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Bible Question: Does
the Bible indicate that Judas was unsaved? Does John 17:12 refer to
Judas as the son of perdition?
Bible Answer: The
passage in John 17:12 does refer to Judas. He was one of Jesus' twelve
disciples.
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While
I was with them, I was keeping them in Thy name which Thou hast
given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished but
the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
(NASB) John 17:12 |
Judas,
The Son of Perdition. The passage records words from Jesus' last
prayer, the one just before His death. In that prayer Jesus said only
one of His disciples was lost, the son of perdition. The Greek word
for "perdition" is APOLEIA which means "destruction,
waste, loss, ruin, or perishing." Jesus is simply saying that
one His twelve disciples was eternally lost. He was not saved. This
was a fulfillment of the prophecy found in Psalm 41:9.
Judas
- Known From The Start . Jesus knew who His betrayer was from
the start of His ministry. This can be seen in the following verses.
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Jesus
answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve,
and yet one of you is a devil?" Now He meant Judas the
son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going
to betray Him. (NASB) John 6:70-71
And
during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of
Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him . . . (NASB)
John 13:2
I
do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but
it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD
HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.' (NASB) John 13:18
When
Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified,
and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you
will betray Me." The disciples began looking at one another,
at a loss to know of which one He was speaking . . . Simon Peter
therefore gestured to him, and said to him, "Tell us who
it is of whom He is speaking." . . . Jesus therefore answered,
"That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give
it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He took and
gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. And after the morsel,
Satan then entered into him. Jesus therefore *said to him, "What
you do, do quickly." (NASB) John 13:21-27 |
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