Gospel of Judas: What Does It Really Say?
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- The Gospel of Judas caused a huge stir when National Geographic published it back in 2006. But to this day, misconceptions about this text abound. Who wrote this text? And what does it really say?
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Judas killed himself after Jesus was crucified and besides that fact, none of the apostle wrote anything down when Jesus was alive.
So many different gods
All you idiots on the tube are confusing , or better , throwing in the spanner in the works...none of yous have a answer.... and you are too young.... you have not lived..... Perth Australia
I'm gonna start saying "Why are you getting worked up, 13th demon? Speak now and I shall bear with you." to people
😂
And then they explode into flames.
He used a term who could be translated to THE LIGHT"
666 likes
It had 666 likes had to break it
Ever get the feeling that the 3rd century had trolling fanfic authors too?
Sounds like a third century misinformation campaign
Alexis Alexandersson I didn’t know Luke said that, I’ll have to read Luke very soon. Thanks.
Yeah, we published most of it's works as truth. A.K.A the bible.
@@1Hannigan1 Don't go to the trouble of reading it. Its too deep and mysterious for you to grasp, and we've already read it for you. Our interpretation (the only correct one) is available to you for a membership fee plus your weekly attendance and devotion to our super secret special "inside" knowledge. Why wait? Salvation can be yours! Sign up today and get the decoder ring and decal free.
@Bongo Man Always look on the bright side of life!
"Why do you laugh at us Jesus?"
"Sorry, I just remembered a funny joke..."
"... behold, a rabbi and a catholic priest walk into a bar..."
Nice 👌
you wouldn't get it...
"What is the joke about Jesus ?"
"Its about a guy named Brian and he understands me".
@@cgt3704 lol
This turned into lovecraftian tale really fast
a what?
@@dadedon305 H.P Lovecraft a writer he is refering to his bizzare tales
Gnosticism tends to do that.
@@MrCenturion13 wppl tend to do this 👆🏾
@@dadedon305 what the heck is a wppl?
This sounds like a creepypasta form of the gospel
Exactly dude, it gives this forbidden feel to it.
@Bronze Hawk His eyes too.
@@makutas-v261 nice profile picture, Risotto.
honestly
Fake gospel.
Jesus looks super uncomfortable letting Judas kiss him, but like he's trying to be cool about it.
Oh you saw his reaction? Nicee..all our questions about what he was feeling when that happened...THANK YOU!
@@tristan7844 dafuq
Lol!
Who was the artist? perhaps they were uncomfortable with this and this feeling emerged in their painting. One must look at this from all angles.
@@whatsernamelj hahah
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Try reading source material. Secondhand stories generally fall prey to the 'telephone game' and speculation.
@@abdielrainbowhellsangel2256 this is accurate, though.
But yeah.
@@dascreeb5205 Agreed. Just an added suggestion.
Thanks for being polite and not shizzin on meh. 😋
I suggest strongly that you buy the COMPANION BIBLE. Scripture, using hermeneutics (one of my hobbies for the past 20 years) by E.W. Bullinger and completed by Moffit, includes appendices that truly details the many misinterpretations that various religions have used to control congregations for selfish reasons rather than preaching the TRUTH. This is often the fault of preachers and seminary faculty who refuse to question what they have been taught. Reading the COMPANION Bible will help anyone with an open mind and true desire to learn will allow the reader or student to actually make sense of Scripture without bias to any particular denomination or sect.
@@abdielrainbowhellsangel2256 The Lord Jesus Christ promises us, "He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will also do, and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father" (John 14:12).
It's cool going back to this and seeing how RFB's presentation style improved over the years. Great channel.
Yeah! It's crazy how young he was when he started
“Truly I tell you, no generation will know me from the people who are among you.” Actually, if Jesus truly said this, it is beyond accurate.
Sooo true
He didn't. This lie of a gospel was written well over a hundred years after Jesus and Judas lived.
@@bcalvert321 so were most gospels keep up.
@@taureansun1501 False, all of those in the Bible were written before 100 A.D. Revelation was written very close to 100 A.D,
@@bcalvert321 please did the apostles write the gospels then?
The Gospel of Mark also portray the disciples as not too bright....Peter was always talking without thinking
Yeah I always feel sorry for the apostles in the canonical gospels. Like, they're basically on the losing end of a Socratic dialogue so they're stuck looking like dipshits and falling for all of Jesus' trick questions. In Acts they finally get to look moderately less buffoonish.
