JUDAS-I� ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES

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[1]������ Archaeologists believe the modern el-Kurtyatain northeast of Tel Arad was the Kerioth of the Bible.
[2]������ THE BIBLE, JOSHUA 15:13, 32 - The Lord instructed Joshua to assign some of Judah's territory to Caleb....The cities of Judah...Kerioth.
[3]������ THE BIBLE, 1 CHRONICLES 2:19-20; EXODUS 31:2-5 - Caleb married Ephrath, who presented him with a son, Hur.� Hur's son was Uri, and Uri's son was Bezalel....The Lord also said to Moses, "See, I have appointed Bezalel (son of Uri, and grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah) and have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and skill in constructing the Tabernacle and everything it contains.� He is highly capable as an artistic designer of objects made of gold, silver, and bronze.� He is skilled, too, as a jeweler and in carving wood."
[4]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:71 - He was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot [Ish-Karioth].
[5]������ ACTS 1:6, 9; LUKE 17:21 [NIV] - So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"...he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight...." Nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." [Even when Jesus finally returned to heaven, his closest associates thought his kingdom was going to be an earthly one with earthly headquarters, etc.]�
[6]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 3:12-13 - Tax men also came to be baptized and said, "Teacher, what should we do?" He told them, "No more extortion~- collect only what is required by law."
[7]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 3:14 - Soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He told them, "No shakedowns, no blackmail ~ and be content with your rations."
[8]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 3:19 - But Herod, the ruler, stung by John's rebuke in the matter of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage:� He put John in jail.
[9]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 1:29-30 - The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, "Here he is, God's Passover Lamb!� He forgives the sins of the world!� This is the man I've been talking about!"
[10]����� All statements of Jesus not actually in the Bible are used sparingly and only when strongly inferred.� They are not to be understood as actually said by Jesus.
[11]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 2:14-16 - He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves.� The loan sharks were also there in full strength.� Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right.� He told the dove merchants, "Get your things out of here!� Stop turning my Father's house into a shopping mall!"
[12]����� SEE VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "Hesitant Herald"
[13]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 13:55 - We've known him since he was a kid; he's the carpenter's son.� We know his mother, Mary.� We know his brothers James and Joseph, Simon and Judas.
[14]����� SEE VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "God Eyes"
[15]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 4:49-52 - But the court official wouldn't be put off.� "Come down!� It's life or death for my son."� Jesus simply replied, "Go home.� Your son lives."� The man believed the bare word Jesus spoke and headed home.� On his way back, his servants intercepted him and announced, "Your son lives!"� He asked them what time he began to get better.� They said, "The fever broke yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."� The father knew that was the very moment Jesus had said, "Your son lives."� SEE ALSO VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "Power House"
[16]����� THE BIBLE, I KINGS 1:38; JUDGES 5:10 -� Put Solomon on King David's mule...."You who ride on white donkeys...."
[17]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 8:2-3 - Then a leper appeared and went to his knees before Jesus, praying, "Master, if you want to, you can heal my body."� Jesus reached out and touched him, saying, "I want to.� Be clean." Then and there, all signs of the leprosy were gone.
[18]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:24-29��  - "These words I speak to you are....words to build a life on.� If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock....But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don't work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach.� When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards."
[19]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 7:28-29 - When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause.� They had never heard teaching like this.� It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying - quite a contrast to their religious teachers!� This was the best teaching they had ever heard.
[20]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 20:30-31 - Jesus provided far more God-revealing signs than are written down in this book.� These are written down so you will believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and in the act of believing, have real and eternal life in the way he personally revealed it.
[21]����� THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 4:14-15 [NIV] - Jesus the Son of God....we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are ~ yet was without sin.
[22]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:16-19 - These are the Twelve:� Simon...James...John...Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James...Thaddaeus, Simon...Judas Iscariot (who betrayed him).
[23]����� LUKE 8:1-3 - He continued according to plan, traveled to town after town, village after village, preaching God's kingdom, spreading the Message.� The Twelve were with him.� There were also some women...Mary...Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's manager; and Susanna ~ along with many others who used their considerable means to provide for the company.� SEE ALSO VOLUME IV, "The Benefactresses"
[24]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:14-15 - He settled on twelve, and designated them apostles.� The plan was that they would be with him, and he would send them out to proclaim the Word and give them authority to banish demons.
[25]����� SEE VOLUME II, DREAM MAKER, "God Eyes"
[26]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 10:9-11 - "Don't think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start.� You don't need a lot of equipment.� You are the equipment, and all you need to keep that going is three meals a day.� Travel light.� When you enter a town or village, don't insist on staying in a luxury inn.� Get a modest place with some modest people, and be content there until you leave."
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