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NASB | Acts 1:18 (Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:18 (Now Judas Iscariot acquired a piece of land [indirectly] with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery, and falling headlong, his body burst open in the middle and all his intestines poured out. |
Bible Question: what does this scripture mean? I thought Judas hanged himself as in Matthew 27: 3-10 |
Bible Answer: 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" (p. 1633, MacArthur Study Bible, Word Publishing, 1997). "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 Esther 2:23 can be translated 'impaled') and that the gruesome results of Judas's suicide are described here" (p. 1573, Zondervan NASB Study Bible, Zondervan, 1999). |
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