Yes. He was prideful. He was raised as a pharisee, very legalist. But once Jesus changed him, he was a great leader among the apostles and later the Christian church. (Not catholic
@@joelnordstrom8049 u meant paul not peter
Who cares if people were not bright! They still are NOT and Never will be. I work at a huge corporate, have a Master’s degree, have a manager position in roles and I also talk without thinking sometimes. But THANKGOD for Jesus Christ who died for us to send us this helper the Holy Spirit to help us with all our struggles. Listen God can use ANYONE. He even used a donkey. So if God can do that, please NEVER THINK highly of yourself. For the wisest man on earth is the poorest man of knowlegde when it comes to God. God knows everything and the ones who seek Him, He shares His knowlegde with. And He did with the apostles. Stop writing negative comments my friends and let’s understand why things happened en praise God for fixing it!!
Jarlaxle Daerthe let’s agree to disagree 😃. God loves you and I pray that you are just a lost sheep He is searching for and will do anything at His cost to get you back!!❤️
My mind is in flames. I need to do more research, it won’t let me rest
read some of the gnostic gospels in the apocrypha.... makes for good reading
Why u want to read Things that God not allow in our Bibles today.
it can affect your belief system sister.
@@RohitKumar-dg1ln God didn't said what is allowed or not allowed in the bible. It's the church thats what to decide whether to include this gnostic gospels or not.
@@droidnautica Nowadays The bible we have the world have is Protestant bible.. Catholic Bible is have extra books and they have extra rituals that are not in the bible..
and There is a reason behind that why we don't have gnostic gospels.
I Believe That..Like Martin Luther God use him to create a Protestant bible.. and people read that bible all over the world in diff languages..
same as for gnostic God doesn't allow it to be in the bible bcuz they are Opposite of what bible says..
i know may be your opinion is different but that's what i Believe
That’s good means your being led somewhere follow your intuition and your heart❤️
That's so wild, I would so watch like a 3 hour long in-depth deconstruction of this text.
Really ??? I was getting a headache 5 min. in !
@@josephwalsh7546 Yeah absolutely! It's so interesting :)
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible
@@lufhopespeacefully2037 you sound psychotic
Jesus said: "I am not laughing at you... I'm laughing because this bit reminds me of that bit in 'Life of Brian' where Biggus Dickus starts reading to the crowd."
oh you waskally webel, you
Romanes eunt domus!
@@kevinmahernz 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Blashpemer!!!
In Greek the word "demon" or "δαίμονα" is used jokingly to describe someone who's giving you a hard time, or who's causing trouble. It can be used from a parent to their child jokingly and not in the context you explained in that video.
If Jesus would have called Judas a demon it could just be done jokingly
You didn't read the gospels and it shows.
Considering its been some 2 thousand years maybe the word changed its meaning
humor and semantics require cultural contexts... so unless u lived in those times or perhaps studied the culture extremely to understand the language and type of humor humans used in Jerusalem in those days... no one can truly say
Jesus did seem to use sarcasm and make jokes like this, so it was how I understood it.
@@soare5182 You don't speak greek and it shows.
I've read the Gospel of Judas and it is definitely an interesting read.
you mean, you read 85% of it, if I understood this video correctly. Some of it is gone. Now, how much is 15% worth. I do definitely (not) have a clue. To exclude not changes everything that I just said, so it depends on what 15% was lost, right?
why doesn`t trinity had written in the bible
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why doesn`t trinity had written in the bible
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible
@@lufhopespeacefully2037 the trinity is in the Bible, both old & new testament. It's an easy look up
I really like learning this. And someone can both be super close to you and someone you find deeply annoying. Loving someone dearly while aware their ego and other goals might get in the way
Interesting. But more than anything i felt happy every time it said Jesus laughed. It feels nice to see texts where Jesus is happy or having fun.
@Jeremy Kirkpatrick are u nuts?
@Jeremy Kirkpatrick Luke never met Jesus in the flesh. C'mon if your going to mock at least get the facts right. Smh.🤦♂️
@Jeremy Kirkpatrick lol
@sprock Yeah, but through the context it seems that nothing that encites anxiety is present lol
he was laughing at the stupidity of his followers...
Mind blown. I need to go deeper into this rabbit hole.
Look for the book of Acts of Paul and Thecla.
its gnostic, please don't
@@nonames9935 why not read a gnostic verse?
@@PinkLaptop its literally influenced by other ancient religions from the east
Yup, I had the same feeling when I discovered this.
Great breakdown. Very easy to follow and well informed. I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.
May be it was just a satire alternate an author created and buried it. Like me burying LOTR book deep in a cave and 1000 years later whoever finds it may question his entire reality.
