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Gospel of Judas · 1 of 8

Introduction

This is the secret message of judgment Jesus spoke with Judas Iscariot over a period of eight days, three days before he celebrated Passover.

When he appeared on earth, he did signs and great wonders for the salvation of humanity. Some [walked] in the way of righteousness, but others walked in their transgression, so the twelve disciples were called. He started to tell them about the mysteries beyond the world and what would happen at the end. Often he didn’t reveal himself to his disciples, but you’d find him in their midst as a child.

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Why does this introduction call Jesus' message to Judas a “secret” and say it happened over eight days before Passover?

The chapter names the teaching a “secret message of judgment” delivered to Judas Iscariot across eight days, which frames it as restricted, temporal, and judicial: secret because it’s reserved for Judas alone and judgment because it concerns destiny and revelation. The eight-day span before Passover sets the scene as climaxing in the festival of deliverance, implying these disclosures lead directly into the events that culminate at the cross.

This introduction also emphasizes Jesus’ selective self-revelation—appearing in signs, teaching “mysteries beyond the world,” and sometimes manifesting as a child—which prepares the reader for Gnostic themes of hidden knowledge. That selective disclosure echoes themes in the Gospel of Thomas, where secret sayings reveal spiritual ascent rather than public doctrine.

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