'''Judas Iscariot''', the twelfth [[apostle]], was [[chosen]] by [[Nathaniel]]. He was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerioth Kerioth], a small town in southern [[Judea]]. When he was a lad, his [[parents]] moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], where he lived and had been employed in his [[father]]'s various [[business]] enterprises until he became interested in the [[preaching]] and [[work]] of [[John the Baptist]]. Judas' [[parents]] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees Sadducees], and when their son joined [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[disciples]], they disowned him. | '''Judas Iscariot''', the twelfth [[apostle]], was [[chosen]] by [[Nathaniel]]. He was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerioth Kerioth], a small town in southern [[Judea]]. When he was a lad, his [[parents]] moved to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho Jericho], where he lived and had been employed in his [[father]]'s various [[business]] enterprises until he became interested in the [[preaching]] and [[work]] of [[John the Baptist]]. Judas' [[parents]] were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadducees Sadducees], and when their son joined [[John the Baptist|John]]'s [[disciples]], they disowned him. |