To Christians only-was Judas a hero or betrayer?

Question

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/gospel/index.html

Answer 1

Judas was a betrayer, although Jesus came to earth to die for our sins, so if not Judas, someone else.

Answer 2

Judas was the betrayer this "gospel" was written so far after the other gospels that nobody (even the davinci nuts) considers it a real testimony it is a simply an early example of someone making a fake gospel for thier own purposes (much like the Jehovah Witnesses, The Mormans and the Mohamadens)

However Judas did HAVE to betray Jesus or he wouldn't have been sacrificed for our sins. Judas also could have asked for and recieved forgiveness if he wanted to but he never did as far as we know.

Answer 3

Judas was confused in a way that is actually very easy to look back upon and understand. At the time of Jesus triumpfant march into the city Judas was looking at the world through carnel eyes, meaning he was looking at right now. They were ruled much by the Romans , Judas and the people then wanted the Romans out. Thats where Barabus comes in. He was jailed for crimes against Ceasar or trying to revolt against the Romans so Judas had heard Jesus talk and believe he was talking about this world not the world to come, Judas tried to force Jesus to call a great army to run the Romans out not to have Jesus crusified. Weather to make Judas a traitor or a saint isnt up to us he just started something that he had no control over.

Answer 4

Dearest reader,
Thank you by the way to my fellow chatter who e-mailed this question to me. Yes, I saw it and wanted to comment upon it.
Judas was a betrayer. Christ spoke of "one that would deceive him" before the Last Supper...and many of the disciples wondered who it was going to be. One, I think Peter(he was always quick to reply) may have even asked if it was him.
During the Last Supper Christ dipped his bread in the wine and said "the one that dips after me will betray me" When he spoke to Judas and said, "Go, do what you need to do" the others probably thought he had some money business, as he cared for the money bag.
Satan entered into Judas at this time, which eventually cost him his life, as he hung himself after Christ was arrested, his guts spilled on the ground and that field was forever plagued with that event.
Hero? Never heard of that logic until the movie of Gibson's, as it seems the world,(of course) wanted to find someone to blame for Christ's cruxifion. Or was it the Judas documentary which I was only able to watch until I began to hear untruths....
so many of these questions reallly are found in the Bible with a good concordance, but I've had a fun evening responding to questions...
Quess it's always good to do something different than you've ever done.
God Bless,
Darcel

Answer 5

no matter if Judas did not betray Jesus, Jesus might want to have lengthy gone thorough the interest, crucifixion, and resurrection, per chance betray via yet another. Peter even deny he turned right into a follower of Jesus 3 circumstances because he became scared for his existence. as far as Judas being a villain or a hero, the jury isn't out on that. Judas became in cost of the money. some say that Judas became grasping. some say Judas turned right into a zealot who would not understand why Jesus might want to weep for spilled Roman blood, yet even if joins him and turns into an apostle. He tries to rigidity Jesus's hand via betraying him. Others say that Judas became taken over via the devil and betrays Jesus in that way.

Answer 6

Well, I'd like to think that I just honestly don't know. There are many Gospels written out there, but why should we believe them all? The four main Gospels were chosen to be considered as inspired by God and worthy of our consideration because they all complement each other and confirm just about the same story, with slight variations. I am not a literalist in Biblical thinking, so these minor inconsistencies pose no problem for me accepting Christ.

Answer 7

Jesus called him a "betrayer". It's only in the gnostic "gospels", written many years after the witnesses to the life of Jesus had long since died, that Judas is portrayed as a "hero" for releasing Jesus from His human body--a gnostic philosophy and not a Biblical teaching.

Answer 8

That's like asking, "Was the Last Supper one of those stag byob, no-host bar bashes?"...
To put it another way - Judas may have been the unlucky last man standing, thereby doomed to be fall-guy for eternity. Or not. Unfortunitely we'll never know because the script was lost in The Flood.
Praise the Lord and pass the hallelujah.

Answer 9

Considering all of the miracles Christ did, from Water transformed into Wine to Him litterally Raising from the Dead ... I find it impossible to believe Christ made a mistake in choosing Judas Iscariot as His Beloved Deciple.

Christ knew Simon Peter would Deny Him, three times ...

That's my story and I'm stick'in to it!

Answer 10

Betrayer! Go back to the scriptures and count how many times Judas is referred to as 'the one who betrayed him'.

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