Judas' betrayal

[nomad]

OK, this is nowhere near as deep as most of the threads in this forum. But it's a little detail that nags at the back of my mind every time I get to the part of the Gospel where Judas betrays Jesus. What exactly was the nature of his betrayal? I mean, he identified Jesus with a kiss, right? But Jesus was a very public figure. The pharisees knew who he was. Jesus himself says that he was preaching in the temple every day and they could easily have apprehended him. If it were just a matter of knowing where Jesus was, I should think it would have been much cheaper to just have someone follow him. So why did they need one of the disciples? What information did Judas give them?

Anyone have any ideas?

[Solomons Song]

I suppose they wanted no doubt they wanted the right man. Also, it was prophesied that He'd be betrayed.

Think about it. A bunch of dirty men out in a garden in the middle of the night. All of them of middle-eastern descent. I think it'd be fairly easy to get the wrong guy relying on sight alone.

[sehoy]

Judas walked every day with Jesus but did not recognize that He was God. Or he did know He was God and he turned Him in anyway. He called Jesus a friend and kissed him on the cheek and then handed him over to the authorities.

I hope you were just joking around, Solomon's Song. Middle eastern men are very good at identifying amongst themselves. They most certainly would have noticed the Galileean accent.

[jo]

[Alan]

[jo]

Well I don't mean to sound flip but couldn't they have gone up and said 'oi, which of you is Jesus of Nazareth'? Being God, He was hardly likely to point to Thomas or someone and say 'he is, officer!' and then leg it..

[Robin]

[nomad]