So what is your occupation?
Irenaeus of Lyons: I'm a heresiologist. An expert of labelling other people beliefs as heresy.
What do you do?
Irenaeus of Lyons: I heresigize
He would have an easy job today.
I'm kind of interested. Is the job well paid?😄
OMG, that is the wittiest summation I have read in a long, long time. Well stated, Sir.
They hiring?
The Gospel of Judah in three words. "I was framed!".
"I'm a fraud" - gospel of Judas
@@truthbebold4009 I clearly don't understand? Is jesus false?
@@wisespidey No, Jesus lives (however some say the name Jesus is inaccurate). The gospel of Judas is false.
@@truthbebold4009 but this is archeological facts in written
@@wisespidey Might have some truths within but definitely not an inspired gospel.
im obsessed with knowing all the universes, layers, gods, levels, archons, dimensions etc. Id love nothing more than to go all the way to the source and learn where it came from too.
That source is Allah
I enjoy all of your videos my friend, great work!
I would like to see some more content on Saklas, Barbelo, the 13th realm and what the other realms are. The other Aeons and Archons.
that's a pretty deep rabbit-hole. You'd be getting into Gnosticism, Kabbalah, and other sorts of "forbidden" knowledge, up into modern left-hand path teachings. Really interesting, but you can kinda see why Nicea wanted all this stuff redacted from their official Bible.
Look up the Nag Hammadi.
Take DMT
Not to mention Nebro.
@@jkryanspark nebro the rebel
The Antiquities dealer tried selling Judas for $3000000?
If there is a God, he’s got a great sense of humour.
Sounds like the sale went equally as well, too
Underrated.
3000000 pieces of denim cotton
He should have told the Catholic church if you don't pay me 5 million I'm going to publish it.
@@GospelOfTimothy Vatican would've paid
Great summary. I've not read this for over a decade, but I'll be digging it out for another read, now.
We've known about Judas' role for decades. Truly, even according to the Bible he did what his leader told him to do. He was following orders.
Not entirely. Jesus never told Judas to betray him. what Bible are you reading? Judas in front of the chief priests said, "I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death." It seemed like Judas was surprised Jesus was actually condemned to death. So perhaps Judas thought Jesus would get out of it and he would get the money. So Judas's sin was not just betraying Jesus Christ, we could say that he had a role to play and he did it, but his sin was greed.
@@joanozioko9232 He was chosen by Yeshua at the Last Supper when he was given the piece of bread.
@@m.r.jarrell3725 jesus already knew what was in Judas Iscariot's heart. He didn't go eenie meenie miny mo. And anyways, Judas already betrayed Jesus before the last supper. He already went to the High priests and collected the money.
Counter-argument: Jesus says "get behind me Satan!" to Saint Peter in the Gospel of Matthew, but I don't think anyone interprets that to mean Jesus was claiming that Saint Peter was actually the earthly equivalent to Satan.
I think it's bc peter was acting like a demon.
I’m pretty sure this channel released a video about the the potential misuse of “Satan” in modern Christianity.
This is the truth
Peter was being influenced by him during that moment...Just like he tries to get everyone to fall victim to his tactics to take down the chosen...
@@receivedbeans8555 satan in their language mean opposer
So Judas is basically the Severus Snape of the bible
please go to the top
Nope. Snape was not an evil but Judas was an evil.
@@nikkyja6153
how
@@cloroxbleach3936 because Satan entered in Judas and Satan did the worse treachery
@Sir Slizzle no he didn't. Because if you read your bible he felt remorseful and wanted them to take back his money They didn't he went off to commit suicide
It's like a new expansion (quest/story) has been released in a video game's lore
Well these non-canonical gospels are an expansion in the Bibles lore. All we need is a game based on these.
why doesn`t trinity is written in bible
@@cgt3704 you mean a game of a game?
peacefully bits me🙄
@@sami_keren yes
Some people think that we Christians are not to read the gospel of Judas, which is weird. As an Indian Catholic, I am happy to have read this text.
Exactly bro, don’t limit yourself on knowledge and be willfully blind. Learn and grow stronger from intellect.
You’re not forbidden from reading it, but just know that this is a heretic book written by gnostics, which contradicts the whole bible
So you believe the God that create Adam and Eve the God that said “let there be light and there was light” is evil?
Judas could have been the ultimate 'Snape' character.
@SigmaTauri2 Maybe, but not likely. No serious scholar doubts whether these people existed. Only the details about their lives. The "It was all made up" narrative is a strange one, specially because how much people like to insist upon it when they believe it.
