Lucas 6:16

16 Judas, hermano de Jacobo, y Judas Iscariote, que también fue el traidor

Lucas 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.

Lucas 6:16 In-Context

14 A Simón, al cual también llamó Pedro, y a Andrés su hermano, Jacobo y Juan, Felipe y Bartolomé

15 Mateo y Tomás, Jacobo hijo de Alfeo, y Simón el que se llama Zelote

16 Judas, hermano de Jacobo, y Judas Iscariote, que también fue el traidor

17 Y descendió con ellos, y se paró en un lugar llano, en compañía de sus discípulos, y una grande multitud de pueblo de toda Judea y de Jerusalén, y de la costa de Tiro y de Sidón, que habían venido a oírle, y para ser sanados de sus enfermedades

18 y los que eran atormentados de espíritus inmundos eran curados