Judas betrays Christ cold-bloodedly, while Peter denies him and is mortified.
The description ager sanguinis is possibly a Biblical reference to the field purchased by Judas with the money he had been given to betray Christ.
It is then that Judas decides to betray Christ to the Romans.
The one who betrayed Christ is revealed to be Judas himself.
For every Great Friend there was always the Great Betrayer-hadn't Peter betrayed Christ by denying him?
This is Judas, the apostle who betrayed Christ and set in motion the crucifixion.
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, yellow became firmly established as the color of Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ, even though the Bible never describes his clothing.
Its burning was often supposed to be a kind of revenge on Judas Iscariot who had betrayed Christ.
After Judas Iscariot betrayed Christ and then in guilt committed suicide before Christ's resurrection (in one Gospel account), the apostles numbered eleven.
According to the Huffpost, Struble shouted, "Do not betray Christ!"