Judas

Judas may refer to:

A name in the New Testament referring to one or more significant individuals, some of whom may be the same:
*Judas Iscariot, the Biblical betrayer of Jesus.
*Judas Thomas Didymus, commonly referred to by Christians as Saint Thomas and Doubting Thomas, a significant figure to ancient Gnosticism, and whose name literally translates as Judas, the twin, the twin.
*Saint Jude, a brother, step-brother, or half-brother, to Jesus, who was one of the twelve apostles, and who some traditions regard as being the same as
**Judas Thomas Didymus
*Judas the Zealot, whose identity is not completely clear, probably either of:
**Saint Jude, who some traditions think is
***Judas Thomas Didymus
**Simon the Zealot, the apostle named Simon that was not Simon Peter
the Gospel of Judas, a recently discovered ancient Christian Gospel, and which declares itself to be the genuine account of the Last Supper from the point of view of Judas Iscariot
a slang term for traitor, deriving from the biblical Judas Iscariot, in the same sense as the slang term quisling derives from Vidkun Quisling
Judas Maccabeus, Jewish revolt leader
Judas of Galilee, also Judas of Gamala, Jewish revolt leader
Judas Cyriacus, man said to have assisted Helena of Constantinople find the True Cross, and later venerated as a Christian saint.
Judas Priest, a heavy metal band
a Judas goat, a goat trained to lead livestock to a slaughterhouse

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