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Judas Iscariot.

(d. c. 30 ad) Jewish leader

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Aceldama

Aceldama  

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In the New Testament, a field near Jerusalem purchased with the blood money given to Judas for his betrayal of Jesus, the Potter's field.
Antichrist

Antichrist  

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A great personal opponent of Christ, expected by the early Church to appear before the end of the world. The name is recorded from Old English and comes via Old French or ecclesiastical Latin from ...
Apostle

Apostle  

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From the Greek apostolos, meaning one who is sent and enjoys the authority of the agent who instructs him. There was already a Jewish functionary, called a shaliach, who was trusted with the ...
Cainites

Cainites  

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A Gnostic sect which, regarding the God of the OT as responsible for the evil in the world, exalted those who withstood him, e.g. Cain.
Docetism

Docetism  

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In the early Church a tendency, rather than a formulated doctrine, which considered the humanity and sufferings of the earthly Christ as apparent rather than real. In some forms it held that Christ ...
Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers  

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(1893–1957)British writer, known especially for her detective novels.Dorothy Sayers was born at Oxford, where her father was headmaster of Christ Church Choir School. She was educated at the ...
Easter

Easter  

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The most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in the Western Church) between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the ...
effigies

effigies  

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Sculptured representation of a figure, normally shown clothed or in armour, lying on its back on a tomb-chest.Crossley (1921);Esdaile (1946);W. Papworth (1852)
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elder  

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According to legend, Judas Iscariot hanged himself on an elder, and the tree, which is associated with witches, is sometimes believed to be unlucky. Pliny's Natural History, on the other hand, says ...
eleven

eleven  

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The word is recorded from Old English (in form endleofon), and comes from the base of one + a second element, probably expressing the sense ‘left over’ and occurring also in twelve. The phrase the ...
Jack o' Lent

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In Tudor and Jacobean London, this was the name for gaunt puppets made of straw, rags, and herring skins, personifying the Lenten fast, which boys set up on Ash Wednesday and pelted with heavy ...
James

James  

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The normal English form of the Latin Jacobus, which represents one form of the Hebrew name transliterated into English as Jacob. In English versions of the Bible the form ‘Jacob’ is retained in the ...
Judas

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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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who betrayed Christ for 30 pieces of silver, and subsequently hanged himself in despair. There were many legends about him,

Judas

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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

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One of Jesus' twelve apostles, “who betrayed him” for a sum of money: 30 pieces of silver, specifies Matthew (Mt

Judas

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures

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2006
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In Mesoamerica today, Judas, the biblical betrayer of Christ, may be portrayed as a eunuch or a saint, revered or

Judas

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

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one of the twelve Apostles; full name Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Christ to the Jewish authorities in return for thirty...

Judas Iscariot

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World Encyclopedia

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Disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ to the Jewish hierarchy. In the New Testament, he was named as one of the

Judas Iscariot

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The Oxford Companion to the Bible

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2004
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Judas Iscariot is mentioned only in the Gospels and Acts. The name Iscariot probably means “man from Kerioth” (a village

Judas Iscariot

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The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible

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2002
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Judas Iscariot is mentioned only in the Gospels and Acts. The name Iscariot probably means “man from Kerioth” (a village

Judas Iscariot

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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2003
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The disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Jewish authorities (Mark 14. 10 f., 43 ff.; John 18. 2 ff., etc.).

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