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1 | Why was Judas chosen? | NT general Archive 1 | prayon | 8885 | ||
For what purpose was Judas chosen as a disciple? | ||||||
2 | Why was Judas chosen? | NT general Archive 1 | Makarios | 8897 | ||
"Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, son of Simon Iscariot (John 6:71; 13:26), was the only one of the Twelve who was not a Galilean. "Iscariot" (or Iscarioth) means 'the man of Kerioth'. Kerioth was a town in the south of Judea. Judas had an aptitude for business, and acted as a treasurer of the Apostles (John 12:6; 13:29). Judas turned traitor, and sold the Lord to the high priest for thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave (Ex. 21:32). John expressly declares (John 6:64) that Jesus knew beforehand of his identity as the traitor. Judas was overwhelmed with remorse when he realized the horrible, diabolical crime that he committed (John 6:70; Luke 22:3-4). It is no whit a greater mystery that Jesus should have chosen Judas with clear prescience of the issue, than that God should have made Saul king, knowing what the end would be. Of course Judas was not chosen because he would turn traitor, but because at the outset he had in him the possibility of better things; and this is the tragedy of his life, that he obeyed his baser impulses and surrendered to their domination. Covetousness was his besetting sin, and he attached himself to Jesus because, like the rest of the disciples, he expected a rich reward when his Master was seated on the throne of David. His discipleship was a process of disillusionment. He saw his worldly dream fading, and, when the toils closed about his Master, he decided to make the best of the situation. Since he could not have a place by the throne, he would at least have the thirty shekels." Source: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1909,1994 Hendrickson) |
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