Ju'da. (praised).
1. Son of Joseph, in the genealogy of Christ. Luke 3:30.
2. Son of Joanna, or Hananiah. See Hananiah, 8. Luke 3:26. He seems to be certainly the same person as Abiud in Matthew 1:13.
3. One of the Lord's brethren, enumerated in Mark 6:3.
4. The patriarch, Judah. See The History of Susanna 56; Daniel 13:56; (Apocrypha) Luke 3:33; Hebrews 7:14; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 7:5.
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