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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Why dost thou tell me of his country? would that I could also have been ignorant of his existence. But there was another disciple called Judas the zealot, the brother of James, and lest by calling him by this name there should arise a confusion between the two, he separates the one from the other. But he says not Judas the traitor, that he may teach us to be guiltless of detraction, and to avoid accusing others. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
When the woman showed fitting honor to Christ, then a disciple wages war against Him, and moreover one of the twelve. For it is not without reason that it says "one of the twelve," but to show that he too was among the most chosen disciples.
Western Saints
Bede
The unhappy Judas wishes to compensate with the price of his Master for the loss which he thought he had made by the pouring out of the ointment; wherefore it is said, And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the Chief Priests to betray him unto them. But by the words, he went out, it is shown that he was not invited by the Chief Priests, nor bound by any necessity, but entered upon this design from the spontaneous wickedness of his own mind. …
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