The Urantia Book’s account of the life and teachings of Jesus— including Judas the apostle— is not based on the narratives of the Gospel writers, but on the narrative supplied by a secondary midwayer of onetime attachment to the Apostle Andrew, who was subsequently authorized to “place on record the narrative of the life transactions of Jesus of Nazareth as they were observed by [his] order of earth creatures, and as they were subsequently partially recorded by the human subject of [his] temporal guardianship.

The so-called Gospel according to John the son of Zebedee, was inspired by John, but he did not write it. Since its first writing it has been edited several times to make it appear to have been written by John himself. When the original record was made, John had the other Gospels, and he saw that much had been omitted; and in the year A.D. 101 he encouraged his associate, Nathan, a Greek Jew from Caesarea, to begin the writing. John supplied his material from memory and by reference to the three records already in existence. He had no written records of his own. The Epistle known as “First John” was written by John himself as a covering letter for the work which Nathan executed under his direction.

Despite your strong belief in the Bible, I think if you actually read this article, you will see that Judas is revealed to be a man far worse than a common thief. Once you understand the full range of his distorted, dishonest, and confused thinking, you can plainly see that a small sum of money was never the cause of Judas’ betrayal.