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1 | How Judas Iscariot died? | Acts 1:18 | Makarios | 8809 | ||
Matthew 27:5 tells us that Judas died by hanging himself. Acts 1:18 tells us that Judas fell onto some rocks and his body burst open. Is there a contradiction here? No! Both accounts are true. Apparently, Judas first hanged himself. Then, at some point, the rope either broke or loosened so that his body slipped from it and fell to the rocks below and burst open. (Some have suggested that Judas didn't do a very good job of tying the noose.) Neither account alone is complete. Taken together, we have a full picture of what happened to Judas. |
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2 | How Judas Iscariot died? | Acts 1:18 | Sir Pent | 60227 | ||
A Different View ................................. Hello again my good friend Mekarios. It has been a long time since I have had the pleasure of talking with you. However, not as long as the topic of Judas’ death has lingered on this forum :) I see that you answered this question over a year ago, and yet had to answer it again today. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people refuse to use the search tool to check their question before adding redundant threads. ................................. Oh well, after looking at the posts from the several times that this question has been asked and answered, I see the there seems to be complete agreement (rare on any forum) that Judas hung himself, then the rope (or branch) broke, he fell on rocks, and his guts came out. This is possible, and is what I believed for years about this issue. However, I have recently heard another explanation which is also possible. ................................. The basic idea is that the accounts in Matthew and Acts are not sequential events, but the same event. How can this be, you might ask. Well the explanation that I heard was the the use of a rope for hanging was actually a relatively recent custom, and was not used back in Jesus’ day and culture. Hanging meant something very different to the people back then. For instance, Jesus HUNG on the cross, yet He was nailed to wood, no rope involved. Another type of HANGING that was common in that time was to impale someone on a long sharp pole, and then stick it in the ground so that they are high in the air. ................................. Therefore, Judas could have set up a sharp pole, and then climbed a tree, (or a hill, etc.), and then flung himself headlong onto the pole, impaling himself. This would have been viewed in the culture of his day as HANGING himself, and would at the same time of course lead to some spilling of guts. |
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3 | How Judas Iscariot died? | Acts 1:18 | Makarios | 60305 | ||
Greetings Sir Pent!! Yes, I've missed you, my good friend! :-) I hope and pray that all is well with you and your wife. I have recently modified and improved my answer that I made a year ago, by writing under the header of Matthew 27:5. My post went like this.. "Greetings 4290 robginson circle, Here is a bit of commentary on Judas' death.. "[Acts] 1:18 ... falling headlong. Apparently the tree on which Judas chose to hang himself (Matt. 27:5) overlooked a cliff. Likely, the rope or branch broke (or the knot slipped) and his body was shattered on the rocks below." (1) "[Acts] 1:18 ... falling headlong. Matt. 27:5 reports that Judas hanged himself. It appears that when the body finally fell, either because of decay or because someone cut it down, it was in a decomposed condition and so broke open in the middle. Another possibility is that "hanged" in Matt. 27:5 means "impaled" (the Hebrew of Esth. 2:23 can be translated "impaled"; see note there) and that the gruesome results of Judas's suicide are described here." (2) Matthew 27:5 tells us that Judas died by hanging himself. Acts 1:18 tells us that Judas fell onto some rocks and his body burst open. Is there a contradiction here? No! Both accounts are true. Apparently, Judas first hanged himself. Then, at some point, the rope either broke or loosened so that his body slipped from it and fell to the rocks below and burst open. (Some have suggested that Judas didn't do a very good job of tying the noose.) Neither account alone is complete. Taken together, we have a full picture of what happened to Judas. Blessings to you, Makarios (1) MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur, Author and General Editor (2) Zondervan NASB Study Bible, 1999, the Zondervan Corporation, Kenneth Barker, General Editor" In response to your post about the death of Judas, I agree. It is possible that he could have impaled himself (based upon the commentary from Zondervan's Study Bible) since Esther 2:23 seems to support that possibility. Excellent response, and worth taking a good look at, my friend! Blessings to you, Makarios P.S. I am much closer to you now, since I have moved to Indianapolis. :-) |
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