[Costello:] Checking some of the top stories for you this morning at 47 minutes past the hour. Eight terror suspects have been arrested in northern Spain. The officials say the suspects are believed to be part of a jihadist terror cell and were planning attacks in Spain. Police also say they were believed to be recruiting fighters to send to Syria and Iraq. An American health worker infected with Ebola will soon begin treatment in Maryland. The patient will arrive today at the National Institutes of Health. It is the same hospital where Dallas nurse Nina Pham survived and is now Ebola free. The health worker had been volunteering at an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone and was transported from Northern Africa in isolation on a chartered plane. CNN's new series "FINDING JESUS" examines the life and death of Jesus by looking at what he left behind. This week's episode takes a closer look at his disciple Judas, his betrayal, and how it began at the last supper.
[David Gibson, Co-author, "finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery":] When Jesus had the disciples meet for the last supper, the tension is really building up. Through the week that they've been in Jerusalem, there have been increasing conflicts with authorities. Something big was about to happen.
[Unidentified Female:] I think there's a real sense of foreboding at the last supper, the way that it's portrayed in the gospels.
[Unidentified Male:] There is that moment at the meal, this intimacy. To eat a meal with somebody is to be family with them. Jesus announces that one of you, one of the 12, will betray me.
[Costello:] Co-author of "Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery" David Gibson joins me to talk about this. I cannot wait to watch this episode.
[Gibson:] This is a terrific topic. I mean, look, this is the greatest traitor in all of history virtually. Being a Judas is synonymous with being a betrayer, isn't it? But what really happened back there 2000 years ago? I mean, Jesus came to Earth to die on the cross, so someone had to betray him. These are big questions.
[Costello:] So the information you're going to present to the audience comes from a gospel that we're not familiar with.
[Gibson:] The opening I think in this episode is really about this Gospel of Judas, which game to light a few years ago. And it was supposed to revolutionize everything we thought we knew about the gospels, that Judas was not the great traitor; he was working at Jesus' command, that Jesus said you have to betray me. And that came out and everybody thought oh my gosh, that everything we knew about the Easter story virtually is wrong. But is that really the case? What is this papyrus? What is this Gospel of Judas? Is it real? And does it say what we think it says?
[Costello:] Yes, because the confusing part in this new gospel, does it still assert that Judas committed suicide after betraying Jesus?
[Gibson:] It doesn't get into that. We know that Judas kills himself or was killed. His guts split open. There's gruesome depictions in the gospels. So obviously he had regrets. But it's again, this isn't so much a whodunnit, but a why done it? Why again Jesus was the Son of God. He's without sin. He chose Judas. This is one of the great mysteries of the whole gospels. He chose Judas to be one of the 12 apostles. Why did he choose somebody who he knew would actually betray him?
[Costello:] Was he closer to Judas than to other disciples?
[Gibson:] Well, in some ways. As they say, the difference between love and hate can be a very fine line. And here's a man who he was obviously very close to. He was Judas was trusted with the money it says this in the gospels with the money for this small ban of followers of Jesus. So he had a real position of trust and authority and he went around doing miracles with all the others as well. Yet he wound up turning his back on him. Why did he do that? Is it because he was greedy? Is it because Satan entered his soul, a very simple explanation? Is it because he wanted Jesus to be the Messiah the real king of Israel not a Messiah that would go on the cross and sacrifice himself?
[Costello:] Like I said, I can't wait to watch it.
[Gibson:] So many questions. It's great.
[Costello:] I know. Thank you so much for sharing. I appreciate it. Jesus and Judas, the story unfolds this Sunday on "FINDING JESUS" at 9:00 p.m. Eastern right here on CNN. OK, it is Friday so it's time to laugh. If you can't laugh at yourself, you can't laugh at anything at all. President Obama proved that last night on Jimmy Kimmel, reading mean tweets. Enjoy.
[Barack Obama, President Of The United States:] A 30-rack of Coors Lite is $23 at Sunstock. Thanks, Obama.
[Obama:] "How do you make Obama's eyes light up? Shine a flashlight in his ears." That's pretty good. "Somebody send Obama some life hacks on how to be a good president. Ha ha, like I bet that would help. LOL." You know, the LOL is redundant when you have the ha ha. "I'm all right with the president wearing jeans. I'm not all right with the president wearing those jeans."
[Jimmy Kimmel, Tv:] Can I just say something? I think that's mean and I don't think there's anything wrong with the jeans you wear.
[Obama:] Jimmy, I think they've got a point.