Gospel of Judas: What Does It Really Say?

The Gospel of Judas caused a huge stir when National Geographic published it back in 2006. But to this day, misconceptions about this text abound. Who wrote this text? And what does it really say?
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[@anthonyacosta14]

Judas killed himself after Jesus was crucified and besides that fact, none of the apostle wrote anything down when Jesus was alive.

[@barakmoss1691]

So many different gods

[@tanatekii2460]

All you idiots on the tube are confusing , or better , throwing in the spanner in the works...none of yous have a answer.... and you are too young.... you have not lived..... Perth Australia

[@melledevries4685]

I'm gonna start saying "Why are you getting worked up, 13th demon? Speak now and I shall bear with you." to people

[@evilmickey]

😂

[@guessdog4871]

And then they explode into flames.

[@celticmist14]

He used a term who could be translated to THE LIGHT"

[@SunDogGod]

666 likes

[@angelxoxo9016]

It had 666 likes had to break it

[@JShepLord]

"Why do you laugh at us Jesus?" "Sorry, I just remembered a funny joke..."

[@ub2bn]

"... behold, a rabbi and a catholic priest walk into a bar..."

[@davidkramer9905]

Nice 👌

[@MrSurudijes]

you wouldn't get it...

[@cgt3704]

"What is the joke about Jesus ?" "Its about a guy named Brian and he understands me".

[@davidkramer9905]

@@cgt3704 lol

[@raikougal]

Ever get the feeling that the 3rd century had trolling fanfic authors too?

[@Matthew-le1eq]

Sounds like a third century misinformation campaign

[@1Hannigan1]

Alexis Alexandersson I didn’t know Luke said that, I’ll have to read Luke very soon. Thanks.

[@tryten9]

Yeah, we published most of it's works as truth. A.K.A the bible.

[@guessdog4871]

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[@guessdog4871]

@Bongo Man Always look on the bright side of life!

[@pendaflux]

It's cool going back to this and seeing how RFB's presentation style improved over the years. Great channel.

[@hyperfixatedd]

Yeah! It's crazy how young he was when he started

[@Marcissus]

This sounds like a creepypasta form of the gospel

[@makutas-v261]

Exactly dude, it gives this forbidden feel to it.

[@makutas-v261]

@Bronze Hawk His eyes too.

[@mariochartouni]

@@makutas-v261 nice profile picture, Risotto.

[@jhonathanalvarez3627]

honestly

[@hackman669]

Fake gospel.

[@ComicGladiator]

Jesus looks super uncomfortable letting Judas kiss him, but like he's trying to be cool about it.

[@tristan7844]

Oh you saw his reaction? Nicee..all our questions about what he was feeling when that happened...THANK YOU!

[@whatsernamelj]

@@tristan7844 dafuq

[@nerogrove6491]

Lol!

[@1Infeqaul1]

Who was the artist? perhaps they were uncomfortable with this and this feeling emerged in their painting. One must look at this from all angles.

[@lewismeeten8741]

@@whatsernamelj hahah

[@winterlounge]

I would like to see some more content on Saklas, Barbelo, the 13th realm and what the other realms are. The other Aeons and Archons.

[@AlIguana]

that's a pretty deep rabbit-hole. You'd be getting into Gnosticism, Kabbalah, and other sorts of "forbidden" knowledge, up into modern left-hand path teachings. Really interesting, but you can kinda see why Nicea wanted all this stuff redacted from their official Bible.

[@MegzeeR]

Look up the Nag Hammadi.

[@theotormon]

Take DMT

[@jkryanspark]

Not to mention Nebro.

[@fuckedupfuckedup1191]

@@jkryanspark nebro the rebel

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[@abdielrainbowhellsangel2256]

Try reading source material. Secondhand stories generally fall prey to the 'telephone game' and speculation.

[@dascreeb5205]

@@abdielrainbowhellsangel2256 this is accurate, though. But yeah.

[@abdielrainbowhellsangel2256]

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[@TheAlvoss]

I suggest strongly that you buy the COMPANION BIBLE. Scripture, using hermeneutics (one of my hobbies for the past 20 years) by E.W. Bullinger and completed by Moffit, includes appendices that truly details the many misinterpretations that various religions have used to control congregations for selfish reasons rather than preaching the TRUTH. This is often the fault of preachers and seminary faculty who refuse to question what they have been taught. Reading the COMPANION Bible will help anyone with an open mind and true desire to learn will allow the reader or student to actually make sense of Scripture without bias to any particular denomination or sect.

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[@ntmn8444]

“Truly I tell you, no generation will know me from the people who are among you.” Actually, if Jesus truly said this, it is beyond accurate.

[@taureansun1501]

Sooo true

[@bcalvert321]

He didn't. This lie of a gospel was written well over a hundred years after Jesus and Judas lived.

[@taureansun1501]

@@bcalvert321 so were most gospels keep up.

[@bcalvert321]

@@taureansun1501 False, all of those in the Bible were written before 100 A.D. Revelation was written very close to 100 A.D,

[@taureansun1501]

@@bcalvert321 please did the apostles write the gospels then?

[@drewcampbell7702]

Jesus said: "I am not laughing at you... I'm laughing because this bit reminds me of that bit in 'Life of Brian' where Biggus Dickus starts reading to the crowd."

[@ub2bn]

oh you waskally webel, you

[@kevinmahernz]

Romanes eunt domus!

[@KeithMcormack895]

@@kevinmahernz 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mclean9012]

Blashpemer!!!

[@HeardItOnTheX]

The Antiquities dealer tried selling Judas for $3000000? If there is a God, he’s got a great sense of humour.

[@andrewalexander5436]

Sounds like the sale went equally as well, too

[@skysea7785]

Underrated.

[@PanicbyExample]

3000000 pieces of denim cotton

[@GospelOfTimothy]

He should have told the Catholic church if you don't pay me 5 million I'm going to publish it.

[@tinahorn3671]

@@GospelOfTimothy Vatican would've paid

[@xivokv5548]

May be it was just a satire alternate an author created and buried it. Like me burying LOTR book deep in a cave and 1000 years later whoever finds it may question his entire reality.

[@mariopantoja8259]

The Gospel of Mark also portray the disciples as not too bright....Peter was always talking without thinking

[@Salsmachev]

Yeah I always feel sorry for the apostles in the canonical gospels. Like, they're basically on the losing end of a Socratic dialogue so they're stuck looking like dipshits and falling for all of Jesus' trick questions. In Acts they finally get to look moderately less buffoonish.

[@joelnordstrom8049]

Yes. He was prideful. He was raised as a pharisee, very legalist. But once Jesus changed him, he was a great leader among the apostles and later the Christian church. (Not catholic

[@zhihanlim3500]

@@joelnordstrom8049 u meant paul not peter

[@Meroesja]

Who cares if people were not bright! They still are NOT and Never will be. I work at a huge corporate, have a Master’s degree, have a manager position in roles and I also talk without thinking sometimes. But THANKGOD for Jesus Christ who died for us to send us this helper the Holy Spirit to help us with all our struggles. Listen God can use ANYONE. He even used a donkey. So if God can do that, please NEVER THINK highly of yourself. For the wisest man on earth is the poorest man of knowlegde when it comes to God. God knows everything and the ones who seek Him, He shares His knowlegde with. And He did with the apostles. Stop writing negative comments my friends and let’s understand why things happened en praise God for fixing it!!

