RE: What if Judas didn't do it?
March 30, 2023 at 11:34 pm
(This post was last modified: March 30, 2023 at 11:35 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(March 30, 2023 at 8:32 pm)Ferrocyanide Wrote: Do you think that is something that makes sense?
From what I recall, the issue wasn't that Judas didn't believe Jesus was the Christ, but rather that all the disciples believed Jesus had come to overthrow the government and establish a kingdom. So, the motive would be that Judas expected Jesus to resist arrest and kickstart the revolution. The regret he later feels for betraying innocent blood comes from seeing that Jesus didn't resist.
Here's another quote from the chapter above.
"Judas did not, however, believe that Christ would permit Himself to be arrested... Since He had escaped so many snares, thought Judas, He certainly would not now allow Himself to be taken. Judas decided to put the matter to the test. If Jesus really was the Messiah, the people, for whom He had done so much, would rally about Him, and would proclaim Him king. This would forever settle many minds that were now in uncertainty. Judas would have the credit of having placed the king on David's throne. And this act would secure to him the first position, next to Christ, in the new kingdom."