Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot (; Hebrew: יהודה איש-קריות Yehūḏā ʾĪš-Qǝrīyyōṯ, "Judah, man of Kerioth"; Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ ܣܟܪܝܘܛܐ; Biblical Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης; died c. 30 – c. 33 AD) was a disciple and one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. According to all four canonical gospels, Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane by kissing him and addressing him as "rabbi" to reveal his identity in the darkness to the crowd who had come to arrest him. His name is often used synonymously with betrayal or treason. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judas Iscariot has received more than 6,955,629 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Judas Iscariot is the 16th most popular religious figure (up from 18th in 2019).

Judas Iscariot is most famous for betraying Jesus to the Romans in exchange for money.