9. SIMON, the father of Judas Iscariot (John 6:71; 13:2, 26). . In the Hebrew Scriptures three words, rendered in our Authorized Version iniquity, transgression and sin (Ex. 34:7), stand very closely related, and with their Greek equivalents represent the leading features of man’s alienation from the life of God. The root-idea of the word rendered “iniquity” is perversion or distortion; it is the wrong or wrench or twist to man’s moral nature which destroys the balance between his powers and makes
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