A reader asks: Judas blew up? (Acts 1:18)
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Here’s one translation. 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.
And here’s King James 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.
Sounds more like he fell from a great distance and when he hit his body broke open. The Greek word translated as “burst asunder” or “burst open” means to burst asunder with a crack, crack open.
Here’s a good article on the two references to the death of Judas in the four gospels (one mentions hanging and the other mentions falling)
http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/143
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