According to the bible, how did Judas die.?

Question

Judas died how?
"And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5)

"And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his bowels gushed out." (Acts 1:18)

Answer 1

What a quaint little story book. Suicide....gushing bowels.

Answer 2

Matthew 27:5-8 says, "So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself." The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day." Acts 1:18-19 says, "With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood." Which is correct? Did Judas hang himself or did he fall? Did Judas buy the field or did the priests buy the field?

Judas hung himself in the potters field (Matthew 27:5) and then after his body decayed and bloated, evidently the rope broke and he burst into pieces on the land of the potters field (Acts 1:18-19). Acts 1:18-19 presumes Judas' hanging...as a man falling down in a field does not result in his body bursting open. Only decomposition and a fall from a height could cause a body to burst open. When Judas threw the thirty pieces of silver down, the priests took the money and used it to buy the potter’s field (Matthew 27:7), not knowing that Judas was going to hang himself there. Judas may not have purchased the field himself, but it was the money Judas received for betraying Jesus that purchased the field.

Recommended Resource: Classic Sermons on Judas Iscariot compiled by Warren Wiersbe.

Answer 3

Judas Iscariot went to hang himself and the rope did no longer carry and his physique fell down against some rocks and his physique burst open spilling his insides. After Judas' demise, the Apostles by way of Holy Spirit, chosen a exchange for Judas so there have been nevertheless twelve Apostles. Acts a million:20-26. The Apostle chosen to interchange Judas became into Matthias.

Answer 4

Matt 27 3-10
3] Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
[4] Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
[5] And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
[6] And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
[7] And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
[8] Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
[9] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
[10] And gave them for the potter's field


ACTS 1 16-20
16] Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
[17] For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
[18] Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
[19] And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
[20] For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

Answer 5

There is no contradiction here at all because both are true. A contradiction occurs when one statement excludes the possibility of another. In fact, what happened here is that Judas went and hung himself and then his body later fell down and split open. In other words, the rope or branch of the tree probably broke due to the weight and his body fell down and his bowels spilled out.

Answer 6

Hanged is a term we connect with a rope around the neck..It wasn't always so.. Even old courts used to specify Hanged by the neck until dead...It used to also mean impalement.. Documents about Vlad the Impaler state he hanged men upon poles. Judas ran and fell falling headlong ..Got impaled on a tree or stump and his bowels gushed out

Answer 7

Judas hung himself. At the time, the family members were responsible for laying a dead relative to rest either in a tomb or a grave. Because of what Judas had done, he had no friends and had likely no family in the area, or if they had been informed, they did not take on this responsability due to Judas' actions.

Therefore, when Judas' body began to decompose, the body bloated from the gases inside the body and eventually his body rotted to the point that gravity won.

It makes a lot of sense if you paid attention in Biology class.

Answer 8

Oh my, you found an inconsistency! Heavens to Betsy! Um, but, maybe the second is a metaphorical version. In either case, the evidence suggests that neither story was written during the lifetime of any of the apostles, none of whom were there with Judas at the time and saw how he died anyway. So any story would have to have been third hand or more and none by an eyewitness.

Answer 9

Did James and Jonathan ask to sit at Jesus' left and right hand in heaven (Mark), or did their mother ask (Matthew)?

The stories you point to also give different reasons why the field is called the "field of blood". There is a movie where both stories are mixed - Judas gives half of the silver back, buys a field with the other half, hangs himself in the field and when his neck finally gives completely he falls into the field and bursts open. It becomes comedic when one tries to reconcile these parts of that myth.

The bigger problem here is that Jesus never even existed. (1)

Answer 10

Judas hung himself as it was recorded in Matthew chapter 27 verse 5.

Later his body was found and someone cut the rope and then the event in Acts chapter 1 verse 18 occured.

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Answer 11

Judas, believing that Jesus was the King of the Jews, he believed He would not allow Himself to be crucified. Because Judas thought Jesus spoke of an earthly kingdom. An excuse for selling Christ for 30 pieces of silver believing he would get away with the theft. Finding out that his judgment was incorrect and had betrayed his master. Because of the guilt he jumped to his death thinking he was the reason that Christ was crucified by betraying His Master for such a small amount of silver.