Judas Iscariot

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Judas Iscariot is a member of the twelve disciples of Jesus who is traditionally associated with the act of betrayal. The earliest possible allusion comes from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, where the passive voice is used to describe Jesus being 'betrayed' or 'handed over' on the night before his death. He is first explicitly placed into the Christian story by the Gospel of Mark, written in the early 70s CE.

When

First attested
50 CE
Attested period
50 – 100
Historical notes
First possible allusion in First Epistle to the Corinthians; explicitly named in Gospel of Mark written in early 70s CE.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Judas is first placed into the Christian story by the Gospel of Mark (3:19), who wrote in the early 70s AD.”

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