Judas Iscariot

Judas Iscariot was 30 when chosen, unmarried, probably the best-educated man among the twelve and the only Judean in the apostolic family (139:12.2). He was a good thinker but not always an honest thinker; he did not really understand himself. Andrew appointed him treasurer, a position he discharged honestly and efficiently until the betrayal (139:12.3). Spoiled as a child, he had exaggerated ideas about his self-importance, was a poor loser, and cultivated the habit of getting even (139:12.6). He believed in Jesus but may not have truly loved the Master with a whole heart. Money was never the motive for his betrayal; it was accumulated resentment, wounded pride, and a desire for revenge that crystallized when Jesus publicly disallowed his protest over the anointing at Bethany (139:12.10).