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How Judas Died
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| Truthful apostles are much needed. |
Jesus advocates truth and righteousness [Matthew 21:32], and says in one place the real worshippers must worship in both spirit and in truth [John 4:24]. Also, "Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgement." - [John 7:24]
An opening by Luke should also be noted: "I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account". [Luke 3]. That is how to rise to the recorder's challenge. You can let truth, truthfulness, and heart-felt, heart-agreed-on righteousness support your outlook, and mental health and well-being through that. Lack of truths to base one's living on, tends to wreck havoc later on. Take care that no one deceives you -
The Two Versions
The question is, "Could someone die in two very different ways according to the Bible?"| According to Matthew | According to Acts (Luke) |
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| When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he
was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the
elders. [27:3] "I've sinned," he said, "for I've betrayed innocent blood." "What's that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility." [27:4] So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. [27:5] The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It's against the law to put this into the treasury, since it's blood money." [27:6] So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. [27:7] That's why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. [27:8] |
[Peter stood up among the believers and said concerning Judas] [1:15-16] "He was one of our number and shared in this ministry." [1:17] (With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. [1:18] Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) [1:19] |
The two versions are taken from the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible.
Implications: Do not trust big liars that say they are filled with a truth-spirit
It is written that the Holy Spirit fell on the apostles only days after Judas died - the Reminding Spirit of Truth. But the two versions of how Judas died tell about very different ways of dying. One was by hanging, the other was by falling headlong and bursting so that all the intestines spilled out. And both versions cannot be true. Thus, there are great errors in the Bible about vital happenings very close to the apostles [see Acts 1:24-26].The Spirit of Truth that fell on the apostles, did not come close to teaching all that the gospel-writers needed to present the actual facts about the death of Judas. Contrary to some of the words of Jesus in John 16:
Yeah well . . . Swindle must be eschewed for the sake of well based living. The greatest swindlers, make sure they do not speak of God and Jesus to make others fall."I have much more to say to you . . . But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth . . . He will bring glory to me by . . . making it known to you. [John 16:12-14]
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| Literature | SECTION | First Page |
Ay: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 1st ed. New York: Theosophical, 1946. Online. [oaks.nvg.org/pv6bk12.html]
Ebu: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD. London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2006.
Pa: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. 11th ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1971.
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