The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot by Jeffrey Archer

the year, Pilate offered the crowd the chance to save one of the condemned men from execution.
    17. Barabbas, Barabbas , they cried in unison.
    18. Pilate said: Shall I crucify your King?
    19. The Chief Priest responded: We have no King but Caesar .
    see
Mark 15:6–15;
Matt 27:15–26;
Luke 23:18–25;
John 18:39–40;
19:15
    20. Pilate said: Then take him away, and may his blood be upon you .
    21. Judas watched as Pilate scurried back into the confines of the Luke fortress, where he found his wife weeping.
    22. Having surrendered his authority to the baying crowd, Pilate washed his hands .
    see
Matt 27:24
    23. As Jesus was led away, Judas searched around the packed square, still hoping to find one or two of his fellow disciples. He found none.
    24. His eyes settled on a group of women.
    25. Judas bowed his head in shame, when he recognized Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the other women who had travelled with them from Galilee .
    see
Luke 8:1–3; 23:55;
Mark 15:40–41;
Matt 27:55–56
    26. They had not forsaken Jesus, but had remained constant .
    see
Luke 23:28
    27. The women wept when Jesus appeared in the square.
    28. He was surrounded by soldiers who were there to make sure that he carried his own cross to the place of execution .
    John 19:17
    29. As Jesus dragged the heavy cross through the crowded streets, passers-by spat on him, while others mocked: Is this the King of the Jews who has come to rule over us?
    see
Mark 15:26–30;
Matt 27:37–40
    30. Judas recalled the many occasions when Jesus had warned the disciples against ever calling him the King of the Jews .
    31. A soldier, aware that the prisoner was gasping for breath, filled a sponge with vinegar and cruelly pressed it to his mouth, but Jesus rejected it .
    see
Mark 15:36;
Matt 27:34;
John 19:29
    32. After a few more steps, Jesus collapsed on the ground and one of the guards forced a man called Simon, who had come from Cyrenia to visit the city, to carry his cross .
    Mark 15:21;
Matt 27:32;
Luke 23:26
    33. The women remained by his side as Jesus continued on his slow, humiliating progress to a site named Golgotha – meaning the place of the skull – where they nailed him to a cross.
    34. But before the cross could be raised in its place, a soldier, carrying out the orders of Pilate, attached the superscription: The King of the Jews .
    Mark 15:26;
Matt 27:37;
John 19:19
    35. At the same time, two other crosses were raised on either side of him, and Judas recalled that the scripture had foretold: And he was numbered with the transgressors .
    see
Isaiah 53:12
    36. One of the prisoners hanging by his side shouted: If you are the Messiah, save yourself and us at the same time .
    37. But the other prisoner remonstrated with him and said: We are guilty of our offences, while he did nothing wrong , and turning to Jesus, pleaded: Remember me when you return as King .
    38. Jesus said to him: Today you will be with me in paradise .
    Luke 23:39–43
    39. Judas watched as the soldiers stationed at the foot of the crossplayed dice, before they divided Jesus’ garments into four parts so that the promise of David’s song might be fulfilled.
    see
Psalm 22:18
    40. Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do .
    41. Judas watched as the Elders and the Scribes continued to torment Jesus: He saved others, now let him save himself .
    42. They said: Let us see the Messiah come down from the cross that we might believe in him .
    43. Another said: Are you not the same man who was going to tear down the Temple and then build it up again in three days?
    44. And darkness fell upon the earth, and the curtain that hung in the Temple was torn from top to bottom .
    45. Judas fell on his knees. He prayed that the Master might be spared any more suffering and allowed to die quickly.
    46. But it was not until the ninth hour that Jesus cried out: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
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