[@Meroesja]

Jarlaxle Daerthe let’s agree to disagree 😃. God loves you and I pray that you are just a lost sheep He is searching for and will do anything at His cost to get you back!!❤️

[@danialashraf99]

So what is your occupation? Irenaeus of Lyons: I'm a heresiologist. An expert of labelling other people beliefs as heresy.

[@MM-vs2et]

What do you do? Irenaeus of Lyons: I heresigize

[@jeffreykalb9752]

He would have an easy job today.

[@shashwatsinha2704]

I'm kind of interested. Is the job well paid?😄

[@maverickleadershipinstitut947]

OMG, that is the wittiest summation I have read in a long, long time. Well stated, Sir.

[@adamburdt8794]

They hiring?

[@shaunpereira9126]

So Judas is basically the Severus Snape of the bible

[@game.designer]

please go to the top

[@nikkyja6153]

Nope. Snape was not an evil but Judas was an evil.

[@cloroxbleach3936]

@@nikkyja6153 how

[@KVJ-w7h]

@@cloroxbleach3936 because Satan entered in Judas and Satan did the worse treachery

[@KVJ-w7h]

@Sir Slizzle no he didn't. Because if you read your bible he felt remorseful and wanted them to take back his money They didn't he went off to commit suicide

[@El-nd4it]

That's so wild, I would so watch like a 3 hour long in-depth deconstruction of this text.

[@josephwalsh7546]

Really ??? I was getting a headache 5 min. in !

[@El-nd4it]

@@josephwalsh7546 Yeah absolutely! It's so interesting :)

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

why doesn`t trinity is written in bible

[@rasul01]

@@lufhopespeacefully2037 you sound psychotic

[@kerhabplays]

@@lufhopespeacefully2037 What do you mean by the Trinity? Explain Trinity first.

[@lmoral222]

Mind blown. I need to go deeper into this rabbit hole.

[@Ucedo95]

Look for the book of Acts of Paul and Thecla.

[@nonames9935]

its gnostic, please don't

[@PinkLaptop]

@@nonames9935 why not read a gnostic verse?

[@nonames9935]

@@PinkLaptop its literally influenced by other ancient religions from the east

[@aquarian-talk]

Yup, I had the same feeling when I discovered this.

[@arjunbhat9945]

Interesting. But more than anything i felt happy every time it said Jesus laughed. It feels nice to see texts where Jesus is happy or having fun.

[@paheligroundzero]

@Jeremy Kirkpatrick are u nuts?

[@legendofgamer1995]

@Jeremy Kirkpatrick Luke never met Jesus in the flesh. C'mon if your going to mock at least get the facts right. Smh.🤦‍♂️

[@Anonymous-zd1ow]

@Jeremy Kirkpatrick lol

[@Пинагод]

@sprock Yeah, but through the context it seems that nothing that encites anxiety is present lol

[@SarahConnor618]

he was laughing at the stupidity of his followers...

[@sid2112]

The Gospel of Judah in three words. "I was framed!".

[@truthbebold4009]

"I'm a fraud" - gospel of Judas

[@wisespidey]

@@truthbebold4009 I clearly don't understand? Is jesus false?

[@truthbebold4009]

@@wisespidey No, Jesus lives (however some say the name Jesus is inaccurate). The gospel of Judas is false.

[@wisespidey]

@@truthbebold4009 but this is archeological facts in written

[@truthbebold4009]

@@wisespidey Might have some truths within but definitely not an inspired gospel.

[@deadsoulgaming7115]

The more I look into the Bible the more I realize that the messed up modern version of it is due mostly to poor translations 😭 you fr gotta find people who can talk about the original languages and the cultural context to understand what it's about, and most don't

[@richcrude2674]

You can use a Strong’s Bible Concordance to translate find the correct translations yourself. There’s even a Concordance Bible called the Interlinear Bible to help. It’s been extremely helpful to me in understanding the Word much better. So many people miss the importance of the fact that the people of the Bible are Hebrew and there are cultural and language barriers that muddy the context of Scripture, as you said. The Bible can’t be separated from the very people it’s about, but let most Christians tell it’s not an issue to do that.

[@elgrek0249]

In Greek the word "demon" or "δαίμονα" is used jokingly to describe someone who's giving you a hard time, or who's causing trouble. It can be used from a parent to their child jokingly and not in the context you explained in that video. If Jesus would have called Judas a demon it could just be done jokingly

[@soare5182]

You didn't read the gospels and it shows.

[@joaogarcia6170]

Considering its been some 2 thousand years maybe the word changed its meaning

[@makennapercy6515]

humor and semantics require cultural contexts... so unless u lived in those times or perhaps studied the culture extremely to understand the language and type of humor humans used in Jerusalem in those days... no one can truly say

[@Alienami]

Jesus did seem to use sarcasm and make jokes like this, so it was how I understood it.

[@juanausensi499]

@@soare5182 You don't speak greek and it shows.

[@multivitamin425]

This turned into lovecraftian tale really fast

[@dadedon305]

a what?

[@micoveliki8729]

@@dadedon305 H.P Lovecraft a writer he is refering to his bizzare tales

[@MrCenturion13]

Gnosticism tends to do that.

[@dadedon305]

@@MrCenturion13 wppl tend to do this 👆🏾

[@MrCenturion13]

@@dadedon305 what the heck is a wppl?

[@YodaMan-420]

so judas was to jesus, what snape was to dumbledore.

[@gmonkey6523]

exactly. Only the most trusted and loyal chosen to fulfil the prophesy.

[@dyvel]

Judas was to jesus what cohen is to trump.

[@erwimbaaron1808]

Yeah, but the dude still killed himself so....

[@Dr_Wrong]

Fictional?

[@4p853]

Yoda Man lol

[@kristenfrancis5381]

I've read the Gospel of Judas and it is definitely an interesting read.

[@mistermornevanderberg]

you mean, you read 85% of it, if I understood this video correctly. Some of it is gone. Now, how much is 15% worth. I do definitely (not) have a clue. To exclude not changes everything that I just said, so it depends on what 15% was lost, right?

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

why doesn`t trinity had written in the bible

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

o why doesn`t trinity had written in the bible

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

why doesn`t trinity is written in bible

[@marlboroughdane5078]

@@lufhopespeacefully2037 the trinity is in the Bible, both old & new testament. It's an easy look up

[@amymuchko7106]

Jesus said: "I am not laughing at you. I am laughing with you!" 😂

[@lili8686z]

lol

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Care to make a donation

[@kieronbrucedillon832]

Good one!.

[@kennysaxon2862]

you wrong

[@pierredorcilien351]

That's what I was thinking. Lol

[@someguyontheinternet7]

Counter-argument: Jesus says "get behind me Satan!" to Saint Peter in the Gospel of Matthew, but I don't think anyone interprets that to mean Jesus was claiming that Saint Peter was actually the earthly equivalent to Satan.

[@MrBwinfrey]

I think it's bc peter was acting like a demon.

