Subject: Jesus's mother last name and his brother |
Bible Note: Good question, Thedeak! Why didn't people have last names or surnames? It appears that 'Iscariot' may be a surname for Judas even though Steve pointed out that people would be known as 'bar' or "son of".. Good observation! It may be that Judas wanted to 'distinguish' himself from all of the other men named Judas (common name) by using the surname. We see that Mary Magdalene used a surname to help to distinguish herself from all of the other Marys, which was a very common name for a woman (and still is). |