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The Betrayal
Provisional translation of the available English witness, not a summary. Images interpret this text’s portrayal and reported visions; they do not establish historical events or a definitive moral verdict on Judas.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. The title attributes the narrative to Judas, but the work does not establish Judas Iscariot as its historical author.
Codex Tchacos 3 · Coptic (source-language review pending)
English witness: Mark M. Mattison. Public domain witness.
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- Provisional rendering based on the supplied public-domain English witness.
- Brackets and ellipses preserve manuscript-damage and restoration signals.
Gospel of Judas 7:1
The Human Who Bears Me
The Betrayal · Gospel of Judas 7
Open this scene in the reader →1Jesus said, “Truly I say [to you], this baptism[which they've received in] my name […] will destroy the whole generation of the earthly Adam. Tomorrow they'll torture the one who bears me. Truly I [say] to you, no hand of a mortal human [will fall] upon me. Truly [I say] to you, Judas, those who offer sacrifices to Saklas […] everything that's evil. But you'll do more than all of them, because you'll sacrifice the human who bears me. Your horn has already been raised, your anger has been kindled, your star has ascended, and your heart has [strayed]. Truly [I say to you], your last [… and] the [… the thrones] of the realm have [been defeated], the kings have grown weak, the angelic generations have grieved, and the evil [they sowed …] is destroyed, [and] the [ruler] is wiped out. [And] then the [fruit] of the great generation of Adam will be exalted, because before heaven, earth, and the angels, that generation from the realms exists. Look, you've been told everything. Lift up your eyes and see the cloud with the light in it and the stars around it. And the star that leads the way is your star.”
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