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What we think we are saying. >> there are mistakes in the translation from the very first page. in fact, the very first line. there were certain word choices that were being made and there were certain reconstructions of holes in the manuscript that were being made that didn't reflect what i saw there. >> she re-examines a key moment in the lost gospel, when judas receives his vision. >> master! >> the biggest problem, i think, in the original translation was this line here. in coptic here jesus calls judas the 13th dimon and it was translated in the original translation with the word spirit. ...

It's stunning. >> the gospel of judas totally changes the relationship between jesus and judas. now judas is not a traitor but a trusted ally chosen by jesus to help him fulfill god's divine plan. then in 2007, another biblical scholar starts to doubt this interpretation. >> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didn't reflect the actual coptic language.

Jesus and judas. now judas is not a traitor but a trusted ally. chosen by jesus to help him fulfill god's divine plan. then in 2007, another biblical scholar starts to doubt this interpretation. >> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didn't reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions, what do we really

This is hugely shocking. it's stunning. >> the gospel of judas totally changes the relationship between jesus and judas. now judas is not a traitor but a trusted ally. chosen by jesus to help him fulfill god's divine plan. then in 2007, another biblical scholar starts to doubt this interpretation. >> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didn't reflect the actual coptic language.