Luca 6:16

16 Giuda, fratel di Giacomo, e Giuda Iscariot, il quale ancora fu traditore.

Luca 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:16

And Judas the brother of James
Of that James, that was the son of Alphaeus; though the Syriac and Arabic versions call him "the son of James", very wrongly: this Judas was also called Thaddaeus and Lebbaeus, and is the writer of the epistle that bears his name:

and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor;
both his surname and his character are mentioned, to distinguish him from the other Judas: it is easy to observe, that these twelve are mentioned by pairs, or couples, and so they were sent out, two by two; see ( Mark 6:7 ) as were also the seventy disciples afterwards; see ( Luke 10:1 ) There seems to be an allusion to the pairs and couples of the Jewish fathers and doctors, who in their succession are thus paired: Jose ben Joezer, and Joseph ben Jochauan; Joshua ben Perachia, and Nathan the Arbelite; Simeon ben Shetach, and Judah ben Tabai; Shemain and Abtalion; the two sons of Bethira, whose names were Judah and Joshua; Hillell and Shammai {s}: all before Christ's time.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Pirke Abot, c. 1.

Luca 6:16 In-Context

14 cioè: Simone, il quale ancora nominò Pietro, ed Andrea, suo fratello; Giacomo, e Giovanni; Filippo, e Bartolomeo;

15 Matteo, e Toma; Giacomo di Alfeo, e Simone, chiamato Zelote;

16 Giuda, fratel di Giacomo, e Giuda Iscariot, il quale ancora fu traditore.

17 POI, sceso con loro, si fermò in una pianura, con la moltitudine dei suoi discepoli, e con gran numero di popolo di tutta la Giudea, e di Gerusalemme, e della marina di Tiro, e di Sidon, i quali eran venuti per udirlo, e per esser guariti delle loro infermità;

18 insieme con coloro ch’erano tormentati da spiriti immondi; e furon guariti.