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The Betrayal
Provisional translation of the available English witness, not a summary. Images interpret this text’s portrayal and reported visions; they do not establish historical events or a definitive moral verdict on Judas.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. The title attributes the narrative to Judas, but the work does not establish Judas Iscariot as its historical author.
Codex Tchacos 3 · Coptic (source-language review pending)
English witness: Mark M. Mattison · Public domain witness
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Gospel of Judas 7:1
The Fallen Rulers
The Betrayal · Gospel of Judas 7
Story guide: Weakened throne-like forms lie beneath mist and abstract light.
Open this scene in the reader →1Truly [I say to you], your last [… and] the [… the thrones] of the realm have [been defeated], the kings have grown weak, the angelic generations have grieved, and the evil [they sowed …] is destroyed, [and] the [ruler] is wiped out. [And] then the [fruit] of the great generation of Adam will be exalted, because before heaven, earth, and the angels, that generation from the realms exists.
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