Action Quote by Robert S. Jepson, 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

“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

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

Judas Iscariot was not a greatly wicked person, just a common money-lover, and like most money-lovers, he did not understand Christ.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

“What emotion had filled the breast of Christ when he ordered away the man who was to betray him for thirty pieces of silver.…

— Shusaku Endo

Judas is a reflection of anyone who ends up rejecting Jesus. It's a tragic story?not something to shake your finger at, but something to…

— Darrell Bock

If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.

— Victor Hugo

“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

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 story of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas gave a moral and religious rationale to anti-Jewish sentiment, and that's what made it persistent…

— Elaine Pagels

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