2007-09-17 12:55:48 · 16 answers · asked by Patrick the Carpathian, CaFO 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There was no real compensation as Judas hanged himself, a suicide. A suicide offers nothing to anyone; it is the most selfish of acts. Not only does it deprive the person whose life is ended with the opportunity of seeing that life to its fullest, it also deprives those left behind of any chance to effectively deal with their justified anger at the person who has just ended their life.
Such opportunity is afforded only by those who fail in their attempt to take their own life.
2007-09-17 13:02:26 · answer #1 · answered by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6 · 8⤊ 0⤋
First, you are assuming that a book written about 100 years after the events and that has been subsequently altered is an accurate representation of history. It is not. It is just a story, the characters do whatever the author wants them to. Judas 'betrays' Jesus because some out of context passage in the OT says he will, and the Christians can add one more messianic 'prophecy' that has been fulfilled. For a different story look into the Gospel according to Judas. A gnostic gospel that the church declared heresy basically because they did not like it. It raises your exact point. Jesus must die at the hands of the authorities so that his human blood sacrifice can wash away our sins (Don't ask why an omnipotent deity can't just wash them away without a human sacrifice.) So Jesus commands Judas to betray him to the Romans. But that is just another story written long after the time that these events were supposed to happen.
2016-05-17 08:39:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankly, I am not going to ask.
As far as I can recall however, Judas was way too hard on himself since the big J.C. already knew the consequences of his own prophesy.
2007-09-17 13:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Thirty pieces of silver, which he then threw back at them and was later used to build a potter's field. His compensation? There was none. We was so filled with remorse and tormented that he killed himself.
2007-09-17 13:04:11 · answer #4 · answered by The Apple Chick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for pointing out...er, what is it you are pointing out?
Right, the 30 pieces of silver. Apparently a treasure that has been rumoured to be a curse to all who have come in contact with it.
2007-09-17 13:00:18 · answer #5 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some silver coins, if I remember correctly it was the amount of a female slave, 15 or 30 silver coins, dont remember which exactly.
2007-09-17 13:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by Stahn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
20 pieces of silver. Or maybe 30. I forget.
2007-09-17 13:00:39 · answer #7 · answered by The GMC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
30 pieces of silver
2007-09-17 13:00:32 · answer #8 · answered by John C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He received 30 pieces of silver, according to Christian scriptures.
2007-09-17 13:01:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like the 30 silver dollars I sent Richard M. Nixon.
I bet he invested them in his retirement plan. :(
2007-09-17 13:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