That is what Tess Mercer asks Davis Bloome. She then goes on to tell him he will bring out Superman. Tess: “Maybe we would remember Jesus as a only teacher roaming the desert.”
Davis: “I don’t quite understand what you are getting at.”
Tess: “Without Judas, Jesus would have never risen from the dead to come back and face his greatest challenge. Saving humankind.”
One question becomes though is Davis actually Judas, or is Tess Judas, and Davis the Romans?

On another note. I think reading comics growing up makes the experience of watching shows like this different for me. When it looks like Chloe might have killed Davis, I know that wouldn’t be the end. I know they also won’t kill of Lois, or even Oliver in this show. The powers that be at DC would never allow it. Just like they got around to making Wolverine origin comics once the X-Men movies started happenning. Comics are the cannon for the superheroes. Yes I know that Chloe has now been added to the Superman comics, becuase she was in Smallville, but I don’t think that has played a major role in the overall scope of the Superman comics. Maybe it is new and exciting for people who haven’t read lots of comics, but to me it is tiring when people are in danger, that I know won’t die. I like seeing Chloe in danger, because to me the possibilty exists, that she will actually die.