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How did Judas Iscariot die after betraying Jesus and being filled with remorse? Did he hang himself as per Matthew chapter 27 or did he fall and burst open as per Acts chapter 1?
The death of Judas Iscariot was a suicide committed after he was filled with remorse (but not repentance) for his betrayal of Jesus. Matthew and Luke (in the book of Acts) both mention some details of Judas’s death, and reconciling the details between the two accounts has presented some difficulties. Matthew says that Judas died by hanging.
Judas Iscariot, known as the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is said to have died by suicide, according to the New Testament of the Bible. His death is described in two different passages, each presenting a slightly different account: Matthew 27:3-5 - According to the Gospel of Matthew, Judas felt remorse after seeing that Jesus was condemned.
Judas Iscariot (/ ˈ dʒ uː d ə s ɪ ˈ s k æ r i ə t /; Biblical Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης Ioúdas Iskariṓtēs; died c. 30 – c. 33 AD) was—according to Christianity's four canonical gospels—a first-century Jewish man [1] who became a disciple and one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
The Suicide of Judas Iscariot - Then when Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and ...
We don’t know the exact time, but it could be that Judas hanged himself before Jesus was crucified. Regardless of when this happened, the end result of Judas’ betrayal was remorse and eventually death. The money he received was used to buy the potter’s field, which they called the Field of Blood.
There are variant traditions about how Judas Iscariot died. According to Matthew 27:3–10, Judas felt remorse after seeing Jesus condemned to death, and he returned the silver and hanged himself.
