# Why did Judas commit suicide? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-judas-commit-suicide/608619 "2012-01-06T13:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-judas-commit-suicide/608619/121 "2016-04-27T21:20:44Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > But was it an outside authority? I seem to remember that it says Judas went to the Chief Priests, and they were the ones to get the Romans involved. Which seems reasonable to me – after all, would your average Roman officer send out a troop of soldiers to arrest someone on the unsubstantiated word of a random Jewish teenager? Good point. He wouldn’t necessarily have known they were planning to turn it over to Rome (which wouldn’t have given a rat’s ass about a Jewish religious matter anyway- “What’s a messiah?”). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-judas-commit-suicide/608619/122 "2016-04-27T21:20:46Z")
Of course, [this](http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-way-of-cross-and-dragon/) is the Straight Dope of the matter. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-judas-commit-suicide/608619/123 "2016-04-28T00:06:09Z")
> [@CJJ](#): > > … > In this context, it would be helpful to have Judas at your **beckon call** , ready to betray Jesus at the most politically advantageous moment. My bold. [“Beck and call.”](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Beck+and+Call) Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-judas-commit-suicide/608619.md?page=6)