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[–] [email protected] 140 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (58 children)

Was watching some history video about deleted religious texts the other day and it mentioned that some ancient scrolls that may have been part of the dead sea scrolls suggests that Judas was instructed by Jesus to betray him. Which makes sense in the context of the story and its religious implications because Jesus could not be the savior of humanity if he wasn't crucified.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even taking out instruction by Jesus, which would be controversial, the story would not have played out correctly without the betrayal of Judas. He had a pivotal role.

A more friendly interpretation would be that Jesus knew Judas would betray him from the beginning and allowed it to happen, because it was God’s Will.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I think Jesus could be fairly certain based on his own actions that at some point violence would come to him.

Its interesting that it came from a follower, maybe the world's most famous whistleblower?

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