The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Judas

He hung himself. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> The question is, How are we to understand Peter's recounting of the events as recorded by Luke some several years later with that which is recorded by Matthew? My own understanding is that Matthew's account was written as a historical event and Peter's iteration of the event is more rhetorical (story-telling). But that still doesn't resolve what appears to be a contradiction, does it? A popular and quite feasible explanation is that Judas hung himself and thereafter the rope broke and thus he fell to the ground and his body split, etc. Another explanation similar to that one is that he hung himself by a rope whose length was sufficiently long enough that when he jumped his body was able to reach the ground, but short enough that it broke his neck (hung). Personally, if I had to choose between the two, the former would be my choice.

In His grace,