@@Epiousios18 Oh, there are many that doubt but also many can put down and say that a man named Yeshua and lived 2000 years ago, preaching how judaism should be practised does not sound unreal. The three oldest none bible texts that mentions Yeshua (or rather at this time Jesus) are pretty weak on the truth of the matter but good enough to say that there where a Yeshua. As for Judas there is nothing on him. That Yeshua was betrayed doesn't sound out of this realm but that is was Judas has no proof outside of the hebrew text. There might have been a person that fits the description of Judas but not Judas himself. For all we know, Judas is as real as Zeus or Odin.
@@antonakesson I personally use the Gospel of Mark as a baseline because it is pretty obvious that it was written as a secondhand account. The Zeus and Odin comparison doesn't really follow though. Completely different ideas/eras at work there.
@@Epiousios18 Toché. How about King Arthur and Robin Hood then?
@@antonakesson Completely different context.You don't see billions of human being following the teaching of King Arthur do you? At a certain point it is just modernity bias that promotes the idea "its was all a myth/story"
so judas was to jesus, what snape was to dumbledore.
exactly. Only the most trusted and loyal chosen to fulfil the prophesy.
Judas was to jesus what cohen is to trump.
Yeah, but the dude still killed himself so....
Fictional?
Yoda Man lol
You have done marvelous and tireless research. Thank you!
The story of how the guy found these texts is different in almost every video I've watched about them
Jesus said: "I am not laughing at you. I am laughing with you!" 😂
lol
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Good one!.
you wrong
That's what I was thinking. Lol
I was reading the comments when all of the sudden I got hungry when I heard at 2:10 Fajitas, Cheeseburgers, Tacos
lol
You too, eh? Lol I thought it was a joke...
Lol..
Bhuahaha 😂😂
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Nice!
You have a very clear direct teaching, enjoying hearing your viewpoint.
Look at how young you are! And thank you for this ! This gospel has been so intriguing
It’s like a graphic novel or anime of the Bible. Pretty awesome actually. Our cultures would be so different if this was Christianity now.
Wtf hahahahsha im christian and i also otaku nice bro
Wish book of hudas early discove and not broken
YOU HAVE NOT SEEN MY FINAL FORM YET
it's all like that, cause the while thing is fake
Great break down. Even as an atheist, I enjoyed the video and found it informative.
Awesome. This channel is for atheists and theists alike! Whoever is interested in studying religion as an academic discipline.
It's like Christian Fantasy, very nice.
@@Brakvash Christian fantasy is an oxymoron.
@@afriendofafriend5766 Christian fantasy is redundant.
@@kathryngeeslin9509 And Andrew King. A perfect example of what is often wrong with both sides of this argument. Both are so sure of themselves when they don't actually know. Strict Atheists and Theists are usually much closer to each other than they want to admit, they both have blind faith and automatically disregard anything that might challenge that.
Thank you for this video. It was suggested to me today in 2021. Between when you posted and my viewing, I had seen a documentary that did indeed say Judas & Jesus as best friends and actually planned the martyrdom. And that was the trigger for Judas to commit suicide. Now I'm back where I started--a bit confused. :)
CJ It's strange how in the Gospels there are two different accounts of how Judas died. In one he hangs himself, and the other sounds like he fell on his sword.
4:03 I know you're trying to be PC but it was the Roman province of Judea. It wasn't called Palestine until Emperor Hadrian named it Syria Palestina after the last Jewish deportation.
Hahaha, thank you for bringing this to my attention. He is compromised if he's making edits on this point alone for the sake of audience appeasement. Guess I get to make some rewrites too?
It sounds like combination of The Lord of the rings with his dark materials with Bible.
That's because both the Gospel of Judas and the Simarillion are touching on true facts about our reality. We really do live in a flawed hellverse.
That's because Tolkien was no stranger to the ocult and these ideas
@@CourtesyPhone
He also was expert on ancient language and so called myths. He was creative with ability to construct linguistic visual storyline .
@@godspeedhero3671 I believe it. I’m pretty sure the Buddhists do too
I’ve read the gospel of Judas multiple times. As a former Catholic I can safely say that the text certainly appears to show Judas as being someone extremely special to Jesus. He might not of been his “best“ friend, but he clearly is his number one pupil. The mission that he gives Judas is of the utmost importance in fulfilling his destiny which is something the others are portrayed as not understanding. The “13th demon” comment might be more of a reference to the apostles who it sounds like are trifling to Jesus at times. Jesus calling Judas the 13th may be a nod to him as being special as opposed to being a traitor.
He was most assuredly the body guard and close confidant of Jesus. His name Iscariot literally means of the knife..
