Judas had a Father

John 13:26 KJV

Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

I am aware of at least two other verses that identify the father of Judas Iscariot:

John 12:4 KJV

Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

John 13:2 KJV

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

I realize that the practice of giving the father's name was for the purpose of clearly identifying a person. In this case it has the second effect of personalizing Judas and bringing attention to others who were hurt by his betrayal and suicide.   

Judas Iscariot had a father.

Imagine the pain that the family of Iscariot must have endured at the news of all that had happened resulting finally in Judas' death at his own hands. Whether they were a believing family or not we will never know.

• If they were they would live the rest of their lives knowing that his suicide prevented him from ever reconciling with his sin
• If they were unbelievers they would have seen his final three years as a tragic waste

Parents never quit loving their children the way they did when they were little babies in the home. Whether the child is 15 or 50, Mom and Dad still sweat over them and desire the best for them. The adult child is no longer under parental protection which just compounds the anxiety for them. They love them as if they were still babies only now they have no real means to help them.

True is Proverbs 10:1 KJV

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.