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Judas Iscariot
(Last name means man of kerioth)was one of the original disciples of Jesus.He is found in all your
gospels of the new testament.He is described as having betrayed Jesus for money,then killing himself.He
is said to have been the treasurer for the apostles.

Even though the was one of Jesus disciples,he helped the chief priests arrest Jesus.Theo those priests
told the Roman governor to kill Jesus.The priests paid Judas thirty pieces of silver for his help.Later:due
to great sense of guilt or betraying Jesus,Judas tried to give back the silver.When he was unable tu
undo when he had done,He commited suicide.

At the last supper,Jesus told his disciples that one of them would betray him.Matthew and luke wrote
that Jesus implid that it was Judas.

While Jesus was praying one the mount of olives,Judas brought the triests and their men to him.Then he
kissed Jesus,so that the priests could now who he was.Then the priests took Jesus away to be killed .The
priests gave Judas money for helping them.

The gospel of matthew states that judas felt

guilty that the helped kill Jesus.He tried to give the money back to the priests,they said it was the
temple,and then hanged himself.Then the priests used the money to buy a graveyard for strangers.

In the book of acts, Judas used the money to buy a field for himself,but died there a while after.After
Judas died,the order disciples chose a man named Matthias to take his palce as a new disciple in the
group of 12(Twelve)