| Who would ever think that time will come when the | | | | was the apostle's [Judas] mission to bring Jesus to |
| acts of Judas would finally be vindicated as acts of | | | | the rabbis and high priests of that time. To have |
| sacrifice for Jesus? The National Geographic Chanel | | | | carried out the mission that will finally lead to the |
| featured a one-hour documentary of how archeology | | | | death of Jesus would have been too overwhelming |
| became the key to changing the face of the entire | | | | for Judas accept. But this would simple be a personal |
| Catholic faith. It started out with an account of how | | | | supposition. So much was his [Judas] guilt that after |
| one local of Egypt had found a manuscript which | | | | having sold his master for thirty pieces of silver, he |
| dated as far back as 3-4 AD, how this manuscript | | | | hanged himself to appease his guilt. But this part of |
| got into the hands of a black market dealer of | | | | the hypothesis remains to be proven. |
| antiques and how it finally found its place in the hands | | | | The exposition of the gospel's discovery opened all |
| of archeologists who, then, made every attempt to | | | | other secrets of the early Christian practice which |
| prove its authenticity as (1) an ancient document, (2) | | | | were too unbelievable to be told. It also happened |
| a Coptic writing, (3) the true words of Judas himself. | | | | that there were more than 4 gospels of the New |
| Finally, after a painstaking process of carbon-dating, | | | | Testament. Some of which were St. Thomas', Mary |
| wild goose chasing, putting torn shreds of the | | | | Magdalene's and Judas'. There were actually 30 other |
| papyrus back on together, and making sense of the | | | | gospels which the early Christians had managed to |
| writings, the archeologists finally came face to face | | | | suppress in order to preserve the beliefs which then |
| with Judas Iscariot's version of his treachery. Judas' | | | | were tantamount to Roman inquisition and |
| account of the the Last Supper and Jesus' last nights | | | | punishment. Responsible for this great historical |
| in the garden were not at all too different from the | | | | whitewash was none other than Constantine who |
| well-accepted versions of the four gospels of the | | | | was believed to have ordered this cover up to unite |
| New Testament. However, there were changes in | | | | Rome under one religious banner which is Christianity. |
| some of the details. But such changes may prove to | | | | Several literary works, one of which was the |
| be significant to unraveling of the truth about the | | | | controversial "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, |
| instances that led to Jesus' crucifixion. Judas' gospel | | | | were alluded to such hypothesis --- that there indeed |
| claims that it was Jesus' who wished that the | | | | was an attempt to change the face of Christianity |
| infamous apostle become the scapegoat in the | | | | and in so doing "accords" Jesus the "divinity" |
| unfolding of the prophecy (the Son of God dying for | | | | persuasive enough to unite a factious empire. The |
| our sins). One striking account in the gospel was | | | | other gospels, which until now remain unrecognized |
| Jesus' interpretation of Judas' dream. In his dream, he | | | | and unpublished, have been ordered burned and |
| [Judas] was being stoned to death by the eleven | | | | destroyed to eliminate any account that would show |
| disciples. It was Jesus who explained to him that it | | | | the "human" side of Jesus. |