[@receivedbeans8555]

I’m pretty sure this channel released a video about the the potential misuse of “Satan” in modern Christianity.

[@sadhuvoodoo5285]

This is the truth

[@MindBodyStorm]

Peter was being influenced by him during that moment...Just like he tries to get everyone to fall victim to his tactics to take down the chosen...

[@silasgreene2479]

@@receivedbeans8555 satan in their language mean opposer

[@gmonkey6523]

Judas could have been the ultimate 'Snape' character.

[@Epiousios18]

@SigmaTauri2 Maybe, but not likely. No serious scholar doubts whether these people existed. Only the details about their lives. The "It was all made up" narrative is a strange one, specially because how much people like to insist upon it when they believe it.

[@antonakesson]

@@Epiousios18 Oh, there are many that doubt but also many can put down and say that a man named Yeshua and lived 2000 years ago, preaching how judaism should be practised does not sound unreal. The three oldest none bible texts that mentions Yeshua (or rather at this time Jesus) are pretty weak on the truth of the matter but good enough to say that there where a Yeshua. As for Judas there is nothing on him. That Yeshua was betrayed doesn't sound out of this realm but that is was Judas has no proof outside of the hebrew text. There might have been a person that fits the description of Judas but not Judas himself. For all we know, Judas is as real as Zeus or Odin.

[@Epiousios18]

@@antonakesson I personally use the Gospel of Mark as a baseline because it is pretty obvious that it was written as a secondhand account. The Zeus and Odin comparison doesn't really follow though. Completely different ideas/eras at work there.

[@antonakesson]

@@Epiousios18 Toché. How about King Arthur and Robin Hood then?

[@Epiousios18]

​@@antonakesson Completely different context.You don't see billions of human being following the teaching of King Arthur do you? At a certain point it is just modernity bias that promotes the idea "its was all a myth/story"

[@Dantalliumsolarium]

I really like learning this. And someone can both be super close to you and someone you find deeply annoying. Loving someone dearly while aware their ego and other goals might get in the way

[@jdsick1]

I was reading the comments when all of the sudden I got hungry when I heard at 2:10 Fajitas, Cheeseburgers, Tacos

[@akisilva]

lol

[@Theohybrid]

You too, eh? Lol I thought it was a joke...

[@crooksupremacy]

Lol..

[@Santi_Santiago_]

Bhuahaha 😂😂

[@freddro31]

😀😀😀 Nice!

[@Kurahaara86]

The world was created by an evil fool? That would explain a whole lot...

[@The-illuminated]

@Kira Yoshikage Jesus by saving us made us fools. We should have died instead. What a fool!

[@wisespidey]

@@The-illuminated I still don't understand. Is Jesus false?

[@gabrielg3617]

Wisdom Menezes no he is not

[@gabrielg3617]

You mean why there is so much evil in the world? The bible explains that there is so much evil in the world bc adam and eve first sinned, and we all sin, thats why

[@wisespidey]

@@gabrielg3617 so are these gospels false??

[@CasperFiles1969]

It sounds like combination of The Lord of the rings with his dark materials with Bible.

[@godspeedhero3671]

That's because both the Gospel of Judas and the Simarillion are touching on true facts about our reality. We really do live in a flawed hellverse.

[@CourtesyPhone]

That's because Tolkien was no stranger to the ocult and these ideas

[@j.a.fligor97]

@@CourtesyPhone He also was expert on ancient language and so called myths. He was creative with ability to construct linguistic visual storyline .

[@DuskLegend]

@@godspeedhero3671 I believe it. I’m pretty sure the Buddhists do too

[@madnessbydesign1415]

I love that "Saklas" is shown as Monty Python's vision of God... :)

[@douglaswarden2584]

Gnostic Jesus is always laughing at someone.

[@truthpreacher666]

Exodus 20:8

[@tessemo]

@@truthpreacher666 ?

[@truthpreacher666]

@@tessemo what you want

[@DANtheMANofSIPA]

@@truthpreacher666 He's not taking Jesus' name is vain

[@truthpreacher666]

@@DANtheMANofSIPA so?

[@TheTheospringer]

Bet the Vatican has a copy!!!

[@BtctoMoon101]

theo springer i think the same thing... the vatican has a lot of secrets

[@popehomeslice7077]

Yeah, the Pope probably goes down into the Vatican archives and reads it when he needs a good laugh.

[@brianjackson3885]

Id say they got the actual scroll or text

[@lobisomembjj5304]

theo springer the letter J was invented in the 16 hundreds how could there have been a guy by the name of Judas

[@popehomeslice7077]

David Hollenbeck Thats because Judas is the English version of the Hebrew name. The Hebrew name sounded a lot like the English name "Judas" so that's what the English translaters set it at. What you basically asked was "How come the Bible is in modern English when modern English has only been around for about 500 years?"

[@charlesdavis7087]

"I hate it when he kisses me in public. Someone's sure to tell mom." The Unknown Gospel of Moi

[@leyrua]

Wouldn't this be the Gospel of Yaoi?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

It's in the Bishonen Love version of the bible.

[@ikhnatonosiris7166]

Where are the bible fans so they can start making Jesus yaoi art and post it on twitter.

[@caatko1388]

"Judas stahp my dad is constantly watching"

[@AshtonAPinto]

Some people think that we Christians are not to read the gospel of Judas, which is weird. As an Indian Catholic, I am happy to have read this text.

[@mr.alandude3938]

Exactly bro, don’t limit yourself on knowledge and be willfully blind. Learn and grow stronger from intellect.

[@Dtd2483]

You’re not forbidden from reading it, but just know that this is a heretic book written by gnostics, which contradicts the whole bible

[@chabinezomon9170]

So you believe the God that create Adam and Eve the God that said “let there be light and there was light” is evil?

[@cam12freer]

Thank you for providing unbiased information on such a hot topic.

[@pluztaxx2718]

Actually plenty of atheists have covered this same topic at this same time 7 months ago

[@dorian2k1]

My favorite non-cannon book of the Bible: “The Gospel According to Biff”

[@dannyhuskerjay]

Great book. Waiting for a movie.

[@weirdo12]

To Time Lord Don't be so sensitive. It's all mythology dude. Not real.

[@kevinpollart7090]

It’s like a graphic novel or anime of the Bible. Pretty awesome actually. Our cultures would be so different if this was Christianity now.

[@kingofmonster6057]

Wtf hahahahsha im christian and i also otaku nice bro

[@kingofmonster6057]

Wish book of hudas early discove and not broken

[@aaronseet2738]

YOU HAVE NOT SEEN MY FINAL FORM YET

[@Dualis58]

it's all like that, cause the while thing is fake

[@m.r.jarrell3725]

We've known about Judas' role for decades. Truly, even according to the Bible he did what his leader told him to do. He was following orders.

[@joanozioko9232]

Not entirely. Jesus never told Judas to betray him. what Bible are you reading? Judas in front of the chief priests said, "I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death." It seemed like Judas was surprised Jesus was actually condemned to death. So perhaps Judas thought Jesus would get out of it and he would get the money. So Judas's sin was not just betraying Jesus Christ, we could say that he had a role to play and he did it, but his sin was greed.

[@m.r.jarrell3725]

@@joanozioko9232 He was chosen by Yeshua at the Last Supper when he was given the piece of bread.

