Contradiction....?

How did Judas die?

(Mt.27:5) "And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself."

(Ac.1:18) "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."

Thoughts?

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Adstar · 56-60, M

Not a contradiction..

The 30 pieces of silver was still owned by Judas.. It was blood money so the temple could never take the money because they considered it cursed.. Judas did go to the potters field and hanged himself in a tree.. Now land is considered cursed if a dead body hangs over it during a Sabbath day..

This is why the followers of Jesus quickly took His body down off the cross and placed it in a tomb to make sure it was not still hanging out on the high sabbath day.. Judas however was not taken down and so no one wanted to touch him because he became a curse he was hanging in the tree on the sabbath day..

The temples priests gave the 30 pieces of silver to buy the land from the potter. As compensation for the land that was now cursed.. The 30 silver pieces was still judases money and therefore the Field then became the property of judas even though he was dead.. The body of Judas slowly rotted and it reached a point of the rope cutting though his rotting neck and so the decomposing corpse fell out of the tree to the ground.. The weakened state of the body caused it to burst open on impact..

So both accounts are true.. One simply adds more detail to the account..

dcba9876 · 41-45, M

@Adstar that's very interesting to think about, especially the statement about the rope cutting through his neck due to the weight of the decomposed corpse. 🤔