Act 1:18-19 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Acts 1:18-19: 1:18-19 Matthew’s account (Matt 27:3-10 ) is somewhat different; the two can be harmonized by considering the priests’ purchase of the “Field of Blood” as acting in Judas’s name. In addition, Judas may have committed suicide by hanging, but he subsequently fell headfirst and his body split open , perhaps when the rope broke.

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Summary for Acts 1:18-19: 1:18-19 ^a Matthew’s account (Matt 27:3-10 ^b) is somewhat different; the two can be harmonized by considering the priests’ purchase of the “Field of Blood” as acting in Judas’s name. In addition, Judas may have committed suicide by hanging, but he subsequently fell headfirst and his body split open, perhaps when the rope broke.