According to the other
evangelists all the disciples objected. Since he remained in office it
could hardly have been known at the time of the visit to Bethany that he
was dishonest, nor could it have been known at any time to Matthew and
Mark, for they would not have lost the opportunity of adding such a
touch to the portrait. The probability, therefore, is that the robbery
of the bag is unhistorical. When the chief priests and scribes sought
how they might apprehend Jesus they made a bargain with Judas to deliver
Him to them for thirty pieces of silver. He was present at the Last
Supper but went and betrayed his Lord. A few hours afterwards, when he
found out that condemnation to death followed, he repented himself and
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to his employers, declared
that he had sinned in betraying innocent blood, cast down the money at
their feet, and went and hanged himself.
This is all that is discoverable about Judas, and it has been considered
sufficient for a damnation deeper than any allotted to the worst of the
sons of Adam.
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