He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:5 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel withActs 1:18
Luke tells the same death from another angle: after the hanging the body fell and burst open.
“Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.”
A pattern of2 Samuel 17:23
Ahithophel, the counselor who betrayed David, also hanged himself when his counsel failed.
“When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, and arose, and went home, to his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.”
In contrast toDeuteronomy 21:23
The law calls the one hanged on a tree accursed, and the apostles apply that text to the cross of Jesus, never to Judas.
“his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God; that you don’t defile your land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.”
In contrast toGalatians 3:13
Christ bore the curse a hanged man's death displays, the curse Judas' death could not remove.
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”
In contrast toActs 5:30
The tree in the apostles' preaching is where Jesus was hanged, not where Judas died.
“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.”
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In parallel with (this verse)Acts 1:18
Matthew records the hanging and Luke records the fall and the bursting, two parts of one death.
“Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.”