Was the suicide of Judas prophesied?

Answer 1

Matthew 27:5 says that Judas threw down the silver in the Temple and went and hanged himself. The priests took the blood money and bought the potter's field, which they called the field of blood. Acts 1:18 has a different story, that Judas bought a field with the reward of iniquity, obviously intent on enjoying the rewards of his treachery, and fell headlong, bursting asunder and all his bowels gushed out.

In other words, neither Matthew nor Luke knew how Judas Iscariot died, but Matthew seems to have got his story from the Book of Zechariah. The Acts account says that Judas Iscariot died by misadventure in the field that he bought, but in Matthew's account, he committed suicide.

Answer 2

There is a mention of the betrayal and death of Judas in the New Testament, specifically in the Gospels of Matthew and Acts of the Apostles. While there are passages that mention Judas' fate, it's debated whether it was a prophecy in the traditional sense.

Answer 3

A:There are two very different stories of Judas in The Bible, both seemingly written with an eye to the Old Testament. In spite of their differences, both stories tell a satisfyingly terrible fate for Judas, and neither is considered likely to be historically true. The faithful will harmonise the two accounts and many will probably regard the suicide as having been prophesied.

Matthew 27:3-5 says that Judas repented of what he had done and took the thirty pieces of silver back to the Temple and cast them down at the priests. He then went away and committed suicide. The author of Matthew is usually accurate when he draws parallels with passages in the Old Testament, but in this case, he referred to Jeremiah when he spoke of Judas throwing the thirty pieces of silver, but he should have referred to Zachariah 11:13. There is an implied prophecy of the suicide, but Matthew's author seems not to have been able to find something close enough for him to use.

In Acts of the Apostles, at Acts 1:19, Judas was no doubt pleased to be suddenly rich, and purchased a field with the money he had received. Unfortunately for him, he fell down and died, his bowels gushing out. Thus, Judas did not benefit from his bribe and suffered a most terrible death, but the author chose not to attribute this to suicide, perhaps seeing this asan easy way out.

Answer 4

In one story, he did commit suicide, in another story he did not.

• Matthew's Gospel tells us at 27:3-5 that Judas repented of what he had done and took the thirty pieces of silver back to the Temple and cast them down at the priests, then went away and committed suicide.
  

• In Acts of the Apostles, at verse 1:19, Judas was no doubt pleased to be suddenly rich, and purchased a field with the money he had received. Unfortunately for him, he fell down and died, his bowels gushing out.
  

What was most important to the two authors and their readers was that Judas died a satisfyingly terrible death.

Answer 5

Indeed, he did. He tried to give the Romans back the money he had been paid to sell out Jesus. He was so ashamed and felt so much guilt, he hung himself.

Answer 6

According to difference sources he was stoned, hung himself or he disemboweled himself.

Answer 7

Matthew 27:3-5; referred to again at Acts 1:16-19.

Answer 8

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