Judas Iscariot is a name that lives in infamy to all Christians and to many who know very little about the Bible. Although his name is readily recognized, what do we really know about Judas? His surname, Iscariot, means “a man of Kerioth” (All the Apostles of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer). Kerioth was a town located in the southeastern part of Judah. Based on this surname, Judas was likely a native of this town. His hometown made him a bit different from the other named apostles who were from Galilee, an area located in the northern…