Judas Iscariot is not mentioned at all in the New Testament until day’s before Christ’s torture and crucifixion.
We have allegedly found the actual Writings, “The Gospel of Judas” telling a story that is quite different from the Gospels of Mathew and John...
The Aramaic scroll tells of a conspiracy; that in order for the prophet’s foretelling to manifest, Jesus, had to be “turned in” betrayed, by one of His brethren. Thus Judas volunteered for the job, keeping it a secret from the other disciples. This makes sense because it is beyond my understanding how a man, an intelligent individual, who has seen and felt the signs, wonders and miracles of the Lord, could possibly betray Him for a mere 30 pieces of silver.
In the Caravaggio painting, both subjects, Jesus and Judas, look to know exactly the role they need to play…and both appear not happy about the situation.
Judas’ “burning” kiss of betrayal is portrayed in this beautiful painting.
I believe this particular work, like many of Caravaggio’s paintings, can be gazed at for hours, seeing and finding new aspects about the story it tells from the New Testament.
Most all of Caravaggio’s paintings are rife with meaning.
This one of Jesus and the infamous kiss is just one of them, the kiss of “planned betrayal?”
Beautiful.
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