Did Judas go to heaven? The Bible doesn’t say that outright. What it does give are strong hints that Judas faced judgment: Jesus called him the "son of perdition" (John 17:12), and Peter spoke of his grim fate in Acts. Most early Christian thinkers believed Judas was lost, but Scripture leaves just enough silence for some mystery to remain.

Judas, weirdly, feels close to home. A reminder of human weakness, regret, and the complicated nature of grace. And honestly, if you skip over a question like this too quickly, you might miss something profound about the nature of forgiveness, something that could challenge or even change the way you see God’s mercy.

I still remember the moment this question stopped being theoretical for me. It was during a seminar on New Testament texts, deep into my master’s in Religious Studies, when a professor offhandedly said, “Even Judas had a place in the story of salvation.” That sentence stayed with me. Not because it offered an answer, but because it made me wrestle with what it means for grace to reach the irredeemable or at least those we think are.

In this article, we’ll walk through what the Bible says, how early Christians understood Judas’s fate, what modern scholars are still wrestling with, and why this one disciple continues to provoke some of the most uncomfortable questions about faith, free will, and forgiveness.