I was talking to someone the other day that I have known for a good few years, he sorts out what people end up getting the job they get. It might be an ad in The Sunday Times
Anyway the big thing these days is stock options... ppl are walking away with packages of 50 to 500 Million and that is the sort of package that ppl are looking for when they want to move to their new job
" did not anticipate the death of *****, but wished to precipitate a political crisis and hasten the hour of triumph, thinking that the arrest of ***** would provoke a rising of the people who would set him free and place him on the throne. In support of this, they point to the fact that, when Judas found that ***** was condemned and given up to the Romans, he immediately repented of what he had done "
Well, this Judas thingy was written many years after his death (Judas') by an exclusive cult that believed differently to the rest of the church at the time... somehow lost it's flavour as a result... no backup manuscripts for that one... besides... if I were to believe anything about anyone, I would think twice about taking the word someone who betrayed him for money... It's actually not new, there have been a few of these around since early days AD - even mentioned in the official gospels.