Judas’ betrayal shows how Satan exploits greed, secrecy, resentment, and disobedience in an unguarded heart.
Judas Opened His Heart to Betrayal
What Really Happened in the Upper Room?
Jesus washed the apostles’ feet, exposed Judas, instituted the Lord’s Supper, and prepared His apostles for His departure.
Has The Gospel of Judas Transformed Our Understanding of Judas Iscariot?
Explore how an ancient text reshapes our view of a biblical figure.
What Fate Awaits the Lawless One and Those Who Follow Him?
The New Testament teaches that the man of lawlessness and his followers will face eternal destruction. This collective entity, symbolizing apostates, are condemned for their conscious choice to reject Gospel truth and align with rebellion against God. Their fate, defined as annihilation rather than everlasting torment, reinforces the importance of staying faithful to Jesus Christ’s teachings.
What Is the “Gospel of Judas” and Did It ‘Change the History of Early Christianity’?
“THIS is big. A lot of people are going to be upset.” “This changes the history of early Christianity.” (Andrew Cockburn, “The Judas Gospel,” National Geographic, May 2006, p. 91) These overly dramatic in the extreme statements came from scholars who, with open arms, welcomed, the publication of the “Gospel of Judas.” Did these predictions come true?
Matthew 27:3-5 BDC: What was it that Judas Iscariot regretted? Could he have been saved?
Matthew 37:3–5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)
Judas Hangs Himself
3 Then when Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself!” 5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:5 BDC: says that Judas hanged himself, while Luke at Acts 1:18 says that “falling headlong he [Judas] burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.” So, which is it?
Matthew 27:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. Acts 1:18 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 18 (Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong [Or, “and becoming swollen up.”], he... Continue Reading →
