UJudasi Iskariyothe “Bazakuthi mina ngamkhaphela, ukuthi ngamthengisa ngodenariyo abangamatshumi amathathu, ngihlubukile eNkosini yami. Laba bantu abazi lutho ngami."
UJudasi Iskariyothe ungomunye wabalingiswa abaphikisana kakhulu emlandweni weBhayibheli. Waziwa kakhulu ngokuba ngumfundi owakhaphela uJesu Kristu, uJudasi ubephakathi kwezindaba eziningi phakathi namakhulu eminyaka. Namuhla sifuna ukumazi kangcono futhi siqonde ubuntu balo mphostoli.
UJuda Iskariyothe wayengomunye walabo abafundi abayishumi nambili akhethwa uJesu ukuba amlandele phakathi nenkonzo yakhe yasemhlabeni. Ekungeneni kukaJesu eJerusalema, evangelini ngokukaLuka, uJuda kuyakhulunywa kanye labanye abafundi abalitshumi lanye. Naphezu kwesikhundla sakhe esikhethekile, wakhetha ukukhaphela inkosi yakhe ngezinhlamvu zesiliva ezingamashumi amathathu.
Isizathu salokhu kukhashelwa sishiye indawo yezincazelo eziningi emlandweni. Ezinye izazi zeBhayibheli zithi uJuda washukunyiswaukuhaha nokomela amandla. Abanye basikisela ukuthi kungenzeka ukudumazeka ngokulindelwe lalingahambisani nethemba lakhe loMesiya wezombangazwe owayeyokhulula abantu abangamaJuda ekubusweni amaRoma. Ekugcineni, ezinye izazi zemfundiso yenkolo zicabanga ukuthi uJuda wayezizwa naye ekhashelwa ngamazwi kaJesu mayelana nokufa kwakhe okwakuseduze futhi wayenqume ukuphoqelela isandla sakhe, ukuze uJesu azembule njengombonisi Iqhawe elinguMesiya owayezomisa umbuso kaNkulunkulu eMhlabeni.
UJuda Iskariyothe, umphostoli owayethandwa kakhulu uJesu
Nokho, ngokweminye imibhalo ebhaliwe, uJuda wayeyoba umfundi othandwa kakhulu nguJesu, futhi wakhethwa ngokukhethekile ukuba amkhaphele, njengoba lesi senzo sasidingeka ukuze kufezwe icebo laphezulu lokuHlengwa.
Naphezu kwalokhu, isithombe sakhe ngokomlando sihlotshaniswa nokukhashelwa kanye nomuzwa wecala. Igama elithi “Judas” kanye nokuqabula okudumile sekuyinto efanayo naleyo imbuka futhi umcabango weqoqo ngokuvamile umveza njengendoda ehahayo nengathembekile.
Mayelana nesiphetho sikaJudasi ngemva kokukhashelwa, kukhona amavangeli izinhlobo ezimbili ezahlukene. Evangelini ngokukaMathewu, uJudas yebo uyazisola ngesenzo sakhe futhi ibuyisela odenariyu abangamashumi amathathu. Nokho, kamuva uyazibulala ngenxa yecala. Evangelini lesibili IzEnzo ZabaPhostoliKunalokho, kuthiwa uJuda uthenga insimu ngemali ayithola ngesenzo sakhe sokukhohlisa, kodwa ngemva kwesikhashana uwela engozini futhi umzimba wakhe uyaqhuma.