How did Judas die? If you look up his guilt-induced suicide (imagine standing before God on
the judgement throne and saying, “Sorry ‘bout that.” Ouch), you’ll get two supposedly different
answers.
Matthew 27:5 writes, “And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he (Judas)
departed, and he went and hanged himself.” That’s one account.
After Jesus arose and inspired His disciples to spread the Gospel unto all the nations, Peter
stands before the early (extremely early) church and recounts to them the story of Judas. In Acts 1:18,
Peter says of Judas, “Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling
headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.” In this account, Judas falls to his
death.
Okay, close the book. Go home. Can’t trust the Bible. That’s a contradiction if there ever was
one…
Haha, psyche.
What happened was very simple. Judas hung himself, and after awhile the rope (or something
else ;) snapped, and his body fell and burst open. Both are correct if the chronology is established.
These two accounts give different details. One was the during (being hung), the other was the after
(falling and bursting open). Did Judas die while being hung, or did he die after falling? We do not
know, but I can assure you that he died.
But what we do know is that Matthew and Peter (in Acts) do not contradict each other.
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