Judas followed orders to turn Jesus over ..
The church has twisted the story to fit their narrative.. because the truth would destroy their grip on power .
@@alexwestman8289 the entire Gospel of Judas would undermine the RC narrative which is why they burned every copy they could get ahold of like many of the other non-canonical gospels from the Coptic and Dead Sea scrolls. They were heretical and hidden in Qumran for safety. This Gospel could be the only surviving script of it's kind. 5hw early. church, in it's mad rush to seize control and organize a new orthodoxy really missed an opportunity with this one to teach the truer lessons of their messiah.
@@matthewbittenbender9191 exactly right ..you absolutely nailed it.
When judus,,, was entered by satan, judus did not even no he had been entered by satan,,, . Well no, he didnt,,, would he be forgiven for this,???'he was baptised.and.he.did.repent to recieve baptism, but.he did.steel. out of.the moneybox.,well contribution.box,,,, bad.that in it,, our kingdom hall as got. Camera,s looking down on the.money box,,, hello,"" whats that all about, hello,"" ???
The "Gospel of Judas" is fake.
Thank you for this content i really do appreciate the presentation of this topic. One small critique/criticism. You can honestly listen to this at 75% speed and it sounds just as good. I personally feel like if you slowed down just a hair it would be chef's kiss perfect. Just my thoughts though thanks again.
Great informative analysis.
Always thought Judas' roll was a bit odly remembered. If the crucifixion of Jesus was the preordained will of god, then wouldn't Judas have been fulfilling gods will. Remembering him as a traitor seems like an odd take away to me.
Rift Vallance I like you bro I said that same thing people don't think like we do, judas played his role. Judas knew the truth And was used by God just like you said and he could be given another chance because he killed himself knowing that Jesus told him one of you will be betray me. He had no choice . Than Jesus would have been a liar.
bidun aism I guess we have the unpopular interpretation, on the same line I actually never thought judas killed himself, I know it says he goes and hangs after returning the silver, but at some point his belly was sliced open too, I always thought that implied he was murdered.
Satan has authority over the earth allowed by God. Whatever evil Satan does God turns it into a blessing. this can pretty much be seen throughout scripture most especially the book of Job.
It's "God", not "god" unless you are talking about a Pagan god. Also, it is "role" not "roll". So what other word besides traitor suits you for someone who betrays another with slanderous lies, for a few Shekels of silver?
Matthew Ronson Jr. The crucifixion was intended to redeem humanity, it was not a random event. That means it's not really an evil thing, it was a manifestation of God's will. Maybe Judas was the only apostle who was strong enough to do what God required of him. I thought it somewhat parallels the story of Abraham and Issiac.
Thank you for providing unbiased information on such a hot topic.
Actually plenty of atheists have covered this same topic at this same time 7 months ago
Thank you for sharing.
i literally feel like my brain is really small now... 😅 this is amazing information thank you
I have read it. Its essential message is that the kingdom of god is to be found within each person. The term judas is also jude or juda. It really means in greek, Diddamus, translated as twin. So most people assumed he was a twin of jesus of Nazareth, as he was able to describe his character as a child (brother).
That part of the kingdom within us makes a lot of sense somehow if we just erase all other readings about this kingdom of god
So what are we to do with the kingdom of God within us
Makes no sense if we have it within us why do we sin stop disrespecting god and his work you should read and learn before you disrespect a perfect being to appeal to your own sinful nature repent for all have fallen short from the glory of god
But you are correct we do have a yearning for god we belong to him until we submit we will never be satisfied.
@@bhumble8429 First define what is meant by 'The kingdom of God"? Remember there my be a very different meaning to it for the 2nd and 3rd Century Christians as to what Jesus actually meant? For example, Gods Kingdom could mean the whole of creation? Or it could mean a specifically chosen place or group of people in creation? Or it could mean a spiritual realm outside of physical creation? Or it could mean a certain level ''spiritual awareness' that you can achieve? Non of these things are incompatible with a 'sinful' falling short human being Light cannot exist without the dark Try describing light if you have never seen darkness? Perfection cannot exist without the imperfect; Try describing Perfect without ever knowing imperfection? Or simply, try to describe hot if you have never exerienced cold? Without our 'sin' and imperfection it is impossible for us to know the perfect or pure when we attain it
The world was created by an evil fool? That would explain a whole lot...
@Kira Yoshikage Jesus by saving us made us fools. We should have died instead. What a fool!
@@The-illuminated I still don't understand. Is Jesus false?
