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If this is the case, which is most likely, then Judas was considered to be a specific demon called the Thirteenth, or the king of demons, and that Jesus wasn’t killed in the name of God, but rather for the demons themselves.ĭue to the religious importance of the Gospel, its authenticity was put in question. DeComick believes the Coptic word “daimon” to mean demon, and not spirit, as it was previously assumed. However, not all scholars agree with this interpretation. Judas’ reward here wasn’t silver, but his ascension to heaven and exaltation above the other disciples. The text reveals how Jesus told Judas to turn him in to the authorities in order for his soul to reach God. This document, though not written by Judas himself, but rather by Gnostic Christians, was called The Gospel of Judas.Īs it turns out, Judas wasn’t the traitor the Bible made him out to be, but rather Jesus’ most trusted apostle.

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What the text revealed seemingly turned the entire series of events taking place in the New Testament on its head. Written in Coptic, the document was later dated to sometime around 280 AD. However, a leather-bound papyrus document surfaced during the 1970s near Beni Mazar, Egypt. As a result, it was more or less common knowledge that Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ twelve apostles, betrayed him to the Roman authorities in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. Though it wasn’t actually the first such council, here, most of the discrepancies of the Christian faith were put in place in an attempt to attain consensus over various interpretations of the faith. In 325 AD, the First Council of Nicaea took place, convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I.

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