"So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself."I always liked the character of Judas Iscariot, since I was a child. The fact that he misunderstood Jesus teachings and sold him for 30 pieces of silver just to regret it and commit suicide thinking his sin was unforgivable even though he could have repented. What books have that feeling? Misunderstaning, wanting to do good but ultimately failing to and living with guilt?
>>25210546According to Acts he did not die by suicide but by accident.
>>25210546Heard a couple of "heretical" theories.That he "betrayed" Jesus because Jesus needed to die on the cross.I read this one story where he betrayed Jesus because he had to sacrifice what he loved most to get into heaven.
Master and Margherita. >>25210609No, you are retarded and/or malicious, he hung himself and his corpse splattered on the ground.
>>25210627Why do the two accounts each leave out half the story? Someone hanging himself is not some minor detail one would accidentally omit.
>Judas: "Hey, Jesus, that's some expensive oil. We should sell it and give the money to the poor.">Jesus: "Nah, fuck the poor. You'll always have the poor, but I won't be here forever, so I'm going to enjoy this expensive and extravagant anointing."Judas was right.
>>25210546>Then he went away and hanged himself.Such a great line. Was also the final act of many 4chan posters who got BTFO over the years. Anyway the Borges story Three Versions of Judas is well worth reading.
>>25210546which part did he misunderstand?
>>25210546I remember reading somewhere that there's a sympathetic retelling of the Judas story where he basically "betrayed" Jesus to force him to reveal his true power as the Messiah and turn into this political king and liberator. So his idea was that if he turned him over, just before being arrested he would reveal himself in that way and crush the Pharisees and others and that's why he was so distraught when he didn't. I can't remember if this was from a book or movie or what it was, does this ring a bell to anyone here?
>>25210719I always thought he sounded like a typical modern liberal in this passage. >Umm shouldn't you be using that instead for XYZ? XYZ is FAR more important.No, fuck that. You can't spend every second and every resource dedicated to le doing le good. There are other things that matter and your guilt trips are not welcome.
>>25210719Even Judas couldn't give his 30 pieces to the poor.
>>25210623Borges.... uhhh ..speaks on this...
