13th apostle judas biography

Disciple and betrayer of Christ

Not to be confused with Jude the Apostle."Judas" and "Iscariot" redirect here. For other uses, see Judas (disambiguation) and Iscariot (disambiguation).

Judas Iscariot (; Biblical Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης, romanized:&#;Ioúdas Iskariṓtēs; died c.&#;30&#;– c.&#;33 AD) was, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.

Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane, in exchange for 30 pieces of silver, by kissing him on the cheek and addressing him as "master" to reveal his identity in the darkness to the crowd who had come to arrest him.^[1] In modern times, his name is often used synonymously with betrayal or treason.

The Gospel of Mark gives no motive for Judas's betrayal but does present Jesus predicting it at the Last Supper, an event also described in all the other gospels. The Gospel of Matthew states that Judas committed the betray