Juda
LocationsGeographical Setting
Juda is a textual variant in the Gospel of Luke, primarily identified with the town of Juttah in the hill country of Ephraim, though occasionally conflated with the personal name Judas in genealogical lists.
What is the meaning of Juda in the Bible?
Juda is a textual variant found in the Gospel of Luke, appearing in Luke 1:39 as an alternative reading for Juttah, a town in the hill country of Ephraim, and in Luke 3:26 and 3:30 where it likely serves as a scribal error or variant for the name Judas within the genealogy of Jesus.
SIGNIFICANCE
Recognizing Juda as a variant for Juttah clarifies the geographical setting of Mary's visit to Elizabeth, while identifying it as a variant for Judas in the genealogy assists in accurately tracing the ancestral lines presented in the text.
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Built upon the 1915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia and Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). Entries have been modernized, checked for academic truthfulness, and shortened for clarity.