Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot was one of the disciples of Jesus. He is found in all four gospels of the New Testament. He is described as having betrayed Jesus, then killing himself. He is said to have been the treasurer for the apostles; but, also stole from the treasury.
Even though he was one of Jesus' disciples, he helped the chief priests arrest Jesus. Then those priests told the Roman governor to kill Jesus. The priests paid Judas thirty pieces of silver for his help. Later; due to great sense of guilt for betraying Jesus, Judas tried to give back the silver. When he was unable to undo when he has done, he committed suicide.
At the last supper, Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray him. Matthew and Luke write that Jesus said that it was Judas.
While Jesus was praying on the Mount of Olives, Judas brought the priests and their men to him. Then he kissed Jesus, so that the priests could know who he was. Then the priests took Jesus away to be killed. The priests gave Judas money for helping them.
Matthew writes that Judas was sorry that he helped kill Jesus. He tried to give the money back to the priests, but they said it was illegal. So Judas threw the money into the temple, and then hanged himself. Then the priests used the money to buy a graveyard for strangers.
In the book of Acts, Judas used the money to buy a field for himself, but died there quickly.
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The following people were the twelve apostles of Jesus:
- Andrew
- Bartholomew
- James of Zebedee
- James of Alphaeus
- John the Apostle
- Jude Thaddeus
- Matthew
- Peter
- Philip
- Simon the Zealot
- Thomas
- Judas Iscariot
- Matthias was chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot, following Judas's betrayal of Jesus and his suicide (Acts 1:18-26).
- Paul became an apostle after Jesus' death and resurrection.