Wisdom Menezes no he is not
You mean why there is so much evil in the world? The bible explains that there is so much evil in the world bc adam and eve first sinned, and we all sin, thats why
@@gabrielg3617 so are these gospels false??
The Nag Hamadi has been translation of the gospels of Judas. This book give you so much information. It really is a beautiful book.
Thank you for sharing the depth of your knowledge and research! Great channel!
Bet the Vatican has a copy!!!
theo springer i think the same thing... the vatican has a lot of secrets
Yeah, the Pope probably goes down into the Vatican archives and reads it when he needs a good laugh.
Id say they got the actual scroll or text
theo springer the letter J was invented in the 16 hundreds how could there have been a guy by the name of Judas
David Hollenbeck Thats because Judas is the English version of the Hebrew name. The Hebrew name sounded a lot like the English name "Judas" so that's what the English translaters set it at. What you basically asked was "How come the Bible is in modern English when modern English has only been around for about 500 years?"
I remember reading the Gospel of Judas back when National Geographic published the translation. This is a great video. You really clarified important elements in the text.
There are no important element in it at all. Nearly all the early Christians all rejected it as obvious and laughable heresy.
Like what? A digression about gnosticism and it could mean this or that repeated.
Idk about Judas Iscariot but Judas Priest is pretty cool. I also trolled my literature teacher once when I wrote in my Judas Iscariot composition that the Judas and Jesus kiss had a homoerotic subtext (my teacher was confused but didn't call me out on it. That's about the most "rebel" I got in all of high school, I was a pretty tame student, and for the better).
The more I look into the Bible the more I realize that the messed up modern version of it is due mostly to poor translations 😭 you fr gotta find people who can talk about the original languages and the cultural context to understand what it's about, and most don't
You can use a Strong’s Bible Concordance to translate find the correct translations yourself. There’s even a Concordance Bible called the Interlinear Bible to help. It’s been extremely helpful to me in understanding the Word much better. So many people miss the importance of the fact that the people of the Bible are Hebrew and there are cultural and language barriers that muddy the context of Scripture, as you said. The Bible can’t be separated from the very people it’s about, but let most Christians tell it’s not an issue to do that.
My favorite non-cannon book of the Bible: “The Gospel According to Biff”
Great book. Waiting for a movie.
To Time Lord
Don't be so sensitive.
It's all mythology dude.
Not real.
Judas did exactly what Jesus told him to do.
"Tell the Roman soldiers where I am so they can arrest me."
He planned on being crucified so he could rise from the dead.
What's wrong with that?
He could have gone to the soldiers himself
@King Amen-Tut-Ankh allthatsinteresting.com/yeshua-jesus-real-name i think this is what you might be looking for :)
James Richard Wiley in that case why has Judas been vilified throughout history? Without him Jesus’ weird plan would not have worked. So Judas is the greatest apostle of them all. Just shows how illogical and idiotic Christianity is.
@@peterweeks2066 yep!🙂
This actually has some really neat parallels with Islamic notions of Satan (Iblis) and especially the interpretation of Ibn ʿArabī. The Islamic rebellion narrative casts Satan as the foremost lover of God. When God demands that he bow to humanity, he is stuck with the impossible choice of either disrespecting God by bowing to something lesser than God or disobeying God. Because he is the true lover of God, he chooses disobedience, because it is better to suffer separation from the beloved than to dishonour him. Even so, Satan leads us towards God from heaven. All love is a reflection of divine love, and so our petty, sinful loves are just an indirect love of God. Satan leads us towards those petty loves and so towards love of God. Ultimately, Satan will be rewarded for his enduring faith, love, and hard work and will be honoured when the judgement comes.
As for my interpretation of the Christian role of Judas, I see it a lot like how I see the temptation. Jesus is incorruptible. He can't be tempted. But he knows that temptation is an important part of our journey towards salvation, so he goes through temptations as a model for us even though he can't really be tempted. Likewise, he understands that we can only really be inspired to action when we lose something. He is eternal and all-loving and can't really lose anything, but he needs to show us what the path to righteousness looks like, so he (according to the canon) allows or (according to GoJ) requests that Judas betray him so that we can see how his great power and our salvation come out of loss, betrayal, and suffering. The reason why he couldn't have gone to the soldiers or even just crucified himself is that action comes from external loss and betrayal.
Very interesting. Fine video 👍
If Judas is being referred to as Saklas (or at least his earthly body double), then it would make sense that he knows where Jesus truly comes from, since he comes from the same place. It also makes sense that Judas would betray Jesus.
HP LOVECRAFT traveled through time and wrote this.
