Now, I don't know what went wrong, but, maybe he wasn't good at casting out demons or something, but, he soured on this whole thing about Jesus being the son of God.
Judas Iscariot son of Simon of Gerioth was a Judaean. He is believed to come from Hebron the town south of Jerusalem and a man of high character.
Judas seemed to go his own way when Mary of Bethany poured “a pound of costly ointment to anoint the feet of Jesus and then wipe them with her hair. It was the best, most expensive quality of spikenard.
Spikenard is on the coat of arms of Pope Francis. The statement under the emblem states: By having mercy and by choosing. Judas wanted to know “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”
Christ rebuked him for his miserliness: “Let her alone . . . . The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me” (John 12: 3-8).
When Christ praised Mary Magdalen as a woman who “hath loved much” despite her sins, He acknowledged this very quality of unrestrained, uninhibited giving.
It was Judas that would not apologize for his protest to Jesus and bargained with a chief priest to disclose Jesus location for 30 pieces of silver. He would kiss Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemani and expose Jesus to the Romans. He would then regret his actions and seek some solace with priests as he stated he has betrayed innocent blood. The priests rejected him and he threw the silver at their feet. He filled with despair and hanged himself in a field later purchased by the Sanhedrin with his own silver. The field would later be called "The Field of Blood."
