tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818703174963694504.post6384475273176125757..comments2024-03-09T04:00:18.309-06:00Comments on Know Thyself: How did Judas die?Keith Reichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10679244684706964812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818703174963694504.post-18739590012390809882010-11-10T09:06:50.502-06:002010-11-10T09:06:50.502-06:00Keith, have you heard from Jesse lately? Isn'...Keith, have you heard from Jesse lately? Isn't he doing his dissertation on the death of Judas? Anyway, I love these accounts. One way I've heard that people try to reconcile the two biblical accounts is by saying that upon hanging himself, the rope snapped and Judas fell headlong and burst in the middle. Personally, I find this highly implausible and instead think this is a great jumping off point for a discussion about why we don't need to reconcile every inconsistency in the Bible.Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818703174963694504.post-13297069099887632362010-11-09T15:45:56.978-06:002010-11-09T15:45:56.978-06:00Personally, I like account of Acts the most. Luke ...Personally, I like account of Acts the most. Luke leaves an open-ended statement about the death of Judas when he says, "falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out." This allows readers to interpret the text in whatever manner seems fitting. People may think he commited suicide (such as the passage in Matthew), eatten by worms (like the Papias), or stoned by the discples (Gospel of Judas).<br /><br />However, the fact that Judas shows no remorse suggests that another party may be involved. This causes me to believe that sickness or the disciples may have been the cause of Judas' death.Jason Stantonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818703174963694504.post-36102657027414584682010-11-09T14:37:20.966-06:002010-11-09T14:37:20.966-06:00Fascinating. I'm not going to address the fra...Fascinating. I'm not going to address the fragment of Papias, though that sounds like something out of a J.J. Abrams television show.<br /><br />I'm gonna go all lawyer on you here. If you construe the Acts passage narrowly, I think that it can be read together with Matthew fairly easily. First, it doesn't say that he purchased the field himself. It says he acquired it with the fruits of his wickedness. Whether purchased by Judas himself or the priests bought it with the silver he was paid, they acquired it on his behalf. So, in essence, he acquired it either way.<br /><br />Secondly, Acts doesn't say that he died in the field. It says he fell headlong in the field, he busts open in the middle, and his bowels gush out. Now, the Matthew passage doesn't say that the priests put Judas' body in the field, but it's a pretty simple conclusion to make; why would priests purchase a potters field and bury Judas elsewhere? If Judas was buried (or placed) there, then he certainly would have eventually split at the middle and his bowels come gushing forth. Read together, the two aren't necessarily in conflict.<br /><br />Just my lawyer brain using statutory construction on biblical passages.Popehttp://magnificentvista.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2818703174963694504.post-76174714154141507182010-11-09T14:27:39.881-06:002010-11-09T14:27:39.881-06:00i think that the last death of judas that u descri...i think that the last death of judas that u describe is the most fitting. in the description the describe his a terrible person and an example of ungodliness. for a person of this terrible social stature only a violent an gruesome death is fitting in the bible to show that what goes around comes around. by this i mean he deserves what came to him because of his horrible waysMark Harmonnoreply@blogger.com