Ends Quote by Darrell Bock

It's a striking contrast with the negative portrayal of Judas as the quintessential traitor. The figure of Judas is often portrayed as the evil…

— Marvin Meyer

I think Judas was a very devout religious Jewish person. He realizes that Jews had been persecuted and enslaved for thousands of years, and…

— Josh Young

“The New Testament tells us plenty about Judas—enough to accomplish two things: First, the life of Judas reminds us that it is possible to…

— John F. MacArthur Jr

In the Bible, there is absolutely no motivation for Judas, other than that he is sort of a 100 percent figure of evil. And…

— Tim Rice

Writing 'Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle' must have been a difficult task because there are no facts. Judas may quite possibly…

— Justin Cartwright

Once you start to look at the gospels one by one, you realize that followers of Jesus were trying to understand what had happened…

— Elaine Pagels

“Judas, the one whom the world in its ignorance has blackened, will when man awakes from his undisciplined state, be placed on high for…

— Neville Goddard

The Gospel of Judas is a kind of protest literature. It's challenging leaders of the church.

— Elaine Pagels

Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who are Christ-killers.…

— Bart D. Ehrman

“Judas Iscariot. Without attempting to gaze into the mysterious abyss of the Satanic element in his apostasy, we may trace his course in its…

— Alfred Edersheim

Judas is neither a master of evil nor the figure of a demoniacal power of darkness but rather a sycophant who bows before the…

— Pope Benedict XVI

The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even the 'Iscariot'…

— Justin Cartwright