Acts 1
16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18 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.
19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

Matthew 27
3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

georgen2u:

don't you read your bible?
he commited sucide man

are they saying the same thing or is it a different story?
how does someone fall headlong? did judas fall headlong after he hanged himself? who has a better description?

I have decided to reply this posting because I feel you want us to learn together and not to argue on this issue.

If you carefully looked at the two statement, you will agree with me that they are saying the same thing.

Mathew reported the issue in account of what transpired between the Preist and Judas.

For example it is like when a court pronouncement is reported. It will read XYZ is hereby sentenced to Death.

Then on the order hand the event in the Act is on account of the horible outcome of the action of Judas. Unlike example i cited of Judge Pronouncement, it is now become a discription of how severe the excecution is.

When you compare the two the latter is Continuation of the former. Matthew event came before the report in Act. Act will be the detail of the Account of Judas Iscariot.

I hope that will address your concern.

Thanks

LoveKing:
are they saying the same thing or is it a different story? how does someone fall headlong? did judas fall headlong after he hanged himself? who has a better description?

Keep deceiving yourself. The two verses are saying different things are you are here telling us that the latter is a continuation of the former. Haba, stop your deception now. Please why is Matthew now having the deatiled account, where was the holy spirit when he was compiling his story?

I wont say I have some hidden text that merges both scriptures on Judas death but lets use the scriptures you quoted and add a little imagination.


Judas committed suicide by hanging himself.
As a suicide he is considered to be unclean so no one would touch his corpse.
It bloats and begin to decay in the heat, falls of the tree and the belly of the bloated corpse burst open.

This will make both accounts true.

Mathews account specificaly tells us how Judas died - by hanging.

Pauls account related some events that related to the deceased but It did not say how he died.

Mathew tells us that the money (belonging) to Judas was used to purchase a field by the priest. Since the money could not be put in the treasury, it was still legaly Judas' money so the field is his. Mathew's version is a historic account or record.

Paul said Judas purchaed the field. He was refering to historic events that were at the time common knowledge and didn't need to go into specifics.



This is just an academic excercise to show that the seeming contradictions might just not be contradictry at all.