so like. i remember he hung himself. other testimony his guts ruptured out in a fall? since we werent there can we reasonably combine the two stories?
he hung himself. after enough time the body begins to decay and also gets soft. it probably also smelled. someone cut rope body falls and ruptures
thats what i remember maybe you could post the scripture?
and remember the trick
if stories match to well its plagiarism
if they dont match well enough its contradiction
eye witness reports can vary wildly. cops have testified to this. the process turns into using all the reports and making a plausible timeline
This is from Matthew's gospel
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Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”[/CODE]
and then in Luke's gospel it says
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In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) and said, “Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.”
(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
Im not sure if you are aware of what is going on but the same event is described two different ways to fulfil two different messianic prophecies.
This post was edited by belthasar on Apr 11 2026 09:14am