Ryder Strong

And I fought with this because you could go the American route with somebody like Benedict Arnold.

You could go Marcus Brutus, you know, A2 Brute.

There's several ways to go.

But I think a lot of people would not disagree with the final traitor we're going to talk about.

And that is, of course...

Do you have a guess?

Judas Iscariot.

Oh, of course.

So no name is more synonymous with treachery than that of Judas Iscariot.

He was one of the 12 apostles, but according to the New Testament, he betrayed Jesus for 30 silver pieces to the Roman overlords.

However, here's the interesting thing.

Lately, in the last 20, 25 years, there have been some revisions to the Judas story with the discovery of the Gnostic texts called the Gospel of Judas.

which depicts Judas as an obedient servant of Jesus.

And these texts actually describe conversations between Judas and Jesus that suggest that Jesus himself instructed Judas to betray him to the Romans so that he could be sacrificed.

Again, it does not change the fact that when you think of traitors, you go, it's pretty hard pressed to find anybody worse.

Way to go, Judas.

So you've made it to the top of our list.

Judas Iscariot.

You pulled a Fredell.

Something funny, like pulling a joke out of nowhere, maybe.