Judas betrayed Jesus because he saw following Jesus as not being profitable for himself. He didn’t see any personal gain in being associated with Jesus as the Messiah King to overthrow Rome. Instead of viewing Jesus as a savior, Judas may have misunderstood Jesus’ mission and saw no benefit for himself in continuing to follow him. This led him to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, ultimately making the decision to hand Jesus over to the authorities.
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Fun Fact: Silver is currently at $23.12 per ounce : )
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Ponder this:
Judas betrayed Jesus because Judas wanted things done his way & not God’s way.
He KNEW that Jesus was our Messiah & he wanted to force Jesus to come into power as a king & remove the Romans from Israel with armies of angels & rule forever.
Just like it’s not nice to fool mother nature, it’s not nice to make your plans God’s plans.
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The Collect from Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) in the 1962 Mass reads as follows:
O GOD, from Whom Judas received the punishment of his guilt, and the thief the reward of his confession: grant unto us the full fruit of Thy clemency; that even as in His Passion our Lord Jesus Christ gave to each retribution according to his merits, so having cleared away our former guilt, He may bestow on us the grace of His Resurrection: Who with Thee liveth and reigneth.
This should answer what the Church traditionally believed about Judas’ fate.
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Jesus would not have saved himself because his destiny was to die for our sins.
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I am in a Discord where a Protestant speculated that “The Chosen” purposely left out the scene where St. Peter rebukes Jesus (which I cannot confirm they did or didn’t include it, as I am only at the beginning of Season 3). He thought it was left out so that Catholics would not get upset.
Catholic Christians are not afraid to point out the bad things former and current leaders have done. Follow the Trads on Twitter and you will see criticism of the 265th successor of St. Peter on the daily 
We know St. Peter’s worst moments in Sacred Scripture, and we also know the moments of great conversion. Conversion is not a one-time thing. Conversion is a process. A life in Christ has wonderful high points as well as shameful moments on our part. But, Jesus never gives up on us. He certainly did not give up on St. Peter. And He doesn’t give up on us!
In Matthew 16:23, Jesus uses the Greek word skandalisomen, meaning “stumbling stone” to describe Peter’s inability to understand Jesus’ teaching that “He must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly.” Peter did not want to believe that the Lord would suffer.
Jesus replies, “Get behind me, Satan,” because, like Satan, Peter was trying to convince Jesus that He does not need to suffer and continue His mission.
The only other time this word is used in Scripture is to describe Jesus in 1 Peter 2:8, where it describes our Lord as “a stone that will make [unbelievers] stumble.”
And in St. Paul’s first letter to the church in Corinth (chapter 1, verse 23) he describes the teaching of Jesus’ crucifixion as being a “stumbling block” to Jews & Gentiles, when he writes, “We preach Christ crucified…”
Humans can’t fathom that God could, or even would suffer and die for us. I have heard Muslims argue that Christ could not be God, because how can God die? This teaching is a “stumbling block” for them as well.