Is Judas Iscariot supposed to be a saint and not a sinner?

Jorge Luis Borges wrote an ironic essay in which he argued that Judas was really Christ, on the grounds that, according to the prophecies in Isaiah, he would be despised by all. No one is more despised than Judas. read more

Actually, Judas Iscariot was given the same promise to rule over the 12 tribes of Israel as the rest of the original disciples. That was a promise made to all of them at the same time in Ma 19: 27“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. read more

The Gospel of John also suggests that Jesus knows of Judas’s betrayal and allows it (John 6:64 and 13:27-28) but, far less sympathetically, that Judas also was a liar and a thief (12:1-6). read more

It’s also a time when the biblical character Judas Iscariot is remembered for his betrayal of Jesus. In many Orthodox and Catholic countries an effigy of Judas is burned as part of the Easter rituals, a custom continued in areas of Liverpool in the UK until as late as the mid-20th century. read more