Then they gave lots to them, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was counted with the eleven apostles. ―Acts 1:26 The betrayal and death of Judas caused severe disappointment and hurt to the ...

A newly authenticated and newly translated ancient document known as the "Gospel of Judas" tells the story of Judas, not as Jesus's betrayer, but as his favored disciple. Two religious experts discuss ...

Although the “Gospel of Judas” was discovered near the middle of Egypt in the 1970s, the National Geographic Society published the first modern text of the gospel in April 2006. It caused a stir among ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s no spoiler alert to say that Judas is one of the Bible’s most controversial characters. For two millennia, the Disciple has ...

It is a familiar statement to Christians who regularly receive Holy Communion, sometimes called The Last Supper, or the Lord’s Supper. In the original “last supper,” Jesus first utters those words to ...

The twelve apostles, the chosen followers of Jesus Christ, went throughout the ancient world preaching, spreading ...

There is a dark place in the Easter story that we all have visited. It’s called betrayal, and it competes with the pain and death of the cross in intensity. For many years I have sought understanding ...

Is there any biblical figure more reviled than Judas Iscariot? The name of the disciple who hath betrayed Jesus with a kiss is universally synonymous with all that is evil, self-serving, and ...

THE story of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ begins on a Maundy Thursday and culminates on Easter Sunday. It is a ...