood’. The Latin word sicarius referred to a curved dagger; and the sicarii were a Zealot sect of politically motivated assassins. |
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