Is Judas guilty?

Question

What do you think is Judas really guilty for what he had done?
He betrayed Jesus,but he was predestined to do so,so morally it was not his fault...he had no choice,or did he?
If he would not have done it,there would not have been the salvation......he did it to save the humanity,so he participated in this salvation...
Do you think he was forgiven for what he had done?

Answer 1

I do not agree that Judas was predestined to betray Jesus. It was prophesied that Jesus would be betrayed, but the name of the betrayer was not given.

Psalm 41:9 says "Also the man at peace with me, in whom I trusted, Who was eating my bread, has magnified [his] heel against me." After washing Peter's feet, Jesus told his disciples: "You men are clean, but not all." (John 13:10) Verse 11 says: "He knew, indeed, the man betraying him. This is why he said: “Not all of you are clean.”

Jesus then quotes from Psalm 41:9 saying: "It is in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 'He that used to feed on my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'"

There is no evidence that Jesus knew Judas would betray him before he chose him as an apostle.

But even if Judas did not betray Jesus, the prophecy would still have been fulfilled. It could be said that Peter betrayed Jesus since Peter denied that he knew Jesus three times on the night of his arrest, even though Jesus had warned him he would. The other apostles fled on that occasion too. (Mark 14:30, 50, 66-72)

The entire nation of Israel in general did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and the Pharisees gave Jesus up to the Romans on false charges. Can it not also be said that he was betrayed in this way also?

There is no evidence that Judas repented before taking his life. God is judge over all the earth so only He can say whether or not He has forgiven someone.

Answer 2

He aplogized out of guilt, not repentance, or Jesus would have forgiven him. So no, he hung himself (which suicide in itself is an automatic ticket to Hell...can't forgive you if you don't ask for forgiveness for taking your own life) and was guilty of the blood of Jesus.

Second-If not Judas, someone else.
Judas betrayed Jesus not for public safety or some other reason, but for 30 bucks. Personal selfish reasons, so he received a personal selfish death.

Answer 3

Judas' guilt depends entirley on things we can never know barring the second coming of Christ. Some say that he was forced to turn in his Lord, despite being "favored" I believe it is put in some gospels (Gnostic Gospel of Judas). Some pop culture references like "Lamb: the gospel according to Christ's good pal Biff" by Christopher Moore say he was guilty then repented and hung himself. Another, much less important source says he became Dracula...(Dracula 2000) either way, it is important to reconcile history in your own beliefs, Judas hung himself, that could be the sign of a guilty man who repents in the wrong way. If Judas did not hang himself, and spent the rest of his life believing in the Lord, then he was forgiven for his guilt, but that is all supposition on his guilt. Like I said, it's a matter of belief, and faith. We may never know.

Answer 4

That's true it was predestined, and he later killed himself for what had happened no so sure that was predestined though. Jesus was meant to die on the cross had it not been for Judas selling him out, it would of been someone else it was meant to happen.

Answer 5

Judas is most DEFINITELY guilty.

Satan was predestined to turn away from God.
Does that make it ok?

Just because someone is "predestined" to do something bad,
and it turns out ok,
that doesn't make what they did any less horrible.

He had no good intentions or motivations,
he just wanted money.

He is GUILTY.

Answer 6

Judas has long paid the price and is now a Master of Wisdom who will return as a great teacher in about 500 years,and besides it was all apart of the plan.

Answer 7

I think Judas was doing exactly what he was supposed to do and he was in the perfect will of God. He's gotten a bad rap. I don't think he needed forgiveness for being in the perfect will of God. Good luck. 2D

Answer 8

or for that matter, would any of us be guilty of "sin", if everything is predestined, free will or not?

another example of why religion is so senseless to me.

Answer 9

I think he was right to help the authorities get rid of an obvious trouble maker. He was clearly motivated by a sense of public duty.

Answer 10

yea, he was wrong for betraying Jesus for some money. hopefully he asked for forgiveness before he killed himself.