The line people often mean when they say “Judas sought repentance” is actually Hebrews 12:17—and that text is about Esau, not Judas. Judas does “repent” in the KJV (Matthew 27:3), but the Greek verb there is not the usual New Testament verb for gospel repentance. That difference is not a nerdy footnote. It’s the knife-edge between worldly remorse and repentance unto life.