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Travel A road trip in Burgundy reveals far more than fine wine. Another theory says that if Judas had not betrayed Jesus the Crucifixion would not have taken place, there would have been no Resurrection and the founding events of Christianity would not have occurred.
This isn't necessarily true: all Judas does is enable the authorities to find Jesus at a particular time and place - and given Jesus' very public actions during the preceding days the authorities should have had little difficulty in apprehending him without the help of Judas.
Nor does it serve as a motive for Judas unless he was aware of what needed to happen to Jesus for the plan of salvation to be fulfilled, and there is no clear statement of this in the gospels. Some writers argue that Judas had a strong political motive, and had seen Jesus as the Messiah who would liberate the Jews from being ruled by the Romans.
But although Jesus had had several opportunities to lead a populist direct action movement, he had not taken them up. It's possible that Judas intended to force Jesus' hand by revealing him to the authorities so that Jesus would have to declare himself to be the political leader of the Jews and use the popular support demonstrated during his triumphal entry into Jerusalem as the basis of an earthly liberation movement. An alternative view is that Judas was so disappointed that Jesus had not declared himself the Messiah and taken action to lead the Jews, that he decided to betray him as an act of revenge for what he saw as Jesus' political betrayal of his more Nationalist followers.
This theory is not directly supported in the gospels. I think we must ask another question: 'Did Judas feel betrayed by Jesus? Remember that Jesus' incarnation, as the long awaited Messiah, was very different from what the Jews expected and felt was promised in their scriptures.
When you think of the crowds shouting, 'Crucify him,' you realize that they felt betrayed by Jesus as well. Remember St. Paul himself said that 'we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews Jesus had become a stumbling block for Judas. Judas felt betrayed by Jesus, before he betrayed Jesus in turn. One scholar has argued that Judas never intended to betray Jesus. Professor William Klassen says that the idea of betrayal is based on a mistranslation and that Judas intended not to 'betray' Jesus, but to 'hand over' Jesus to the authorities.
And this can be developed to suggest that Judas intended to bring Jesus and the authorities together in order to resolve their differences. If Judas didn't intend a betrayal then that would explain his suicide when he became aware of the catastrophic consequence of his action.
A manuscript called the Gospel of Judas, written in the 2nd century was translated from a 5th century copy in the first decade of the 21st century, although its existence had long been rumoured. Early comments on the manuscript suggested that it portrayed Judas in largely positive, even heroic, terms. The manuscript was said to show that Jesus asked Judas to betray him, so that Jesus could be freed from his physical body and the plan of salvation could be fulfilled.
Judas was instructed to sacrifice Jesus the man - "you will sacrifice the man that clothes me" - and was warned by Jesus that he, Judas, would be hated by future generations as a result.
More recently, other translators have come up with a different take which portrays Judas as a demon who betrays Jesus, possibly in order to further the interests of a different, and evil God, and who is doomed never to reach heaven. Read the comments and reviews of The Passion drama. Explore the meaning and history of the events of Holy Week using the timeline, complete with audio, video, audio, images and articles.
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What the Bible tells us about Judas: Judas was one of the 12 disciples closest to Jesus Judas offered to betray Jesus to the religious authorities They agreed to pay him 30 pieces of silver for doing so Jesus knew that Judas was going to do this, but took no action to stop him Judas led soldiers to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was praying Judas kissed Jesus to identify him Afterwards Jesus' death, according to Matthew's gospel, Judas regretted his actions, returned the money and hanged himself Other versions say that he didn't return the money and died by accident In fact the books of the Bible don't offer a consistent account of what Judas did, but the list above includes the events that most people associate with Judas.
There are various interpretations of this story: Judas killed himself in horror at his betrayal of Jesus Judas killed himself because he had betrayed everyone who had stayed loyal to Jesus and so made himself an outcast from his peer group Judas killed himself in order to redeem himself from his bad act this was an accepted use of suicide in the first century Judas killed himself in order to focus the blame on those who had paid him to betray Jesus When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.
He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood. Matthew According to St Luke in Acts Luke suggests that the death of Judas may have been an accident, but some writers think that the passage below refers to Judas falling from the rope that he used to hang himself - perhaps as a result of bodily decay. Acts According to Dante's Inferno In Dante's Inferno Judas is found in the lowest circle of hell, which is reserved for traitors.
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy - Inferno, Canto 34 According to Papias Papias, a 2nd century bishop, gave Judas a sad departure from this world, but passed no opinion as to what happened to him thereafter. Jesus made an announcement of betrayal at the Last Supper. Judas is seen seated at the opposite side of the table.
According to the Gospel of John, Jesus informed his disciples during the Last Supper that one of them will betray him. Judas then went on his own to the priests of the Temple, the religious authorities at the time, and offered to betray Jesus in exchange for money—30 pieces of silver, as specified in the Gospel of Matthew. Others have suggested a more political motive for his traitorous act. According to this theory, Judas might have become disillusioned when Jesus showed little interest in fomenting a rebellion against the Romans and reestablishing an independent kingdom of Israel.
The Bible offers differing accounts of Judas's death. The Gospel of Matthew describes him hanging himself after realizing the depths of his betrayal. The Book of Acts, on the other hand, describes his death more like a spontaneous combustion. The historical tendency to identify Judas with anti-Semitic stereotypes led, after the horrors of the Holocaust, to a reconsideration of this key Biblical figure, and something of a rehabilitation of his image.
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