Judas Iscariot

1. The Apostle who betrayed Jesus to the authorities for thirty pieces of silver. When soldiers came to arrest Jesus, Judas identified their victim by kissing him. The next day, driven by guilt, Judas hanged himself.

A “Judas kiss” is an act of seeming friendship that conceals some treachery.

Figuratively, a “Judas” is a betrayer, especially one who betrays a friend.

Example Sentences

“He is surely too ashamed to face any of us. Judas Iscariot would have a warmer reception,” said Terra Vance, an Appalachian activist who genealogy records show shares some ancestors with the politician.

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“The guy had a trajectory Judas Iscariot would have envied.”

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With his long locks, wide-neck T-shirt and gray jeans, Lucas Hamming’s Judas Iscariot, who narrates the story, has something of the beleaguered British comedian Russell Brand about him.

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The silver piece is one of those paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus and handing him over to the Romans, so suffice to say it’s a bad penny.

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Originally, the burning figures were effigies of Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, according to the Biblical account of the days leading up to Christ’s crucifixion.

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