ScottA
Well-Known Member
Then, according to you, either the book of Matthew or the book of Acts were not written by spiritual discernment, because they tell two completely different stories when it comes to the death of Judas.
According to Matthew, Judas returned the money to the chief priests, who then used the money to purchase the "Field of Blood". Matthew also says that Judas hanged himself and that the reason the field is called "Field of Blood" is because it's used as a burial place for foreigners.
Matthew 27:5-8
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
That's not what Paul said. According to Paul Judas never returned the money but instead bought a field with it where he died by falling, not by hanging. He also says this is the reason it's called "Field of Blood".
Acts 1:18-19
18 (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
They can't both be true.
Paul's account as stated is according to what "Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this." In other words it's simply according to rumor.
All that this means or is evidence of is that God has used or allowed hear say (or as Jesus put it "It is as you say"), to be a part of scripture as an accurate record of things manifest according to the hearts of men. This is the man of sin revealed.