Judas
 

Judas Iscariot is more likely a descriptive name than a family name. The most plausible meaning of Iscariot is, "Man of the Dagger," which suggests that Judas, like Simon the Zealot, was a member of a revolutionary group ready to employ military strength against the Roman Empire. Judas is remembered as the disillusioned and impatient disciple who betrayed Jesus. The symbol of the noose and the thirty coins, (actually Tyrian shekels), recalls Matthew 27:5, "And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple….he went and hanged himself."

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