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We were reading mathew today, and im still confused why judas betrayed jesus. i could understand if judas was led by greed, but then he hangs himself. and then there's the issue of why judas needed to betray him in the first place, not like jesus himself would have been hard to find at the time, since he was preaching literally everywhere he went.

We were reading mathew today, and im still confused why judas betrayed jesus. i could understand if judas was led by greed, but then he hangs himself. and then there's the issue of why judas needed to betray him in the first place, not like jesus himself would have been hard to find at the time, since he was preaching literally everywhere he went.

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[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

Simple. He didn't believe in Jesus and his teachings.

The silver was just a rouse. Red Herring.

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this isn't it at all.

judas didn't betray Jesus for the silver or because he didn't believe in His teachings.

he betrayed Jesus because he expected this to force His hand and cause Him to overtake Rome, but did not expect Jesus to simply allow Himself to be captured and command His followers to drop their swords.

judas did it for power, he wanted to see Jesus rule.

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Judas did it only for one reason -- because Jesus ordered him to do it.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

He did it for the money.

His faith was in himself, not Jesus.

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he did not do it for the tiny amount of silver.

he arguably loved Jesus more than any of the other disciples and wanted to see His teachings codified as law.

he was misguided and fucked it all up.

you originally said he didn't do it for the silver, but merely because he did not believe in the teachings. if this was actually the case he wouldn't have killed himself racked with guilt.