Judas Iscariot

In Mark’s Gospel

• Named last among the twelve, "Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him"

  Mark 3:19

• Went to the chief priests to betray Jesus; they promised him money, "and he sought an opportunity to betray him"

  Mark 14:10-11

• At the Last Supper, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me" — the disciples asked sorrowfully, "Is it I?"

  Mark 14:17-21

• Betrayed Jesus with a kiss in Gethsemane: "The betrayer had given them a sign, saying, 'The one I will kiss is the man. Seize him.'"

  Mark 14:43-46

Who they were

• ✦Trusted and ordinary — one of the twelve for three years; the others did not suspect him (John 13:22, 28-29)
• ✦Secretly corrupt — stole from the common purse (John 12:6)
• ✦Remorseful too late — confessed his sin and returned the silver (Matt 27:3-4), but despaired instead of turning back

Read about them

Faces of Faith

“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” — Hebrews 12:1

A keepsake of Judas Iscariot’s story — the portrait on the front, the key moments on the back.