Editing Judas Iscariot (section)

===Protestant theologians===
The Catholic theologian [[Erasmus]] believed that Judas was free to change his intention, but [[Martin Luther]] argued in rebuttal that Judas' will was immutable. [[John Calvin]] states that Judas was predestined to damnation but writes on the question of Judas' guilt: "surely in Judas's betrayal, it will be no more right, because God himself willed that his son be delivered up and delivered him up to death, to ascribe the guilt of the crime to God than to transfer the credit for redemption to Judas."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7R0IGTSvIVIC&pg=PA419 |title=A Dictionary of biblical tradition in English literature |author=David L. Jeffrey |access-date=2011-02-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313090434/https://books.google.com/books?id=7R0IGTSvIVIC&pg=PA419 |archive-date=2017-03-13 |isbn=978-0802836342 |year=1992|publisher=W.B. Eerdmans }}</ref> [[Karl Daub]], in his book ''Judas Ischariot'', writes that Judas should be considered "an incarnation of the devil" for whom "mercy and blessedness are alike impossible."<ref>{{cite book |author1-link=Judas Iscariot |title=The Encyclopaedia Brittannica |date=1911 |publisher=The Encyclopaedia Brittannica Co. |location=Vol. 15 |page=536 |edition=11th}}</ref>

The [[Geneva Bible]] contains several additional notes concerning Judas Iscariot within its commentaries. In the [[Gospel of Matthew]], after the [[Sanhedrin trial of Jesus|Sanhedrin]] condemns Jesus Christ to death, are added the comments concerning Judas: "...late repentance brings desperation" (cf. Mat. 27:3), and "Although he abhor his sins, yet is he not displeased there with, but despairs in God's mercies, and seeks his own destruction" (cf. Mat. 27:4). Furthermore, within [[Acts of the Apostles]] is the comment, "Perpetual infamy is the reward of all such as by unlawfully gotten goods buy anything" when Judas purchased the "Field of Blood" with the 30 pieces of silver (cf Acts 1:18).<ref>{{cite book |title=The 1560 Geneva Bible |date=2006 |publisher=The Bible Museum |edition=1st}}</ref>