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>> the story of jesus, the story of the crucifixion is not so much a whodunit, its a why done it? why did judas betray jesus? thats really the biggest question in the entire gospel. >> in the new testament gospels, judas starts his mission starting through galilee and judea gathering followers. from them he chooses 12 to be his closest disciples. >> the term disciple simply means learner or student so when jesus is calling disciples hes simply governing a group of students around to learn from h...

♪ >> the disciples nightmares are absolutely horrific. its just a terrifying scene. they are sacrificing their wives children. there are men engaged in sexual relations with men. >> we saw a great house with a great altar in it. >> its a panopoly of sin and theyre frightened by this vision and they dont know what it means. >> and 12 people who they say are priests. >> terrible things will be done in my name and in fact, you will be the ones who are doing it. >> you who receive the offerings fo...

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 from that in the bible. >> in the gospels of the new testament jesus is a mentor. hes gentle to his disciples, shall we say. >> 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 much more mysterious character who speaks in riddles that are so difficult to underst...

Chanel number 5 of antiquity and she uses a whole year worth of a day laborers wages. >> people who saw it were scandalized. they were shocked. >> none more so than the groups treasurer, judas. >> why was the ointment wasted in this way? ♪ ♪ >> leave her alone! >> jesus has been preaching this message about the poor ministering to them and giving away your coat and now all of a sudden hes going to let this woman pour a huge amount of moneys worth of perfume on him. this ointment could have b...

If he doesnt feel safe or hes having a lot of anxiety and being in a housing unit and feels threatened, protective custody may be the place for him. >> the protective custody unit is in the same wing and follows the same restrictions as administrative segregation or ad seg. deangelo toomer is there because he had a large number of enemies in the jail. but now hes been transferred to a more restrictive setting. >> he apparently threatened to stab one of our officers. it was verbal, however we do ...

Scene of the last supper to paint a very different picture of judas and jesus from that in the bible. >> in the gospels of the new testament, jesus is a mentor. hes gentle to his disciples, shall we say. >> 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 rea...

Thomas, jesus tells his disciples when they want to find leadership after his departure, they should go to james. >> jam james was a very devout man. he was on his knees praying so much that he had calloused knees like a cam held. >> james becomes the first bishop of jerusalem. >> he becomes a rock of the movement because he provides the stability that the new christian movement like that needs. >> over time he progressively developed a sense of commitment and ownership for his brothers message....

But there are clues to his life. >> in the gospel according to thomas, jesus tells his disciples when they want to find leadership after his departure, they should go to james. >> james was a very devout man. a second century historian tells us that james was continually on his knees praying, so much so that he had calloused knees like a camels knees. >> james becomes the first bishop of jerusalem. >> my brother. >> he becomes a kind of rock of the movement in many ways, because he provides the ...

Idiots, people who dont have access to the truth. really jesus treats them as a lost cause. >> in the gospel of judas, the other disciples are praying and venerating in ways that make jesus laughs at them. >> why are you laughing at the thanksgiving? >> and they seem to be leading people astray. >> it is what is right. >> i am not laughing at you! >> nor are you doing this by your will but rather it is by this that your god will be praised. >> the gospel of judas pictures the disciples as cluele...

In this way? >> leave her alone! >> jesus has been preaching this message about the poor and ministering to them and giving away your coat. and now all of a sudden hes going to let this woman pour a huge amount of moneys worth of perfume on him. >> this ointment could have been sold for more than 300 dinai and given to the poor. >> sort of one set of rules for the disciples and a different set of rules for jesus. we can see why this event would upset judas. >> this was a big turning point for ju...