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One of the 12 will betray me. >> jesus is taking them on a path they did not expect. they all sense the ominous stench of death breathing down on jesus. and they don't know what to do. >> it is the one to whom i give this piece of bread when i have dipped it in the dish. >> it's judas who's identified as the one who would betray him. >> judas abruptly leaves. where is he going?
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, they're 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 you're 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 he's illuminated by jesus
>> 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. he's a much more mysterious character who speaks in riddles that are so difficult to understand that a lot of the time we're 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 courage to stand up and speak to him. >> i know who you are and whence you have come, and i'm not wor...
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. and so this caused me to really
>> 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 wasn't 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 roman empire. >> these political intrigues form the backdrop to one of the most celebrated scenes of j...