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He said this about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Judas was one of the twelve, but later he would betray Jesus.
[The name Iscariot may come from the Hebrew Ish Kerioth, which means "a man from Kerioth". Kerioth was a town in southern Judea. Kirjat is Hebrew for village (as opposed to a town, which had a protective city wall), so a direct translation could be "man of the villages." Another possible connection to the name Iscariot is that he was a Sicarii. This radical branch of the Zealots used knives (Latin: sicari) in the armed struggle against their political opponents.]
And already during the evening meal [when Jesus and the disciples were reclining at the table and eating], the devil [the devil had repeatedly put the thought into] the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, that he should betray him [Jesus].
Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread I dip [in the sauce bowl]." So he dipped the piece of bread and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
