King James Version
Luke 6:16 in the King James Version says “And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.”
Luke 6:16 · KJV
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain , and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
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“And Judas”
G2455judas (i.e., jehudah), the name of ten israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“And Judas”
G2455judas (i.e., jehudah), the name of ten israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region
“Iscariot”
G2469inhabitant of kerioth; iscariotes (i.e., keriothite), an epithet of judas the traitor
“also”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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