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Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Matthew 10:4 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
  • BSB Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
  • NKJV Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
  • NASB Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who also betrayed Him.
  • NLT Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

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Quick answer

The list closes with Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the betrayer. Even among the chosen, one would fall away.

Overview

Simon the Canaanite, or Zealot, and Judas Iscariot complete the twelve, with Judas marked as the one who would betray Jesus. That a traitor stood among the apostles is a sober reminder that outward association with Christ is not saving faith. Judas's presence also shows that even human treachery served God's redemptive plan at the cross.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • Matt 26:14Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
  • John 6:71He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
  • Matt 26:47And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  • Mark 3:18–19And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
  • John 13:2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
  • Mark 14:43And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
  • Mark 14:10And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
  • Matt 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
  • John 13:26–30Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
  • Luke 6:15–16Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
  • Luke 22:3Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
  • Luke 22:47And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
  • Acts 1:16–20Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
  • John 18:2–5And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
  • Acts 1:25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
  • Acts 1:13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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