[@joanozioko9232]

@@m.r.jarrell3725 jesus already knew what was in Judas Iscariot's heart. He didn't go eenie meenie miny mo. And anyways, Judas already betrayed Jesus before the last supper. He already went to the High priests and collected the money.

[@stephanortiz8186]

Why does this sound like Greek mythology low key though?

[@cL-bf2ug]

Some of the ideas are derived from Plato

[@morningfaroe612]

i think it was written by a greek?

[@suspiciousfigure3096]

Well, technically they both existed at the same time, though Greek mythology came first. Christianity is mire of a hotpot of beliefs that come from many different religions. Hinduism, Greek mythology, and possibly Buddhism for Gnosticism.

[@ntmn8444]

Because it is.

[@suspiciousfigure3096]

@@petarjovanovic1481 You were right though, they didn't exist at the same time. Greek mythology existed far, far beyond Christianity.

[@thenameless2379]

HP LOVECRAFT traveled through time and wrote this.

[@Perririri]

Wants to transport Codex 19 through history; instead transports CoViD-19 :P

[@petetong9725]

Doubt it... Otherwise he would have gone back to the time of Jesus to ensure satans victory.. Which isn't possible 😁

[@godspeedhero3671]

More like J.R.R. Tolkien, but okay.

[@jimmyfischer8170]

I understand your connection to LOVECRAFT unlike some of these other commenters.The mythos he created

[@jimmyfischer8170]

@@petetong9725 Don't think H P was an evil man Pete !!

[@riftvallance2087]

Always thought Judas' roll was a bit odly remembered. If the crucifixion of Jesus was the preordained will of god, then wouldn't Judas have been fulfilling gods will. Remembering him as a traitor seems like an odd take away to me.

[@xflamez8579]

Rift Vallance I like you bro I said that same thing people don't think like we do, judas played his role. Judas knew the truth And was used by God just like you said and he could be given another chance because he killed himself knowing that Jesus told him one of you will be betray me. He had no choice . Than Jesus would have been a liar.

[@riftvallance2087]

bidun aism I guess we have the unpopular interpretation, on the same line I actually never thought judas killed himself, I know it says he goes and hangs after returning the silver, but at some point his belly was sliced open too, I always thought that implied he was murdered.

[@MP-yc2ou]

Satan has authority over the earth allowed by God. Whatever evil Satan does God turns it into a blessing. this can pretty much be seen throughout scripture most especially the book of Job.

[@matthewronson5218]

It's "God", not "god" unless you are talking about a Pagan god. Also, it is "role" not "roll". So what other word besides traitor suits you for someone who betrays another with slanderous lies, for a few Shekels of silver?

[@riftvallance2087]

Matthew Ronson Jr. The crucifixion was intended to redeem humanity, it was not a random event. That means it's not really an evil thing, it was a manifestation of God's will. Maybe Judas was the only apostle who was strong enough to do what God required of him. I thought it somewhat parallels the story of Abraham and Issiac.

[@youtooberman9001]

im obsessed with knowing all the universes, layers, gods, levels, archons, dimensions etc. Id love nothing more than to go all the way to the source and learn where it came from too.

[@lalameeralalameera7349]

That source is Allah

[@massimilianomessina5228]

​@@lalameeralalameera7349 that source Is pinocchio

[@ColeyDuncan]

Great break down. Even as an atheist, I enjoyed the video and found it informative.

[@ReligionForBreakfast]

Awesome. This channel is for atheists and theists alike! Whoever is interested in studying religion as an academic discipline.

[@Brakvash]

It's like Christian Fantasy, very nice.

[@afriendofafriend5766]

@@Brakvash Christian fantasy is an oxymoron.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

@@afriendofafriend5766 Christian fantasy is redundant.

[@Epiousios18]

@@kathryngeeslin9509 And Andrew King. A perfect example of what is often wrong with both sides of this argument. Both are so sure of themselves when they don't actually know. Strict Atheists and Theists are usually much closer to each other than they want to admit, they both have blind faith and automatically disregard anything that might challenge that.

[@ThouguohT]

All these gospels basically fan fiction of what they thought was happening back then

[@arddermout6946]

fan fiction based on which documents exactly? you should get your lore right, noob. the new testament(includes the gospels) is the lore. HA!

[@Imman1s]

@@arddermout6946 Nah, it became so when the authors sold the IP rights to the Nicea council and in their infinite wisdom, they declared the extended universe non canon and came with the crappiest sequel.

[@jimmie8928]

I still intend to take everything I learn with a grain of salt considering even in our own modern Bible Jesus warns of false doctrine and I'm willing to bet he meant in his own day as well as future texts. Of course it is also understood that the Bible is the full and accurate account of Jesus Christ so I find any others to be desperate attempts to "lead followers astray".

[@truthmatters77]

Some you on here think your funny. God is not to be mocked. If you don't believe, ok. No need for the hating, yeh.

[@oceanmachine1906]

@@jimmie8928 Jesus warns about Paul and nobody listened

[@bigred8438]

I have read it. Its essential message is that the kingdom of god is to be found within each person. The term judas is also jude or juda. It really means in greek, Diddamus, translated as twin. So most people assumed he was a twin of jesus of Nazareth, as he was able to describe his character as a child (brother).

[@darlingtonejjuma4101]

That part of the kingdom within us makes a lot of sense somehow if we just erase all other readings about this kingdom of god

[@tessemo]

So what are we to do with the kingdom of God within us

[@bhumble8429]

Makes no sense if we have it within us why do we sin stop disrespecting god and his work you should read and learn before you disrespect a perfect being to appeal to your own sinful nature repent for all have fallen short from the glory of god

[@bhumble8429]

But you are correct we do have a yearning for god we belong to him until we submit we will never be satisfied.

[@crispycat4852]

@@bhumble8429 First define what is meant by 'The kingdom of God"? Remember there my be a very different meaning to it for the 2nd and 3rd Century Christians as to what Jesus actually meant? For example, Gods Kingdom could mean the whole of creation? Or it could mean a specifically chosen place or group of people in creation? Or it could mean a spiritual realm outside of physical creation? Or it could mean a certain level ''spiritual awareness' that you can achieve? Non of these things are incompatible with a 'sinful' falling short human being Light cannot exist without the dark Try describing light if you have never seen darkness? Perfection cannot exist without the imperfect; Try describing Perfect without ever knowing imperfection? Or simply, try to describe hot if you have never exerienced cold? Without our 'sin' and imperfection it is impossible for us to know the perfect or pure when we attain it

[@cyl742]

Thank you for this video. It was suggested to me today in 2021. Between when you posted and my viewing, I had seen a documentary that did indeed say Judas & Jesus as best friends and actually planned the martyrdom. And that was the trigger for Judas to commit suicide. Now I'm back where I started--a bit confused. :)

[@doriesse824]

CJ It's strange how in the Gospels there are two different accounts of how Judas died. In one he hangs himself, and the other sounds like he fell on his sword.

