2nd most-quoted character in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988): in 5 of its 19 quotes
Most scenes with: Jesus (4)
You had orders to kill him and you haven't done it. Now he acts like a prophet, and you follow him!
Judas Did you hear what he said back there?
Yes I heard him. We took an oath against Rome. I don't see a thing against Rome around here, all I see are Jews against Jews.
Judas Then you're not listening.
Judas, my brother, I have something to tell you. I have a terrible secret from God. You know why I came to Jerusalem?
Judas Yes. This is where the revolution is going to begin.
Last night, Isaiah came to me. He had a prophecy. I saw it written. It said, "He has borne our faults; he was wounded for our transgressions, yet he opened now his mouth. Despised and rejected by all, he went forward without resisting, like a lamb led to the slaughter."
Judas I don't understand.
Judas, I am the lamb. I'm the one who's going to do.
Judas Die? You mean you're not the Messiah?
I am.
Judas That can't be. If you're the Messiah, why do you have to die?
Listen, at first, I didn't understand myself...
Judas No, you listen. Every day, you have a different plan. First it's love, then the ax, and now you have to die. What good could that do?
God only talks to me a little at a time and tells me as much as I need to know.
Judas We need you alive!
Now I finally understand! All my life-all my life, I've been followed by voices, by footsteps, by shadows. And do you know what that shadow is? The cross. I have to die on the cross, and I have to die willingly. We have to go back to the temple.
Judas And after you die on the cross, what happens then?
I come back to judge the living and the dead.
I wish there was another way, but there isn't. I have to die on the cross.
Judas I won't let you die.
You don't have a choice. Neither do I. Remember, we're bringing God and man together. They'll never be together unless I die. I'm the sacrifice... Forget everything else, understand that.
Judas How will you ever pay for your sins?
With my life, Judas. With my life. I don't have anything else.
Don't you have any respect?
Judas For him?
Judas Understand?... You broke my heart. Sometimes I curse the day I ever met you! We held the world in our hands. Remember what you told me? You took me in your arms, do you remember? And you begged me, "Betray me, betray me. I have to be crucified, I have to be resurrected so I can save the world. I am the lamb," you said. "Death is the door. Judas, my brother, don't be afraid. Help me go through the door." And I loved you so much, I went and betrayed you. And you... you... What are you doing here? What business do you have here, with women, with children? What's good for men isn't good for God! Why weren't you crucified?
Look at his wounds, Judas, they're bleeding. You're hurting him. That's enough.
Judas He was going to be the New Covenant. Now there's no more Israel.
No, you don't understand... The guardian angel... God sent a guardian angel to save me.
Judas Angel? What angel? Look at her. [points at the feminine youth, who becomes a pillar of fire] Satan.
I told you we would meet again.
