# Judas of Iscariot — Jesus the Son of Man character guide

> Judas of Iscariot in Jesus the Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Judas, Judas Iscariot

**First appearance:** 0031-judas-the-cousin-of-jesus

## Snapshot

A disciple who loved Jesus as deliverance from Rome, then despaired when the deliverer would not lift a hand against the yoke.

## Who they are

He had beheld Jesus as hope and freedom from the aliens, but when the Galilean rendered unto Caesar and refused to move against the occupiers, Judas's hopes died and he decided the murderer of his hopes must be murdered. He delivers him up, then stands in a friend's house in the tempest insisting he has committed no sin, only fulfilled a small life enslaved by Rome. He goes out into the storm to seek the kingdom and beg forgiveness, leaving his friend to ponder a man who died a king while Judas died a felon.

## In the story

### [James the Son of Zebedee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/james-the-son-of-zebedee)

Tempts Jesus with earthly kingdoms, is rebuked, and becomes sullen and distant afterward.

### [Judas the Cousin of Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/judas-the-cousin-of-jesus)

Narrator of the chapter, present with Jesus on the heath, lies awake after the news.

### [A Man Outside of Jerusalem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/a-man-outside-of-jerusalem)

Visits the narrator in a state of anguish, confesses his betrayal of Jesus, and reveals his misunderstanding of Jesus' kingdom.

### [Ahaz the Portly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/ahaz-the-portly)

Arranges the supper and gives Ahaz two silver pieces, later providing two shekels at Jesus's request.

### [James the Brother of the Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/james-the-brother-of-the-lord)

Leads the armed men to Gethsemane and betrays Jesus with a kiss.

### [Cyborea the Mother of Judas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/cyborea-the-mother-of-judas)

Cyborea's son, remembered as a good and upright man who loved his kin and hated the Romans. She refuses to believe he betrayed Jesus.

### [A Man from Lebanon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jesus_the_son_of_man_se/chapters/a-man-from-lebanon)

Portrayed as the 'man of pain and small ambitions' who still walks the earth, preying upon himself and seeking his larger self in self-destruction.

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