His mother was a prostitute, and a fortune teller once predicted she would give birth to a devil. The woman becomes pregnant by an unknown client but dies while giving birth to a baby whom the other women in the brothel name Judas.

Judas is still a child when he kills the brothel keeper who attempts to abuse him. Forced to grow up too quickly, hardened by pain, he eventually becomes the protector of the very place where he was born and raised, enriching himself by exploiting women. When a young man named Jesus saves Mary Magdalene (his sister, but also one of the women under his control) from being stoned, Judas is captivated. He abandons everything and begins to follow this “healer.”

Judas the sinner, Judas the exploiter, Judas the pimp, is the last of the apostles to be called. What follows are the years of Jesus’ preaching and wandering with his disciples—years of constant closeness, marked by triumphs, defeats, successes, and fear.

Then comes the fateful Last Supper and the events of the Passion as we know them… but the Gospel according to Judas is different. It is a long, anguished confession. He sees himself as an essential instrument in the fulfillment of Scripture, yet he must become one of the greatest villains of all time, despite being among the most selfless: he ultimately gives his life. He betrays Jesus, condemning himself to damnation so that what is written may come to pass. Of all the apostles, Judas is the only one to die with Jesus. He who lived by selling women dies by selling a man.