Judas
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Judas may refer to:
- A name in the New Testament referring to one or more significant individuals, some of whom may be the same:
- Judas Iscariot, the Biblical betrayer of Jesus.
- Judas Thomas Didymus, commonly referred to by Christians as Saint Thomas and Doubting Thomas, a significant figure to ancient Gnosticism, and whose name literally translates as Judas, the twin, the twin.
- Judas Thaddaeus, son of James, one of the twelve apostles
- Saint Jude, a brother, step-brother, or half-brother, to Jesus, who was one of the twelve apostles, and who some traditions regard as being the same as
- Judas the Zealot, whose identity is not completely clear, probably either of:
- Saint Jude, who some traditions think is
- Simon the Zealot, the apostle named Simon that was not Simon Peter
- the Gospel of Judas, a recently discovered ancient Christian Gospel, and which declares itself to be the genuine account of the Last Supper from the point of view of Judas Iscariot
- an early English ballad: Judas (ballad)
- a slang term for traitor, deriving from the biblical Judas Iscariot, in the same sense as the slang term quisling derives from Vidkun Quisling
- Judas Maccabeus, Jewish revolt leader
- Judas of Galilee, also Judas of Gamala, Jewish revolt leader
- Judas Cyriacus, man said to have assisted Helena of Constantinople find the True Cross, and later venerated as a Christian saint.
- Judas Priest, a heavy metal band
- a Judas goat, a goat trained to lead livestock to a slaughterhouse
- Judas (manga) a manga by Suu Minazuki.
- Arnold Judas Rimmer, character in the television series Red Dwarf
- Zhivan Wasinski, the nickname of Judas was given to the prominent Australian office worker for the heinous public betrayal of his manager.
- Finding Judas, an episode of the televison show House M.D.
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