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cybrjewls -> RE: Judas - hung or fell? (1/6/2008 11:00:18 AM)
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Greeting CornelR! I would like to welcome you to the forum. Please be aware that the account about Judas Iscariot is of less importance to many because it is narrative in the text and not The Words spoken of by Jesus. Many people of the faith would view this as speaking to the authenticity of the documents and writings because there is some perspective deviation in the account. Not that this would take away from their Testimony. Instead, it adds to it because we can see that their accounts vary slightly. In other words, when people testify about something on a witness stand in court it is acceptable when it is first hand witness testimony. Otherwise, it would be inadmissable as hearsay because it would be the second hand word of someone who was not an eyewitness to the events. We see, then, that these were there directly witnessing the Testimony of Jesus and should be accepted on that basis. It is relatively of much less importance how Judas died, because Jesus didn't say how he would die, just that it was woe. We know that disciples did not hang out with Judas while he died, they stayed together in fellowship. So that their testimony at this point is differing is no surprise.
Others say that he hung himself in the field that he bought and then split open, even though the books expressly state that he threw the silver back at them and they bought the field.
It is not a matter of Doctrine of Faith how Judas died. It is way low on the post for importance so that we do not throw out the Princes Words and Testimony because of an account about how a traitor died.
Also, this is proof that The Church did not change these Scriptures as some have proposed about the council that was formed to affirm sound Scripture Doctrinal writings under a certain Emporer. Some are falsely saying that this emporer induced the Gospel of John on His Testimony of Jesus as The Lord of Hosts as God incarnate. Such people should realize that this emporer made a huge statue with a large head of himself, not Jesus. Thus one can see that he would give himself such megalomania honor instead in his empire. Also, he finally got baptised at the end of his reign, not before. Therefore, those that were called by the emporer to handle the Doctrine of The Gospels council where not adding to these Scriptures. If they were to have done this, no discrepancy at all would be found.
We could concur that Judas indirectly bought the potters field by throwing the silver back at the Pharisees in guilt and anguish and that hanging himself on the tree, he then fell down and split open, and now the field is called the field of blood.
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