In the New Testament, which disciple is named as the betrayer of Jesus in the Gospels?

Judas Iscariot is the disciple named as Jesus’s betrayer in the New Testament Gospels.

The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John describe Judas as one of the Twelve apostles. He agrees to identify Jesus to the authorities, traditionally doing so with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane. Matthew says Judas received thirty pieces of silver, while the other Gospels emphasize the arrest arrangement without giving the same payment detail.

Judas’s surname, Iscariot, distinguishes him from other figures named Judas, especially Judas son of James and Jude, traditionally associated with the Letter of Jude. The New Testament presents different details about Judas’s death: Matthew describes suicide by hanging, while Acts records a fall and its aftermath. These accounts have prompted centuries of interpretation, but both identify Judas as the betrayer.