Wants to transport Codex 19 through history; instead transports CoViD-19 :P
Doubt it...
Otherwise he would have gone back to the time of Jesus to ensure satans victory..
Which isn't possible 😁
More like J.R.R. Tolkien, but okay.
I understand your connection to LOVECRAFT unlike some of these other commenters.The mythos he created
@@petetong9725 Don't think H P was an evil man Pete !!
Wait, this video is avoiding THE most important controversy around the Judas texts. Isn't there evidence Jesus condoned and forgave Judas' actions as necessary steps for the enlightenment of man? That is, Judas was NOT portrayed as the simplistic straw-man or evil punching bag modern Christianity set him up to be.
Hypatia4242, there is no evidence in the Bible that Jesus condoned and forgave Judas' actions. Prove me wrong
+Johan Bester --- you have misunderstood my comment. My point is that modern Christianity and the current editing of the bible DOES portray Judas as a simplistic straw-man character, set up to be a punching bag for Christians. What I'm pointing out, however, is gnostic texts portray a more complicated, important relationship. Specifically, the Gnostic Gospel of Judas imply Jesus and Judas planned the betrayal beforehand... together... as a means of enlightening mankind.
This debate did exist prior to the discovery of the Gnostic text. People have argued Judas was/is the first to be forgiven. Further, the kiss of Judas during the 'betrayal' was not meant as an evil gesture, but as an act of devotion. Judas identified Jesus so that Jesus could fulfill his role, in doing so he fulfilled his own role. Judas also offered to return the money, implying there was no personal gain. Apart from the 'death' scenes in some books, Judas is portrayed much more blandly and benignly than is often taught by modern Christians.
Also, it has been argued, somewhat convincingly I would say, Jesus' character is portrayed in such a way throughout that Judas was meant to be forgiven, or even pitied. That is, we are not meant to believe the son of God would hold a grudge or want us to do so... that LITERALLY defeats the purpose of the religion.
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@@JohanBesterphotos Prove yourself right, quit being lazy.
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there you go proved wrong
i've appreciated indeed your vision regarding Judas:
it was precious to me to understand that there it can't be no polarity 'cause all work together for a greater -or evil- good .. if it serves the growth of humankind
I love that "Saklas" is shown as Monty Python's vision of God... :)
Gnostic Jesus is always laughing at someone.
Exodus 20:8
@@truthpreacher666 ?
@@tessemo what you want
@@truthpreacher666 He's not taking Jesus' name is vain
@@DANtheMANofSIPA so?
2 Judas's in the bible:
Judas Iscariot (betrayer)
And Judas the son of James, who is the son of zebedee....
Good point.
Didn't Jesus also have a brother called Judas too?
@@jackyyoung1247 Read Robert Eisenman. He has an entire chapter in his book on James about the NT name game.
@@jackyyoung1247 Yes.. Jesus/Yeshua the Messiah had a half brother named Judas.. and James and at least 2 sisters also.. it is in the gospels. The RCC Romans Catholics claim they are cousins so they can keep the Mary has always been a virgin game...
Actually there's two judases , the one that was jesus's brother was Jude. His name was changed in the Bible to avoid confusion
Now this is the SNYDER'S CUT for BIBLE
Thanks for this video.
I watched John Romer’s Testament series many times over the years. The evolution of the Christianity is interesting, thank you for your research.
Sounds like the story my brother makes up to make himself look better. Really, I don't know what to think.
I know, I believe in the holy trinity (god, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit)
But videos like this make me question because there is so much we don’t know, because of lost text, or because it just wasn’t include etc. so idk but I still believe in god tho
@@Wavy_blade there’s a lot of added text out there. like the Quran for example. don’t worry. just follow Jesus towards the narrow gates.
All the gnostic gospels are like that: there are secret teachings that the "plebeians" aren't worthy of. And there's a secret disciple that's the only one who is taught. The problem is that the secret disciple is always a different person (Judas, Mary Magdalene, etc).
I see them as fanfictions written by different groups to justify their doctrines.
@@Wavy_blade tip: God makes known everything we need known
@@Nick-ny3dr A very simple minded way of looking at things don’t you think?
Wild stuff. Reinforces my long-held opinion that modern Christians have been played. Played hard. This Gospel of Judas thing is next level. Makes the whole theology bit interesting again.
Modern Christians weren't played
They just are the Christian faction that end up dominant from the numerous Christian factions of early Christianity
@@user-my4lf4bx6v Bro no. They're the sect that a roman pagan empror decided will be dominant and persecuted everyone who went against them.
