Excerpt: 'A recently discovered manuscript—the so-called Gospel of Judas—claims that Judas was in fact a hero, and that Jesus revealed to him alone the secrets of salvation. What difference does this long lost text make to our understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ? ... it mentions neither the crucifixion nor the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Instead, it ends rather abruptly. Judas hands Jesus over, but we are never told what happens to either of them afterwards. This means, of course, that the manuscript doesn't really deserve to be called a gospel. Rather, it is the kind of “gospel” that the apostle Paul warned about—one that is “no gospel at all” (Gal. 1:7).'
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Many of these are now published in 'My Father's World: Meditations on Christianity and Culture', 2002, and 'He Speaks to Me Everywhere', 2004, both by Philip Graham Ryken, P&R Publishing.
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“ Timely! Pithy pointed summary.. ” Good commentary on the news: (these WOW commentaries are a good listen: check out the previous ones) Makes me think that if they're gonna take old stories,they should take this report from Papias:
Papias' take would be labelled
"Judas the fat stinking rotten stench..."
according to Papias...
Judas walked about in this world a sad example of impiety; for his body having swollen to such an extent that he could not pass where a chariot could pass easily, he was crushed by the chariot, so that his bowels gushed out.
http://www.ccel.org/fa thers2/ANF-01/anf01-43.htm
T heophylact, after quoting this passage, adds other particulars, as if they were derived from Papias. He says that Judas's eyes were so swollen that they could not be seen, even by the optical instruments of physicians; and that the rest of his body was covered with runnings and worms. He further states, that he died in a solitary spot, which was left desolate until his time; and no one could pass the place without stopping up his nose with his hands.
Best point? that
people that say that Judas was really the victim, and not the villain follow a lie that comes straight from the very same Satan who entered Judas on the night that he
betrayed Jesus Christ. John 13:27
Philip Graham Ryken is Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, where he has preached since 1995. He was educated at Wheaton College (IL), Westminster Theological Seminary (PA) and the University of Oxford (UK), from which he received his doctorate in...
