JUDAS ISCARIOT

JUDAS ISCARIOT – This disciple, forever a symbol of treachery, the son of Simon, was from the town of Kerioth (from Kerioth Iscariot). According to the Gospel, he stole from the common treasury of which he had charge ^{(John 12:5-6)} and ultimately betrayed his Lord for thirty pieces of silver ^{(Matt. 26:14-15)}. After the Crucifixion of Jesus, in deep remorse, Judas cast the pieces of silver into the Temple before the Chief Priests and Elders, later going out and hanging himself. With the money, now considered blood money, a potter’s field was bought to bury strangers in ^{(Matt. 27:3-10)}.