James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.”—Mark 3:16–19 ...
Luke and Matthew are more precise about Judas’ financial incentive. In Matthew, Judas straight up asks the chief priests, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” (Matthew 26:14–15). Luke tells us that the chief priests “agreed to give him money” (Luke ...
Judas, not the Iscariot, nicknamed Thaddeus and Lebbeus, was an apostle of Christ and the author of the Epistle of Jude, in which he says that he is the “brother of James” (Jude 1:1). Tertullian, Origen, and other early Christian writers witness to an ancient tradition that this Jud...
and the possibilities of love are human potentials. The love of God can only bring to fruition that potential that is already in man by virtue of being created in the image of God – and Judas was a man, not an animal. Judas was a man created in God’s image and...
free from the risk of failure. Now we should conclude that no failure is a contradiction to the grace of faith. Make no mistake about it – Judas, if he was an answer to prayer, was also a great failure. What is Jesus’ attitude to his Father in heaven after Judas had betrayed him...
Labeled hate mongers and cast as the Judas of this drama, they feel as if they too are misunderstood. They have loved this Church, tried to be faithful to the Bible, and just to the doctrine. They have their own tales of struggle and suffering around this issue. They are the ...
I realized at one point I had never spent time in the Basilica outside of Mass, so I took time to do so. Like Dorian, I puzzle at the number of apostles in the Last Supper window, since one of them is obviously Judas…..anyone have an answer to the mystery?
now inasmuch as Judas was of the meaner sort, the apostle here makes use of a word which signifies but a poor and mean habitation, though it is sometimes used of grander ones, and which seems to answer to the latter; for as there are two words in the original text expressive of habit...
Do you remember His response, when Judas betrayed Him with a kiss on the cheek? He accepted His “friend’s” kiss, knowing all the while why he was there, and what he had done to Him. He even called him “friend.” I would have railed against him, and shouted at that traitor!
7And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying—and a true and faithful teacher of the Gentiles. 8Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing. 9I also want the women to dress ...