Juda

(praised).

• Son of Joseph, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:30)

• Son of Joanna, or Hananiah. [Hananiah, 8] (Luke 3:26) He seems to be certainly the same person as Abiud in (Matthew 1:13)

• One of the Lord’s brethren, enumerated in (Mark 6:3)

• The patriarch Judah. Sus. 56; (Luke 3:33; Hebrews 7:14; Revelation 5:5; 7:5)

(1.) The patriarch Judah, son of Jacob (Luke 3:33; Heb. 7:14). In Luke 1:39; Heb. 7:14; Rev. 5:5; 7:5, the word refers to the tribe of Judah.

(2.) The father of Simeon in Christ’s maternal ancestry (Luke 3:30).

(3.) Son of Joanna, and father of Joseph in Christ’s maternal ancestry (26), probably identical with Abiud (Matt. 1:13), and with Obadiah (1 Chr. 3:21).

(4.) One of the Lord’s “brethren” (Mark 6:3).