text: Attention-getting poem Lumen. 
  
  I think it is interesting that Paul has Jesus appear to the Twelve (1 Corinthians 15:5-10), when at that time, prior to Jesus' ascension, there were only Eleven if Judas had actually died by then. The election of Matthias did not happen until after the ascension. So what did Jesus say to Judas at that meeting with the Twelve? It is interesting to me to study the Bible and to find out that it often doesn't quite say what umpteen sermons say it does. Obviously it is a lot more fun to have Judas be the "bad sinner" than to realize he is just like me. “And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?” (Matthew 5:47 (KJV)), meaning, if you greet only your friends, aren’t you just like everyone else? If Jesus did not return to say a word to Judas then I would be disappointed. Buddha reportedly could say one word that could turn around someone’s life.  No doubt, Jesus could do this also. Did he save Judas?