Christians believe Christ died for our sins. He took our place - dying for us so we wouldn't have to die. Through this selfless act, He showed that death isn't the end. Didn't Judas' betrayal merely act as a catalyst bringing about the inevitable? So many people bemoan what Judas did, but wasn't it necessary? Wasn't he an important part of that critical reason Christ came to Earth?
March 31st should be "Give Judas a Freakin' Break" day.
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The strange character of Judas is a good entry into some of the contradictions and discriminations in Christian religion. I think he ended up as the token despised Jew and in his own way took on a whole load of racial vilification which would otherwise have belonged to Christ and the apostles. You seem to have picked up on the high priest Caiphas' very interesting prophecy that one man should die for the people - which would logically make Judas an inevitable pawn in the drama. Prophesied elsewhere as well as demonstrated in Jesus calling him the son of perdition in John's gospel.
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