Gospel of Judas

The Gospel of Judas opens as a secret message of judgment Jesus spoke with Judas Iscariot eight days before Passover. The twelve disciples are called; Jesus speaks of mysteries beyond the world. He finds the disciples praying over bread and laughs: they act not because they want to but so their God is praised; no generation will know him. Only Judas stands before him, naming Jesus's origin in the immortal realm of Barbelo; Jesus promises him the mysteries of the kingdom but warns another will replace him. Jesus tells the disciples he has gone to a holy generation no one born of this realm can join and no star-angels rule. In a dream the disciples see an altar where twelve priests receive offerings while the crowd fasts, sacrifices, sleeps with men, murders; Jesus reveals the disciples are the priests serving the minister of error, and commands them to stop sacrificing. Privately Jesus teaches Judas that the holy generation's souls ascend, and no ruler, angel, or power sees its places. He tells Judas his star has led him astray and he will become the thirteenth, cursed, unable to ascend. Jesus then reveals a boundless realm: an invisible Spirit never named; the Self-Begotten, God of the Light, from a luminous cloud; twelve luminaries to seventy-two and three hundred sixty; Adamas, Seth, the incorruptible generation; Nebro, Rebel, Yaldabaoth, and Saklas, who rule Chaos and Hades and fashion Adam and Eve. Jesus declares baptism in his name will destroy the earthly Adam's generation, and Judas will sacrifice the human who bears him; the ruler is wiped out and Judas enters the luminous cloud. It ends with Judas handing Jesus over for money.