[@glamourweaver]

Christians: How dare this text vilify virtuous theological leaders to make its heretical point! Jews: *look directly into the camera like we're on the office*

[@bartholomulesphensvil2284]

Curb your enthusiasm

[@Hypatia4242]

Wait, this video is avoiding THE most important controversy around the Judas texts. Isn't there evidence Jesus condoned and forgave Judas' actions as necessary steps for the enlightenment of man? That is, Judas was NOT portrayed as the simplistic straw-man or evil punching bag modern Christianity set him up to be.

[@JohanBesterphotos]

Hypatia4242, there is no evidence in the Bible that Jesus condoned and forgave Judas' actions. Prove me wrong

[@Hypatia4242]

+Johan Bester --- you have misunderstood my comment. My point is that modern Christianity and the current editing of the bible DOES portray Judas as a simplistic straw-man character, set up to be a punching bag for Christians. What I'm pointing out, however, is gnostic texts portray a more complicated, important relationship. Specifically, the Gnostic Gospel of Judas imply Jesus and Judas planned the betrayal beforehand... together... as a means of enlightening mankind. This debate did exist prior to the discovery of the Gnostic text. People have argued Judas was/is the first to be forgiven. Further, the kiss of Judas during the 'betrayal' was not meant as an evil gesture, but as an act of devotion. Judas identified Jesus so that Jesus could fulfill his role, in doing so he fulfilled his own role. Judas also offered to return the money, implying there was no personal gain. Apart from the 'death' scenes in some books, Judas is portrayed much more blandly and benignly than is often taught by modern Christians. Also, it has been argued, somewhat convincingly I would say, Jesus' character is portrayed in such a way throughout that Judas was meant to be forgiven, or even pitied. That is, we are not meant to believe the son of God would hold a grudge or want us to do so... that LITERALLY defeats the purpose of the religion.

[@TheRayvolution]

Hypatia4242 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@calebleland8390]

@@JohanBesterphotos Prove yourself right, quit being lazy.

[@bugsy89]

@@JohanBesterphotos kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKuvq3-rjdWVl68 there you go proved wrong

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

I’ve read the gospel of Judas multiple times. As a former Catholic I can safely say that the text certainly appears to show Judas as being someone extremely special to Jesus. He might not of been his “best“ friend, but he clearly is his number one pupil. The mission that he gives Judas is of the utmost importance in fulfilling his destiny which is something the others are portrayed as not understanding. The “13th demon” comment might be more of a reference to the apostles who it sounds like are trifling to Jesus at times. Jesus calling Judas the 13th may be a nod to him as being special as opposed to being a traitor.

[@alexwestman8289]

He was most assuredly the body guard and close confidant of Jesus. His name Iscariot literally means of the knife.. Judas followed orders to turn Jesus over .. The church has twisted the story to fit their narrative.. because the truth would destroy their grip on power .

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

@@alexwestman8289 the entire Gospel of Judas would undermine the RC narrative which is why they burned every copy they could get ahold of like many of the other non-canonical gospels from the Coptic and Dead Sea scrolls. They were heretical and hidden in Qumran for safety. This Gospel could be the only surviving script of it's kind. 5hw early. church, in it's mad rush to seize control and organize a new orthodoxy really missed an opportunity with this one to teach the truer lessons of their messiah.

[@alexwestman8289]

@@matthewbittenbender9191 exactly right ..you absolutely nailed it.

[@chrisdurant4627]

When judus,,, was entered by satan, judus did not even no he had been entered by satan,,, . Well no, he didnt,,, would he be forgiven for this,???'he was baptised.and.he.did.repent to recieve baptism, but.he did.steel. out of.the moneybox.,well contribution.box,,,, bad.that in it,, our kingdom hall as got. Camera,s looking down on the.money box,,, hello,"" whats that all about, hello,"" ???

[@davidlafleche1142]

The "Gospel of Judas" is fake.

[@HerbertDuckshort]

Gospel of Judas; “ I’m dead…….I hanged myself……..but I still managed to write a Gospel…..miraculous eh?”

[@bigred8438]

Judas was really Thomas. Thomas or Didemus the twin of Jesus in spirit. did not die but was given the task of of taking Jesus's teachings to india, which he did and established a theological base in Kerala which is still there today.

[@bookinb3222]

He didn’t write this… he says it in the video

[@jeremyhill2046]

@@bigred8438 .....what? Where did you get that information

[@maykayrs]

I remember reading the Gospel of Judas back when National Geographic published the translation. This is a great video. You really clarified important elements in the text.

[@ExperienceEric]

There are no important element in it at all. Nearly all the early Christians all rejected it as obvious and laughable heresy.

[@hebekiah3623]

Like what? A digression about gnosticism and it could mean this or that repeated.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

Judas did exactly what Jesus told him to do. "Tell the Roman soldiers where I am so they can arrest me." He planned on being crucified so he could rise from the dead. What's wrong with that?

[@karanbirsinghbhullar]

He could have gone to the soldiers himself

[@luciuscorneliusscipio9023]

@King Amen-Tut-Ankh allthatsinteresting.com/yeshua-jesus-real-name i think this is what you might be looking for :)

[@peterweeks2066]

James Richard Wiley in that case why has Judas been vilified throughout history? Without him Jesus’ weird plan would not have worked. So Judas is the greatest apostle of them all. Just shows how illogical and idiotic Christianity is.

[@blackatheistmillionaire1636]

@@peterweeks2066 yep!🙂

[@Salsmachev]

This actually has some really neat parallels with Islamic notions of Satan (Iblis) and especially the interpretation of Ibn ʿArabī. The Islamic rebellion narrative casts Satan as the foremost lover of God. When God demands that he bow to humanity, he is stuck with the impossible choice of either disrespecting God by bowing to something lesser than God or disobeying God. Because he is the true lover of God, he chooses disobedience, because it is better to suffer separation from the beloved than to dishonour him. Even so, Satan leads us towards God from heaven. All love is a reflection of divine love, and so our petty, sinful loves are just an indirect love of God. Satan leads us towards those petty loves and so towards love of God. Ultimately, Satan will be rewarded for his enduring faith, love, and hard work and will be honoured when the judgement comes. As for my interpretation of the Christian role of Judas, I see it a lot like how I see the temptation. Jesus is incorruptible. He can't be tempted. But he knows that temptation is an important part of our journey towards salvation, so he goes through temptations as a model for us even though he can't really be tempted. Likewise, he understands that we can only really be inspired to action when we lose something. He is eternal and all-loving and can't really lose anything, but he needs to show us what the path to righteousness looks like, so he (according to the canon) allows or (according to GoJ) requests that Judas betray him so that we can see how his great power and our salvation come out of loss, betrayal, and suffering. The reason why he couldn't have gone to the soldiers or even just crucified himself is that action comes from external loss and betrayal.

[@joshking5884]

Sounds like the story my brother makes up to make himself look better. Really, I don't know what to think.

[@Loverof_christ99]

I know, I believe in the holy trinity (god, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit) But videos like this make me question because there is so much we don’t know, because of lost text, or because it just wasn’t include etc. so idk but I still believe in god tho

[@Nick-ny3dr]

@@Loverof_christ99 there’s a lot of added text out there. like the Quran for example. don’t worry. just follow Jesus towards the narrow gates.

