Is there is Judas Code in the Gospel?

April DeConnick has done some pioneering work with regards to Judas in the gospel. However there is a great deal more work to do. First and foremost we have to find a way of reconciling the Islamic pseudepigryphal tradition about Jesus transforming into Judas before the crucifixion. This tradition might well go back to a number of statements about the Marcionites in Tertulian.

Most significant however is Irenaeus' statement about a kabbalistic interest in the name of Judas. I should say for those that do not speak Hebrew that Judas = 30. However we are all familiar with the intimation in the Church Fathers that the gnostics revered a combination of three powers within the pleroma of "thirty" i.e. the ogdoad, the decad and the duodecad - i.e. 8, 10, 12. Most people just take the Church Fathers at face value that a complex system of sub-powers continued
from this even though it is apparent that Marcus for instance valued letters over such things.

The question of course is whether Jesus was understood to simply 'change places' with Judas at the end of the gospel or indeed was Jesus ALWAYS Judas throughout the text i.e. Jesus = 30 = Judas.

Indeed why is Judas entirely absent throughout the first two thirds of the text only to 'materialize' as the Passion approaches? It is very strange. The fact that the Marcionites and related traditions thought Jesus was a 'spirit' (and not a real person) must figure somewhere in this understanding.

I started wondering what would Marcus take the powers 8. 10, 12 if
expressed as letters? We would get Cheth (8), Yod (10) and Lamed (12).
The odd thing here is that this makes one of the most common words in
the Peshitta scriptures - chyl which means strength or power among other
meanings. It also appears throughout Ephraim's Against Marcion where
chyl appears to have a special meaning.

Whatever the case I wondered as "Mark" was well aware of gematria
whether or not it was possible if Ch-Y-L was a codeword for Judas.
There are some strange statements in the gospels which we have taken
for granted such as:

Luqa — 1:17, 4:36 All the people were amazed and said to each other,
"What is this teaching? With ... chyl he gives orders to evil spirits
and they come out!"
† Romans — 15:19 through the chyl ... I have fully proclaimed the
gospel of Christ
Luqa — 24:19 He was a prophet, chyl in word and deed before God and all
the people
Marqus — 9:1 And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, some who are
standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God
come with chyl
† Marqus — 5:30 At once Jesus realized that chyl had gone out from him.
He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
5:33, 6:2 What's this wisdom that has been given him, that he even
does chyl
† Luqa — 8:46, But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that chyl has
gone out from me."
† Romans — 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the chyl
of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew,
then for the Syrian.
Mattai — 13:54 Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous
chyl?"
24:29 and the heavenly powers will be shaken
† Luqa — 5:17 And the chyl of the Lord was present for him to heal the
sick.
† Luqa — 6:19, the people all tried to touch him, because chyl was
coming from him and healing them all
9:1, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to
cure diseases,
22:4, nd Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple
guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.
22:52, Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple
guard, and the elders, who had come for him,
24:49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in
the city until you have been clothed with chyl from on high."
† 1Corinthians — 1:18, For the message of the cross is foolishness to
those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the chyl of
God.
1:24, we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and
foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power (chyl) of God

THEN THERE IS THE WEAKNESS AND KYL CONTRAST WHICH HAS A CONSISTENT
PATTERNING:

2Corinthians — 12:10, For when I am weak, then I am chyl
ibid 13:3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through
me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is chyl among you.
1Corinthians — 12:6 There are different kinds of working, but the same
God works all of them in all men
Romans — 15:1 We who are chyl ought to bear with the failings of the
weak and not to please ourselves.
1Corinthians — 1:25 the weakness of God is stronger than man's chyl
ibid 1:26 - God chose the weak things of the world to shame the chyl
ibid 4:10 - We are weak, but you are chyl
2Corinthians — 13:9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are chyl
Luqa — 22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
Romans — 8:3
Philippians — 4:13 I can do everything through him who gives me chyl
Colossians — 1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his
glorious might
2Thessalonians — 2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be in
accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit
miracles, signs and wonders,
Romans — 4:20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the
promise of God, but was chyl-ed in his faith and gave glory to God
Ephesians — 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty chyl
† Romans — 15:13, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of
the Holy Spirit.
† 1Corinthians — 2:5, so that your faith might not rest on men's
wisdom, but on God's chyl
4:20, For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of chyl
15:43it is sown in weakness, it is raised in chyl
† 2Corinthians — 6:7in truthful speech and in the chyl of God; with
weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
, 13:4 he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's chyl.
Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God's chyl we will live with him to
serve you.
† Ephesians — 3:20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine, according to his chyl that is at work within us
† Colossians — 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism and raised
with him through your faith in the chyl of God, who raised him from the
dead.
† 1Thessalonians — 1:5 because our gospel came to you not simply with
words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep
conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake
† 2Thessalonians — 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,
that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power
he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by
your faith.
1Corinthians — 6:14 By his chyl God raised the Lord from the dead, and
he will raise us also.
Ephesians — 3:16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may
strengthen you with chyl through his Spirit in your inner being,

AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS:

2Corinthians — 4:7, But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show
that this all-surpassing chyl is from God
10:4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the
contrary, they have divine chyl to demolish strongholds.
† Colossians — 1:29 To this end I labor, struggling with all his
energy, which so powerfully works in me
Ephesians — 1:19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.
That power is like the working of his mighty strength,
3:7, I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given
me through the working of his chyl
1Corinthians — 2:4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and
persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's chyl
† 1Corinthians — 15:56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin
is the law.
Philippians — 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of his
resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming
like him in his death
Mattai — 11:21, Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the
kyl that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes ... If the chyl
that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have
remained to this day.
13:58, And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of
faith
14:2,and he said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist; he has
risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him."
† Marqus — 6:5 He could not do chyl there,
9:39, No one who does chyl in my name can in the next moment say
anything bad about me,
† Galatians — 3:5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among
you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?
† Philippians — 4:13I can do everything through him who gives me chyl
Mattai — 22:29, Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not
know the Scriptures or the power of God.
25:15 To one he gave five talents[a] of money, to another two talents,
and to another one talent, each according to his ability.
† Romans — 9:22 What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his
power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared
for destruction?
† 1Corinthians — 5:4, When you are assembled in the name of our Lord
Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is
present,
14:11
† Philippians — 3:21 who, by the power that enables him to bring
everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that
they will be like his glorious body.
† 2Corinthians — 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is
made perfect in weakness
2Corinthians — 3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim
anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God
Romans — 1:4 and who through the Spirit[a] of holiness was declared
with power to be the Son of God[b] by his resurrection from the dead:
Jesus Christ our Lord.

† 2Corinthians — 12:12 The things that mark an apostle—signs, wonders
and miracles—were done among you with great perseverance.

On the word חיל ܚܝܠ

What I said about the addition of 8+10+12 has plausibility. The only difficulty would be that a lamed would normally represent 30 in the extant Samaritan and Jewish texts. This is not a serious difficulty, since the extant system is only a choice out of at least two. The rest is very sound.

This is the meaning of the key noun and adjective in the N.T. is indeed the meaning intended. Add to these the doxology “For thine is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever, amen”. The combination of the terms Kingdom, Power, and Glory occurs in Chronicles. Have a look at the context! You will see something. The Kingdom is the lowest level or our level or the present level, or Earth as opposed to Heaven. Compare the Kabbalistic meaning. The Power is much the same as what you have seen. The result of the meeting of the two is the Glory, which is a MANIFESTATION in the sense of the Hebrew Kavod and Greek Epiphania (Epiphany). At the Transfiguration the Kingdom and the Power met, and the Kavod was seen, even if only briefly, mutedly, and by only two people. But consider the DOUBLE meaning Sons of Thunder and Sons of Perception. The reason it says “forever and ever” in the doxology will now be clear to you. As for why the mss. are divided between “forever and ever” and just “forever”, it has to do with a theological controversy seen in Judaism and in Samaritanism as well. We are told that the Pharisees say there is only one world. Forget the stupid guesses about them having no metaphysical sense or being crude materialists in Josephus and then repeated ever afterwards and elaborated on with more guesses using the first guesses as if they were data. Just look at what is recorded, that the first Tanna’im (I think) changed “forever” to “forever and ever” because the Minim said there is only one world. Compare the datum in A. F. on the Dositheans, that they abolished the recitation of the doxoloxy with just “forever”. As for the debate between Jesus and the Sadducees on the Resurrection, the question is NOT why the Sadducees rejected the concept, but rather why they rejected the specifically Pharisaic interpretation of it. They probably believed in the possibility of a PRESENT union of Heaven and Earth, to be completed at the end of days. EXACTLY THIS IS IN THE LAST PHRASES OF CH> XI OF THE ASATIR. As this is the only place where Jesus rejects a theological position, I take it that he is reminding the Sadducees of the meaning of their rejection of the Pharisaic doctrine. This reason was that the Pharisees were misrepresenting the working of the Power of God. He reminds the Sadducees that they had fallen into the trap of logical debate with the Pharisees and thus lost sight of what was represented or hinted at in their formula of rejection of the Pharisaic doctrine. “Ye know not (have lost sight of the Power of God”. I will have to look at the form of the Greek verb.

Here is the Samaritan Aramaic pronunciation. Noun il adjective ayyol (accented on the first syllable). Jewish Palestinian Aramaic. Noun h.ayil ( one syllable!) adjective h.ayyal