The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot by Jeffrey Archer

Author:Jeffrey Archer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2007-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

Luke 19:2–9

22. Judas was outraged that his Master could mention Abraham and Zacchaeus in the same breath. Was not one the father of the nation, while the other remained a despised sinner?

23. After they had broken bread, Jesus spoke to his disciples. He warned them yet again that his time was nigh, for he was about to return to his Father, but after three days he would rise again from the dead and once more come among them.

see Matt 26:1;

John 13:1

24. Judas was disheartened by Jesus’ speaking of his own death, but did not at that time press the Master for an explanation.

25. Judas was unable to sleep that night while he remained under the roof of an impure man who owed his wealth and position to a race of disbelievers.

26. While others slept, Judas wrestled with the multitude of problems Jesus had revisited.

27. Since they had descended from Mount Tabor, the Master’s actions had not been those of a messianic leader intent on entering Jerusalem in triumph to claim the Davidic throne of Israel.

28. Without an army to support him, Judas was fearful of what might happen to the Master when he finally entered the Holy City.

29. So many of Jesus’ enemies, among them the Elders and Pharisees, would be looking for the slightest excuse to discredit him, even destroy him.

30. Judas recalled the exhilaration he had felt when he had first joined Jesus’ band of followers. He had been overwhelmed by the authority of the Master’s teaching and proud to be numbered among the chosen twelve.

31. But would he now have to accept that Jesus was no more than a prophet, and that the rich young man might turn out to be right when he had warned: You have chosen to follow a dangerous man, who will lead to the fall of many in Israel?

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