“The Gospel of Judas turns Judas' act of betrayal into an act of obedience. The sacrifice of Jesus' body of flesh in fact becomes saving. And so for that reason, Judas emerges as the champion and he ends up being envied and even cursed and resented by the other disciples.” EndsReasonFactsBodyTurnsJesusSacrificeBetrayalFleshSavingObedienceChampionDiscipleCursedEnviedJudas Author:Craig A. Evans
“The story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent and vicious.” MadeStoriesJesusReligiousMoralBetrayalMade ItSentimentsViciousPersistentJudasRationale Author:Elaine Pagels
“Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who are Christ-killers. And this portrayal of Judas of course also leads then to horrendous acts of anti-Semitism through the centuries.” Has BeensFactsChristianCoursesJesusChristCenturyJewBetrayalCirclesBetrayKillersTraitorAnti SemitismJudasPortrayal Author:Bart D. Ehrman
“Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but something to be sad about.” EndsStoriesJesusReflectionFingersRejectionShakesTragicRejectingJudas Author:Darrell Bock
“We can understand that the Fathers of the Church in the East wanted Apocalypse left out of the New Testament. But like Judas among the disciples, it was inevitable that it should be included. The Apocalypse is the feet of clay to the grand Christian image. And down crashes the image, on the weakness of these very feet. There is Jesus--but there is also John the Divine. There is Christian love--and there is Christian envy. The former would "save" the world--the latter will never be satisfied till it has destroyed the world. They are two sides of the same medal.” WorldShouldTwoWantedChristianFatherJesusLeftSidesChurchFeetDivineWeaknessEnvyEastSatisfiedDestroyedFormerInevitableLatterCrashDiscipleTestamentApocalypseClayMedalNew TestamentTwo SidesSave The WorldLeft OutChristian LoveJudas Book:Apocalypse Source: Apocalypse
“If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.” IfsJesusChristJesus ChristPardonJudas Author:Victor Hugo
“There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift.” DoeJesusPerspectiveKingsTyrannyLutherGreatest GiftsRelativityJudas Author:Chris Crutcher
“Jesus said when the woman poured the alabaster bottle of perfume on him that was worth almost a year's wages, and Judas, who was very money-minded, said you shouldn't have done that, because you're wasting that, we could have sold that and given it to the poor. And Jesus himself said, you will always have the poor with you, but she has done this as an honor to me, and she will be honored for it all of her days. And so you never run out of poor people. You could give everything you had, I could give everything I had, and the world would still be full of poor people.” PeopleWorldGivingYearsSaidStillsDoneRunningJesusGivenPoorHonorBottlesWagesHonoredPerfumePoor PeopleJudas Author:Joyce Meyer
“Not only did Judas sell Jesus for thirty pieces of silver; he also sold himself.” JesusPiecesSellsThirtySilverJudas Author:George H Morrison