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69 We have faith in you, and we are sure that you are God's Holy One.”

70 Jesus told his disciples, “I chose all twelve of you, but one of you is a demon!” 71 Jesus was talking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.[a] He would later betray Jesus, even though he was one of the twelve disciples.

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Footnotes

  1. 6.71 Iscariot: This may mean “a man from Kerioth” (a place in Judea). But more probably it means “a man who was a liar” or “a man who was a betrayer.”

69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”(A)

70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(B) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(C) 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,(D) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)(E)

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