Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money. So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him. (Mark 14: 10-11)

Was Judas so repulsed by the woman's extravagance and the seemingly self-indulgent response of Jesus that this pushed him to betrayal?

Or was he only doing as Jesus had instructed, as suggested by a recently uncovered ancient text?

The speculation regarding Judas is endless. Any confident conclusion is beyond what we are given in scripture.

Judas was not, however, the only one to betray Jesus. Peter would deny him. The crowd would turn on him.

I often betray Jesus by twisting his teaching to my purposes or simply ignoring his purposes.

More on the Gospel of Judas is available from National Geographic.