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Its a dialogue between jesus and judas. >> it is the only known copy of a text originally written in the second century a.d. the actual author of the gospel of judas remains unknown. >> its not the gospel according to judas. so all the other gospels that we have are always according to one disciple or the other. but this is not necessarily judas view. this is a text thats about judas. >> the gospel uses the familiar scene of the last supper to paint a very different picture of judas and jesus fr...

Do what he did. i can imagine a lot of different motives. >> in the gospel of matthew, judas betrays jesus for 30 pieces of silver. >> for me, greed doesnt work as a motive because judas spent the last one tthree years traipsing ound the judean desert and galilee presumably for no money. so why now all of a sudden is this person greedy? >> so why else would cause judas to double cross jesus? >> i am with jesus of nazareth and can bring him to you. >> some experts think that judas was a zealot. a...

In the gospel of judas, at the last supper, jesus picks judas as the one disciple to receive secret knowledge via a strange vision. >> master! >> suddenly, theyre in a cloud, a luminous, radiant place. >> i see a great vision. my eyes could not comprehend its size. >> the suggestion there is that now youre going to receive divine revelation and that now the heavens will open and reveal something. >> i have explained to you the mysteries of the kingdom. >> and hes illuminated by jesus

Wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as a disciple must have had something going for him. >> judas was the treasurer of jesus 12 disciples. he was the one jesus trusted with the money. >> jesus saw in judas the kind of man that he wanted to be his fo...

Anytime! can we lose the all. theres no cbs and we dont have a ton of sports. anywhere, any... lets lose the anywhere, anytime too. you cant download on-the-go, theres no dvr, yada yada yada. stream some stuff! somewhere! sometimes! you totally nailed that buddy. simple. dont let directv now limit your entertainment. only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. judas is more than just the story of the most infamous disciple. why then is it called the gospel of judas at all? >> the author...

>> the jesus that we meet in the gospel of judas is a little different from the jesus that we know from the pages of the new testament. hes a much more mysterious character who speaks in riddles that are so difficult to understand that a lot of the time were left scratching our heads when we read it. >> let the strong one among you bring forth the perfect human. >> but the character of judas is also completely different. >> the other disciples fail to understand jesus, and only judas has the cou...

>> some experts think that judas was a zealot. a zealot is a technical term for a group of revolutionaries who are really strongly opposed to roman occupation. if judas was one of these revolutionaries, maybe he got frustrated jesus wasnt taking enough action in public enough, pressing the matter hard enough. >> maybe he handed over jesus in the hopes that creating a confrontation between jesus and the romans would be the spark that would cause jesus to begin the events that would topple the rom...

His closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner or student. so when jesus is calling disciples, hes simply gathering a group of students around to learn from him. >> the disciples come from a wide range of backgrounds. from fishermen to tax collectors. >> there was recruitment by jesus, deliberate recruitment. and he wanted a diverse group. judas may well have been one of the very first he recruited. >> jesus was a pretty good judge of character. anyone who jesus had chosen as...

Missing fragments of text complete the gospel and force us to reconsider judas role in the story of jesus? >> the story of jesus, the story of the crucifixion is not so much a whodunit, its a whydunit. why did judas betray jesus? thats really the biggest question in the entire gospel. >> in the new testament gospels, jesus starts his mission traveling through galilee and judea, gathering followers. from them, he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term "disciple" simply means learner ...

>> its a major question of biblical proportion. >> the gospel of judas is the subject of intense debate and interest. >> in 2006, nearly 30 years after its discovery, the gospel of judas is finally revealed to the world. >> this is a new gospel. it tells a new story of the last days of jesus christ. its a dialogue between jesus and judas. >> it is the only known copy of a text originally written in the second century a.d. the actual author of the gospel of judas remains unknown. >> its not the g...