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Judas Iscariot (died April AD 29–33, Hebrew: יהודה איש־קריות Yəhûḏāh ʾΚ-qəriyyôṯ) was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original apostles of Jesus, and the one who, according to Christian tradition, betrayed him. As the Greek verb παραδίδοναι (paradídonai) can be translated as either 'to betray' or 'to hand over', it is sometimes argued that Judas did not betray Jesus, but merely handed him over, and did so according to divine will.