[@heraclito3114]

All the gnostic gospels are like that: there are secret teachings that the "plebeians" aren't worthy of. And there's a secret disciple that's the only one who is taught. The problem is that the secret disciple is always a different person (Judas, Mary Magdalene, etc). I see them as fanfictions written by different groups to justify their doctrines.

[@joshking5884]

@@Loverof_christ99 tip: God makes known everything we need known

[@thesun564]

@@Nick-ny3dr A very simple minded way of looking at things don’t you think?

[@nathfer7755]

Roman province of " Palestine "?, as far as I know during Jesus time it was called "Judea". After the destruction of Jerusalem, Romans banished majority of Jews and called this area Palestine. Before Roman's, Greeks call this area " Sirya Palastina"

[@siontaylewis1225]

2 Judas's in the bible: Judas Iscariot (betrayer) And Judas the son of James, who is the son of zebedee....

[@Danae78]

Good point.

[@jackyyoung1247]

Didn't Jesus also have a brother called Judas too?

[@MrSahansdal]

@@jackyyoung1247 Read Robert Eisenman. He has an entire chapter in his book on James about the NT name game.

[@joinjen3854]

@@jackyyoung1247 Yes.. Jesus/Yeshua the Messiah had a half brother named Judas.. and James and at least 2 sisters also.. it is in the gospels. The RCC Romans Catholics claim they are cousins so they can keep the Mary has always been a virgin game...

[@old.148]

Actually there's two judases , the one that was jesus's brother was Jude. His name was changed in the Bible to avoid confusion

[@calvingrondahl1011]

I watched John Romer’s Testament series many times over the years. The evolution of the Christianity is interesting, thank you for your research.

[@Andrewbreeze316]

Just imagine living your life based on a single D&D campaign

[@sami_keren]

It's like a new expansion (quest/story) has been released in a video game's lore

[@cgt3704]

Well these non-canonical gospels are an expansion in the Bibles lore. All we need is a game based on these.

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

why doesn`t trinity is written in bible

[@sami_keren]

@@cgt3704 you mean a game of a game?

[@sami_keren]

peacefully bits me🙄

[@cgt3704]

@@sami_keren yes

[@jaylakimbro9398]

My mind is in flames. I need to do more research, it won’t let me rest

[@David-og7di]

read some of the gnostic gospels in the apocrypha.... makes for good reading

[@RohitKumar-dg1ln]

Why u want to read Things that God not allow in our Bibles today. it can affect your belief system sister.

[@droidnautica]

@@RohitKumar-dg1ln God didn't said what is allowed or not allowed in the bible. It's the church thats what to decide whether to include this gnostic gospels or not.

[@RohitKumar-dg1ln]

@@droidnautica Nowadays The bible we have the world have is Protestant bible.. Catholic Bible is have extra books and they have extra rituals that are not in the bible.. and There is a reason behind that why we don't have gnostic gospels. I Believe That..Like Martin Luther God use him to create a Protestant bible.. and people read that bible all over the world in diff languages.. same as for gnostic God doesn't allow it to be in the bible bcuz they are Opposite of what bible says.. i know may be your opinion is different but that's what i Believe

[@ducksan3519]

That’s good means your being led somewhere follow your intuition and your heart❤️

[@GTBAnime]

so, judas is the sasuke of christianity? Sorry, had to do it

[@IsabelRodriguez-ex3jq]

Orochimaru did the same thing

[@Ziedricht]

He's more like Itachi though

[@bellehimechan]

Itachi!

[@DLewis-pn8yo]

Bro

[@Phristan-the-wolvenking]

🤦🏽‍♂️yes your all Sasuke of your life

[@dustinclark8680]

No wonder this book wasn’t canon. He served his purpose and The Anointed One died to redeem all believers.

[@JB-wk9to]

He died for the non believers, not the righteous.

[@dustinclark8680]

@@JB-wk9to testify!!! You hit the nail on the head brother

[@kariannecrysler640]

Great breakdown. Very easy to follow and well informed. I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you.

[@TheDizzleHawke]

Maybe you’ll do a video about the gospel of Thomas, but I doubt it.

[@Sluppie]

hey i see what you did there

[@legacygomes8218]

O m kno nonon

[@mungimichael3131]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 idiots never got tha joke lol🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewogolo7257]

-_-

[@bryontbrown4581]

Clever 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@strive4252]

St. Irenaeus of Lyons is so underrated, the guy is awesome.

[@XxpauldadudexX]

Criminal, a sin, how that gospel, ancient codex, was left to rot in a safe deposit box for 16 yrs.

[@possiblycurryddork]

4:03 I know you're trying to be PC but it was the Roman province of Judea. It wasn't called Palestine until Emperor Hadrian named it Syria Palestina after the last Jewish deportation.

[@not-soprivateplaylist1771]

Hahaha, thank you for bringing this to my attention. He is compromised if he's making edits on this point alone for the sake of audience appeasement. Guess I get to make some rewrites too?

[@keithshelley8317]

The Bible says" Satan entered into him" [ Judas].

[@MLeoM]

Maybe he was tempted! And for Jesus to give his life was a test from Satan to Jesus, to see, if he can really sacrifice himself. So Satan entered into him or maybe it can be just in a sense that Judas was not a good man. So, after Satan was out of him, or after he realized he actively contributed in killing the Honest, Just, Good and Righteous and God's Man, and God's son, (and maybe God, because we don't know what he experience and learned about Jesus being with Him) he was with he knew, Judas couldn't take this... So he committed suicide...

[@MrChristerj]

Well Jesus had to be betrayed in order to become the saviour. It was supposed to happen. If not Jesus would not have been crusified and there would be no way to salvation. So Judas actually did what God wanted him to do!

[@jamborock9685]

@@MrChristerj and it was still better if he hadnt ever been born because he betrayed Him.

[@tomc8777]

Interesting ideas if only the bible was factual

[@DowntownSound1]

@@tomc8777 Bible 98%Untampered with. But definitely the Evil one has tampered with it.

[@SomethingImpromptu]

Aww this video ended right as you started to really get into it. Lol.

[@joycelong8206]

You know what I always wondered and you're in the Lost why we only know about when Jesus was born and then after his birth you didn't hear from him until he became a man and Christians don't seem to have any curiosity about that but I see in the Lost books they talked about his childhood and everything else but for some reason man seems to didn't think that was important can Christians seem to just accept whatever that was always on my mind what happened to him where did he go and that's not a Christian on this Earth that knows where Jesus went how was he has young child a young man it's almost like they just don't want to know don't care let's just take what man says the way I see it Satan was here from the beginning before one man and what did he do with Adam and Eve so do you truly believe that he wasn't involved in thatdecision of what to put in the Bible and what not to really but hey we all are entitled to our own beliefs brother to or not

[@jeddkeech259]

Joyce Long I like your train of thought

[@vlonp]

theres a buddhist temple in pakistan that claims the traveled there to learn yoga and gained enlightenment, then he brought yoga back to the middle east and used their metaphors of heaven and god to express yoga. thats why the Gnosticism is removed they want him to appear monotheistic rather than yogic

[@One0fthenine]

The story of how the guy found these texts is different in almost every video I've watched about them

[@RichardDworkin]

Thank you very much! I have a better understanding of the Gospel of Judas!.

