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Originally Posted by Cheese
It changes the doctrine of many Christian practises who portrayed Judas as the betrayer of Jesus Christ. Will they now change their view to include the Gospel of Judas...Priest? LOL
Supposedly there is something else written on that parchment that also defies what modern Christianity has been teaching...should be fun watching them backpeddle on that too when released.
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He still is 'the betrayer' if only in his own eyes. Because he did it when Jesus asked doesn't change his guilt. Why would he still commit suicide? He just killed his God! You'll note that Judas doesn't wait the three days as Jesus directed, he kills himself almost immediately.
Jesus didn't ask Judas to 'betray him' as per the article; He asks Judas to release Him from the body that clothes Him. Judas does, not necessarily understanding the consquences, feels the guilt at the treatment of Jesus and kills himself.
I don't know, perhaps I'm blind to how this changes things so drastically. To me it actually makes more sense that Judas would do it because Jesus asked rather than on his own. After all, what's a few silver peices when you travel with someone who can feed you at will?