Judas. See on Thaddaeus, Mark 3:18.

Not Iscariot. The Rev. improves the translation by placing these words immediately after Judas. "He distinguishes the godly Judas, not by his own surname, but by the negation of the other's; marking at the same time the traitor as present again after his negotiation with the adversaries, but as having no sympathy with such a question" (Bengel).

How is it [τ ι γ ε γ ο ν ε ν]. Literally, what has come to pass. Implying that Judas thought that some change had taken place in Jesus ' plans. He had assumed that Jesus would, as the Messiah, reveal Himself publicly.

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Old Testament