[@JorgeEmilio98]

Hello! I loved your video and I just uploaded the subtitles in Spanish to it so it can reach to a broader audience, I hope you check them out and get them authorized! Great video.

[@SouthJerseySasquatch]

Tatooine. Sand, I hate sand....

[@ginauccelatore3002]

I like your tatooine poster but I can t identify the other poster, is that a flying blue whale? or a plane? save the whales! save all animals ! bigot evangelists who see sin everywhere don t have star wars posters, you must be more open minded

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

~1:50 Imagine being a treasure hunter and being so stupid as to store something as fragile and precious as ancient papyrus in any place other than the most climate controlled environment. I'm literally just another Joe and even I know that's freaking stupid. Tragic.

[@hamishmcpenguin603]

The evil demiurge looks very much like the God of Monty Python.

[@CalixSteez]

Hamish McPenguin it is lol

[@opinionday0079]

this Gospel was from Judas's P.R people ...they were trying to put a good spin on a bad situation

[@kaptenlemper]

Alternatively, the only surviving piece of refutation to slander spread by his fellow apostles seeking a scapegoat for their failure in protecting their prophet.

[@thesun564]

@@kaptenlemper oooo

[@rockslide2258]

@@kaptenlemper "Protecting their Prophet"? Jesus never intended to live a long human life on earth. He completed the teaching parts, and the dying part was the pre-planned end to accomplish restitution to infinite God. Jesus stated this clearly way before. The apostles were allowed to experience their panicked abandonment of Jesus to teach them they were still human. Some swell hardheadedness had been growing because they were THE disciples of popular Jesus. While they would become future leaders, they needed the humbling experience of their human weakness to prevent pride of office from distorting their future delivery of Jesus' teaching.

[@jwsanders1214]

Jesus said " what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? "

[@OccultThinkTank]

So what. James T Kirk said, *What's God need with a Starship.* Both are worth the same! *Nothing!*

[@jwsanders1214]

Jesus tells us that " Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but my words will never pass away". 100% correct so far, and we don't have far to go. Shalom, Jesus any day !!!

[@tqnohe]

And yet somehow, we don't actually know the words of this fellow, possibly and amalgam of fellows, Jesus. We know what people who never saw him wrote about him some 60 - 150 years later.

[@jwsanders1214]

You are very much in error Timothy. Fact check your misinformation with credible sources such as Tyndale, Wycliffe, or Moody Or Ravi Zacharias Ministries . If the Gospel be hidden, it is hidden to those who are perishing. Humble yourself therefore under the Mighty Hand of God that he might lift you up in due time . God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. God Bless you , Shalom

[@tqnohe]

J W Sanders Bwahaha! What a load of self serving bilge! The Bible is true! How do we know? Because the Bible tells us so.

[@kori228]

bro finds text and lets it rot for 30 years, like huh

[@bobinthewest8559]

"I have some truth about jesus." "HERETIC!!!"

[@cybrunel1016]

Gnostic means " One who knows " so, knowledge was a problem for some. Not much has changed.

[@dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604]

The original term is _pseudonymos gnosis_

[@lyraphoenix6883]

Ok but what if all this time instead of saying “Amen” Jesus was actually saying “Ah, men”

[@davidtorres7046]

amen means so be it

[@bettywilder3739]

That's awesome!

[@Barely_Tolerable]

😆

[@stealthwarrior5768]

@@davidtorres7046 it's a joke

[@cgt3704]

If thats the case then Brian is like Jesus's twin.

[@ShadowSaberBaroxio]

If Judas is being referred to as Saklas (or at least his earthly body double), then it would make sense that he knows where Jesus truly comes from, since he comes from the same place. It also makes sense that Judas would betray Jesus.

[@lucifermorningstar91]

Some demons are NEUTRAL JUST LIKE HUMANS!!! JESUS LAUGHS IN A WAY THAT HE KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND THEY KNOW IT NOT......

[@HotdogJuice]

Keep in mind that those in power rewrite history. It's very contradicting for Judas to claim unworthiness if he was a demon according to things. My take would be that, in this depiction, he represented the neutral idea of Gnosticism itself.

[@KentC0813]

I don’t think I will want to take some advices from a “sexy man 3000” 😂

[@amberinthebox4462]

Its surprising how few people really research these texts. It can be frustrating.

[@marypalmer00]

Idk about Judas Iscariot but Judas Priest is pretty cool. I also trolled my literature teacher once when I wrote in my Judas Iscariot composition that the Judas and Jesus kiss had a homoerotic subtext (my teacher was confused but didn't call me out on it. That's about the most "rebel" I got in all of high school, I was a pretty tame student, and for the better).

[@Thkaal]

Daemon, daemos, daimos, etc. are more accurately translated as messenger. Kind of like a postman.

[@Serai3]

Just as the name Satan is more accurately translated as "debate opponent", as it's an Anglicization of _sheitan,_ the title for that position.

[@kainshannarra2451]

@@Serai3 Well, before his fall from heaven, Satan was originally a lawyer so, makes sense

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

@@kainshannarra2451 Some would say the "lawyer" makes the whole modern compilation on Satan make sense.

[@diavasmamevroxi]

It just means spirit in ancient Greek. Early christians believed there were bad deamons and good deamons.

[@dudeistpreist5721]

In an older translation yahway is married and talking to his wife in genesis.

[@motivationalstories7012]

Can you tell me more about that old translation....

[@dudeistpreist5721]

@@motivationalstories7012I don't know too much about older translations but Asherah used to be Yahways wife in older translations. "The one true god" can have several different interpretations if you think about it.

[@rumpleforeskin9543]

@Shreyas Misra Isn't Sophia responsible for self aborting resulting in the demiurge god of this world, as she was trying to replicate a dimension above her?

[@oscargordon]

“Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness,” biblehub.com/genesis/1-26.htm One of the problems of English bibles are that they translate lots of different names to either “God” or “Lord”. Go to the bottom of the page to the Lexicon and see that “God” is actually the word Elohim, a masculine plural, and “Let Us make” na-a-seh is also plural. In the following examples I have included the original text names for God in brackets. A little history lesson. The Canaanite culture grew up in situ as agriculture and crop cultivation developed starting around 6200 BCE. The first references to “Canaan” are around 2500 BCE. There was extensive communication between the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten and the Canaanites in 1350 BCE as well as a considerable amount of other ur text documents and inscriptions until the Canaanite civilization collapsed around 1206-1150 BCE. The name of the head god of the Canaanites was El. Unfortunately, they seem to have started the trend of using the name of their head god as the generic name for all gods and then identifying the head god with attributes. Elohim is the Canaanite plural of god, for their pantheon of gods, the 70 sons of El and Asherah, the mother goddess. Asherah bore him 70 sons. These sons married human women which gave rise to the first kings. This belief predates the Israelites by many centuries. You can see this belief reflected in Genesis 6:1-4. "Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God (Elohim) saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. So the LORD (Yahweh) said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of God (Elohim) had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown." biblehub.com/bsb/genesis/6.htm In Deuteronomy 32:8-9 we have “When the El-yo-wn (El the most high, notice singular) gave the nations their inheritance, when He (singular) divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the Lord’s (Yahweh’s) portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.” biblehub.com/bsb/deuteronomy/32.htm Many English translations use the Masoretic Text from the 10th century CE version of the Old Testament with the line “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.” using “sons of Israel” to erase the polytheistic connotations. The oldest Greek texts either use “sons of God” or “angels of God”. The DSS uses “sons of God”. biblehub.com/deuteronomy/32-8.htm So basically El divided the humans into groups, one for each of his sons and kept Jacob’s people as his own. In Job there is the line “Now there was a day when the sons of God (Elohim) came to present themselves before the LORD (Yahweh), and Satan also came among them.” biblehub.com/job/1-6.htm That would have to be the 70 sons of El and Asherah and apparently Satan was not one of their sons. In fact 70 is quite common in the Bible. You can add to the list in this crappy link that the Gospel of John added an additional 70 disciples to the original 12 from the Synoptic Gospels. www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/70.html Although most Christian scholars dismiss the plural associations as just being the royal “We” or referencing the Holy Trinity, they are just trying to deny the polytheistic source of the Israelite god. The idea of the “Holy Trinity” was an idea concocted in the 4th century CE by the Catholic Church. The writers of the Pentateuch were an offshoot of the Canaanites and the lines are leftover from their Canaanite beliefs. Polytheism was normal and accepted until around mid-seventh century BCE when the worship of Yahweh alone was established and not until the Maccabees in the 2nd century BCE that it became universal. Asherah was represented by a tree or grove and as a carved pole and is referenced as “The Queen of Heaven” in Jeremiah 7:16-18. biblehub.com/bsb/jeremiah/7.htm In 2 Kings 23 Josiah removed the carved pole of Asherah from House of Yahweh and burned it. Asherah is mentioned a number of times in the Bible, the Greek translations used the word “grove” instead in an attempt to erase her memory. Many Bible translations still continue to use “grove”. biblehub.com/bsb/2_kings/23.htm

[@eliseohernandez3704]

Aserah was a babilonian goddes and it’s mentioned on the Bible as it. So it’s just another fake idol

[@BingCherry11]

Judas' actions don't reflect the wisdom he claims to posses!!!

[@bigred8438]

You should read the text translation from the hebrew. Look for a copy of the book of Thomas. Thomas and Judas are interchangeable as is Didemus.

[@femto7579]

@@itzybitzyspyder nah Paul was smart as heck

[@sattupradeep]

Jesus Laughing .. ?? Jesus was a serious person.. Jesus never made jokes , His words are Sharp like a two edge Sword. I just drop Judas Nonsense Gospel 😊😊

[@weirdo12]

Jesus didn't exist Pradeep. He's a fictional literary character. In this story he laughed. But these are just stories dude. Not facts.

[@lufhopespeacefully2037]

why doesn`t trinity is written in bible,

[@Veins1]

9:13 Daimon in ancient greek also means "very smart man"

[@basedgod6016]

In a biblical context it always meant demon, religion for breakfast actually has a whole video on it

[@SuperOtter13]

@@basedgod6016 will have to look that video up. Thanks for reminding me he made that one

[@onoderaforlyfe5301]

"This world we live in was created by a bloodthirsty rebel and a fool"

[@truthmatters77]

Oh you got ball's! God is not to be mocked. Call Him a fool?! Yikes! Like I said, you got ball's, stink ones too.

[@whathell6t]

Magdalene Joshua What the f*ck! Didn’t you see the whole video?

[@jeremysworld3061]

@@truthmatters77 I take it you didn't watch the video

[@Deoece]

well humans really are mostly bloodthirsty rebel and fools who have lived here millions of years creating this world for how it is today

[@qahnaarinx5592]

Actually Nebro is the rebellious bloodthirsty fool known as yaldabaoth not Saklas...

[@missmargaretclaudie9391]

And he sits in the temple and the churches of God pretending that he is God when he is not, He was a liar a thief and a murderer from the beginning of the gardens of Eden, to the gardens of the olive trees , Until now accusing our brothers and sisters of sin and other false accusations

[@missmargaretclaudie9391]

@Anil Kumar well well well, I know who you are, and it doesn't matter about your ego and outstanding so called achievements, and you of all people I would have at first thought to be truly enlightened but your not And to your own true form you shall be exposed, I know that the Lord Jesus Christ is real and so are all of the prophets the ascended masters Which there are many, it is the false ideologies about the Lord Jesus Christ and those who misuse his name along with the name of God Buddha, Lord shiva and the other Holy Ones who are the hypocrites, For many worship mystery babylon religions, which really stands for every abomination created by men, To stand each practices idolatry and they love money and themselves more than God and the Holy Ones they pretend to follow, and they give the greatest speeches, just like rehearsed politicians and t.v game show hosts, and you too will indeed come to regret your own words, That is a promise to you, I feel sorry for people like you, that you don't see the enemy without you and the enemy within you

[@missmargaretclaudie9391]

@꧁C͜͡h͜͡i͜͡l͜͡d͜͡ o͜͡f͜͡ G͜͡o͜͡d͜͡꧂ true but your not stupid either God exists everywhere and within all that are of his Creations, it's the impure counterfeit creations of man, People think that lucifer is just a fallen angel, but in truth in the gardens of Eden he appeared as a man who do you think brought death into the world by killing the first Mother and Father of Creations Because they are God, and he wanted to rule over them and the world and to try to ascend to the Heavens and this is the reason why impure entities and souls cannot enter Heaven, but in truth the ten commandments have been overtaken and they have been extended to be misused to enslave the people and it has nothing to with God at all

[@celticmist14]

Ani, No Jesus is Saviour first last and EVER

[@TheMrCougarful]

Wild stuff. Reinforces my long-held opinion that modern Christians have been played. Played hard. This Gospel of Judas thing is next level. Makes the whole theology bit interesting again.

[@γιουργια]

Modern Christians weren't played They just are the Christian faction that end up dominant from the numerous Christian factions of early Christianity

[@amirmnki2590]

@@γιουργια Bro no. They're the sect that a roman pagan empror decided will be dominant and persecuted everyone who went against them. Seems like a fullfillment of the prophecy of book of daniel about the the horn that destroyed 3 horns and "spoke against the most high and changed times" as he literally killed 3 rival emprors, held council of nicaea and changed the holy day of Saturday to sunday and jesus birthday ...

[@nuancesoffate]

You need not worry about us. We know whom we serve, you know not whom you serve.

[@milleniumfrisbee]

Consideration Judas betrayed Jesus and soon after killed himself, I put no real merit into anything that he may or may not have said.

[@nellynels1410]

@@milleniumfrisbeeexactly! What makes them so sure Judas is correct? He was a traitor

[@circleofattention6021]

I love that portrait of Jesus 🥰, laughing at the apostles' superstitious behaviours.

[@ikengaspirit3063]

More like laughing that they weren't doing Gnostic superstitious behavior. Also, that is anachronistic. At the very least the Eucharist was first done just after his crucifixion and could have been significantly later than that. More evidence to the late and argumentative nature of the Gospel of Judas.

[@hbeachley]

This interpretation seems just as specious and partial as any other interpretation of any other book of the Bible. Although the story does seem a lot more interesting.

[@utopiawish]

My best book on the topic is “Reading Judas” by Elaine Pagels and Karen King.