Pharisees, Judas, and Paul

The speaker says Judas, who betrayed Jesus, came from an Edomite town called Kerioth, and that many Pharisees were Edomites. The Bible lists Kerioth as a town in Judah, not Edom. The Apostle Paul, whom the speaker praises, called himself "a Jew" and "a Pharisee." So Paul belonged to the very group the speaker attacks.

The speaker may recast Jesus' opponents and Judas as Edomites, including a proposed Edomite meaning for 'Iscariot.'

Acts 22:3 and 23:6; Philippians 3:5; Joshua 15:25; debated etymologies of 'Iscariot.'

The name's etymology is disputed; Kerioth is listed among Judah's towns. Paul identifies himself as Jewish and a Pharisee, complicating the speaker's ethnic sorting.