Seems like a fullfillment of the prophecy of book of daniel about the the horn that destroyed 3 horns and "spoke against the most high and changed times" as he literally killed 3 rival emprors, held council of nicaea and changed the holy day of Saturday to sunday and jesus birthday ...
You need not worry about us. We know whom we serve, you know not whom you serve.
Consideration Judas betrayed Jesus and soon after killed himself, I put no real merit into anything that he may or may not have said.
@@milleniumfrisbeeexactly! What makes them so sure Judas is correct? He was a traitor
I was always fascinated with Judas and the Gospel of Judas brings out more questions
Why does this sound like Greek mythology low key though?
Some of the ideas are derived from Plato
i think it was written by a greek?
Well, technically they both existed at the same time, though Greek mythology came first. Christianity is mire of a hotpot of beliefs that come from many different religions. Hinduism, Greek mythology, and possibly Buddhism for Gnosticism.
Because it is.
@@petarjovanovic1481 You were right though, they didn't exist at the same time. Greek mythology existed far, far beyond Christianity.
"I hate it when he kisses me in public. Someone's sure to tell mom." The Unknown Gospel of Moi
Wouldn't this be the Gospel of Yaoi?
It's in the Bishonen Love version of the bible.
Where are the bible fans so they can start making Jesus yaoi art and post it on twitter.
"Judas stahp my dad is constantly watching"
This is excellent thank you
Excellent presentation.
Kudos to You! religionforbreakfast! "Wonder"ful, wonderful job!
Well put together & excellently eloquated!
As a matter of fact, I just 'Subscribed' as I appreciate that you seem to really do your homework! I like that! :)
Hihi. How lovely. Always come slow and quiet, but comes. Love it.
Thank you for your posts. I learn a lot!
Do you think the Gospel of Judas contains parallels to the Anunaki creation of man texts?
Proverbs 27:6 King James Version (KJV)
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Fran Cisco sort of proves the Judas story was created from former scripture.
Not every kiss is the kiss of an enemy, however.
Very interesting and informative. Thank you for sharing.
Fascinating, thanks!!
I am super fascinated in all these early texts. How do I study these or get my hands on these to study them?
A great author on the subject to look for is Stephan Hoeller
@@stephensteviecole9238 thank you
No wonder this book wasn’t canon. He served his purpose and The Anointed One died to redeem all believers.
He died for the non believers, not the righteous.
@@JB-wk9to testify!!! You hit the nail on the head brother
All these gospels basically fan fiction of what they thought was happening back then
fan fiction based on which documents exactly? you should get your lore right, noob. the new testament(includes the gospels) is the lore. HA!
@@arddermout6946 Nah, it became so when the authors sold the IP rights to the Nicea council and in their infinite wisdom, they declared the extended universe non canon and came with the crappiest sequel.
I still intend to take everything I learn with a grain of salt considering even in our own modern Bible Jesus warns of false doctrine and I'm willing to bet he meant in his own day as well as future texts. Of course it is also understood that the Bible is the full and accurate account of Jesus Christ so I find any others to be desperate attempts to "lead followers astray".
Some you on here think your funny. God is not to be mocked. If you don't believe, ok. No need for the hating, yeh.
@@jimmie8928 Jesus warns about Paul and nobody listened
A longer more in depth video would be great. Especially about the cosmology.
Super helpful 🙏
St. Irenaeus of Lyons is so underrated, the guy is awesome.
so, judas is the sasuke of christianity? Sorry, had to do it
Orochimaru did the same thing
He's more like Itachi though
Itachi!
Bro
🤦🏽♂️yes your all Sasuke of your life
Gospel of Judas; “ I’m dead…….I hanged myself……..but I still managed to write a Gospel…..miraculous eh?”
Judas was really Thomas. Thomas or Didemus the twin of Jesus in spirit. did not die but was given the task of of taking Jesus's teachings to india, which he did and established a theological base in Kerala which is still there today.
He didn’t write this… he says it in the video
@@bigred8438 .....what? Where did you get that information
6:30
Gnosticism is specifically addressed by the council of nicea.
How are defining antiquity?
Interesting information. I recommend that you offer some references and links related to your video. I would also be helpful to offer a link to you website where one might find a pdf with notes on your video. Thank you for your video.
You can listen to the entire Nag Hamadi library here on CZcams. Good stuff.
Roman province of " Palestine "?, as far as I know during Jesus time it was called "Judea". After the destruction of Jerusalem, Romans banished majority of Jews and called this area Palestine. Before Roman's, Greeks call this area " Sirya Palastina"
Great info THX ...agree this is highly interesting