What Did Judas Betray?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
Chris Huntley
4.8 • 745 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The Gospels agree that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus, even if they don't agree on why he did it. But is their view about *what* he did plausible? That he told the authorities where they could find Jesus without any crowds around?
There are, in fact, reasons for thinking that Judas did something far more sinister, that he revealed a key teaching of Jesus gave to his closest followers but he did not proclaim in public.
Did Judas reveal a secret teaching that led to Jesus' crucifixion?
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| 0:00.0 | Easter has come and gone, and with it a multitude of religious passion plays, in which |
| 0:05.0 | Judas' betrayal of Jesus is played out in front of an audience of the faithful. In my experience, |
| 0:10.3 | this includes the ubiquitous 30 shekels of silver paid to Judas for his identification of Jesus |
| 0:15.3 | with a kiss, but was the empire really so bad at keeping tabs on troublemakers that they needed |
| 0:20.7 | an elaborate scheme to find him? |
| 0:22.6 | What exactly did Judas betray? |
| 0:25.2 | And can we know why he did it? |
| 0:27.2 | Stay tuned for all of that and so much more. |
| 0:32.9 | Welcome to Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman. |
| 0:36.2 | The only show, where a six-time New York Times |
| 0:39.1 | bestselling author and world-renowned Bible scholar, uncovers the many fascinating, little-known |
| 0:44.6 | facts about the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the rise of Christianity. I'm your |
| 0:50.3 | host, Megan Lewis. Let's begin. |
| 0:59.7 | The name Judas has become a byword for a traitor, someone who sells you out for their own gain. |
| 1:07.0 | The fact that Judas betrayed Jesus isn't really a matter of debate, but exactly what was it that he told the Roman authorities? |
| 1:12.6 | Was Jesus truly that hard to find? Or did the Gospels not give us the full picture? |
| 1:16.1 | Before we get into that, Bart, good morning. How are you doing today? |
| 1:22.5 | Yep, doing fine, thanks. I'm in my recording studio now, and I finally got the AC unit to work. |
| 1:28.0 | It's getting warm out there, so I'm glad. In fact, his words are well, I'm wearing a sweater. |
| 1:33.0 | No, it's getting a bit toasty in Maryland as well, actually. |
| 1:36.9 | Before we start, and this is a little bit of a random one, |
| 1:42.0 | I wanted to ask what career path you'd have chosen if you hadn't gone with academia. |
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