Judas kiss - Поцелуй Иуды

The phrase a Judas kiss comes from the Gospel story about the betrayal of Jesus by one of his disciples, Judas. Judas w as the twelfth apostle. Ju d a s’ object in betraying Jesus is regarded in the Gospel as due to selfishness based on avarice. The story runs thus: Judas was present with the other apostles in the room of the Last Supper. But he quitted the room before the other disciples left and made his way in great haste to the chief priests. He offered them his assistance in arresting his master without tumult, without anyone raising a cry. The chief priests eagerly embraced the offer and promised Judas to pay him thirty pieces of silver. They went through the dark streets of Jerusalem. There was to be no mistake in the darkness. “Whomsoever I shall kiss,” said Judas, “that same is Jesus.” When they came up to the place in the garden where Jesus was standing, Judas ran to Jesus and kissed him. The guardsmen took Jesus and led him away. When Judas realized that his master, whom he had betrayed, might die, he hurried back to the chief priests and offered to return the money, saying that he had betrayed an innocent man and that he repented of his action. But the priests only said; "W hat is that to us?” Then Judas flung the money down into the temple, went and hanged himself. The priests could not take the money into the treasury because it was the price of blood, so they bought with it a field for a cemetery. The expression a Judas kiss denotes a treacherous action disguised as kindness. The words thirty pieces of silver symbolize a payment for an act of betrayal.

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