“Kiss of Judas” attributed to Lippo Memmi circa 1340
Collegiata of San Gimignano, Italy
The kiss of Judas (known in art) as the Betrayal of Christ, is how Judas Iscariot identified Jesus to the multitude with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests and elders of the people to arrest him, according to the Synoptic Gospels. It happens in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper and leads directly to the arrest of Jesus.