“He left his job, he gave his house to his sister, he has put all the chips on the table into Jesus,” said Dimyan. “So he doesn’t really have anybody to turn to, confide to, he’s alone. So he does like a small, little bad thing. He just takes a little bit of money.”
Judas feels from the beginning that there are “obstacles” continually hindering Jesus and his followers, said Jenkins, adding, “Maybe Judas isn’t quite ready, or even capable, of washing his soul.”
“What he’s not ready to do,” Jenkins explained, “is acknowledge his wrong expectations.”
Thompson referenced a scene where Simon the Zealot, known as “Z,” teaches Judas to wash clothes. In that scene, Z encourages Judas to leave his old life behind and tells him he is “learned” but “not wise.”
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Safi weighed in with his thoughts on Judas’ dishonesty. “The concept of honesty, of lying,” he said, “you know, is very innocent and small. If you miss that opportunity to be honest, you can’t say the truth any more.”
Both Swanson and Dimyan seemed to suggest that part of Judas’ problem was that he was not willing to slow down and listen to Jesus.
“Judas is constantly thinking about, how do I do the right thing?” said Swanson. “And that hyper-focus on perfection, it’s really spiritually damaging.”
“He just needs to calm down,” said Dimyan, “take a chill pill, and get with the program, man.”