Luke 6:16

16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

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Luke 6:16 in Other Translations

KJV

16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

ESV

16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

NLT

16 Judas (son of James), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

MSG

16 Judas, son of James, Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

CSB

16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Luke 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.

FOOTNOTES:

F19 Pirke Abot, c. 1.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Luke 6:16 In-Context

14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,

15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot,

16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,

18 who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured,