Jesus in Hell: Day 1, Part 8: Cut Scene: Judas

 

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The bone crow is sailing through the air, high above Sheol.  "Fallen!  Fallen!" it screeches.  Fade-out.



In the evening sun, the silhouette of a man briskly, deliberately climbs a stool beneath a tree and places a noose around his own neck.  Then he kicks the stool away and hangs, swinging, his body jerking involuntarily.  The spasms become more exaggerated and the swings become wilder, and suddenly the rope snaps and man falls headlong into a potter's field, where his chest and stomach suddenly burst open and all of his organs and blood spill down into the ground.

The camera follows the blood as it quickly seeps through the ground, falling, faster and faster through layers of sedimented earth, until it drips into a dark tunnel, deep under the earth's crust.  There the blood and organs come together and quickly reform into the man's body, alive and well.  There's a pile of clothes neatly folded beside him.  He puts them on, dusts himself off, and walks down the tunnel towards an open expanse.  The bone crow arrives and lands on his shoulder. 

As he steps out into the expanse, we can only see his face, and nothing that surrounds him, as he says, "The deed is done, my Master."

A loud, deep, powerful voice replies, "You have served me well, Judas." 

Next chapter: Day 1 Part 9: Dismas and Gestas battle the Girgashites!

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