Thematic Bible: Judas' self-destruction fulfilled

And having cast down the silver pieces in the temple, he departed, and after going away, he hanged himself. Verse ConceptsJudas IscariotHangingHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLength Of LifePunishment, Legal Aspects OfSuicideThe Misery Of GreedIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyPeople Hung To Death

Men, brothers, it was necessary for this Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus, because he was numbered with us, and received a share of this ministry. (Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. read more.
And it became known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem, so as to call that field in their own dialect, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.) For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation become desolate, and let no man be dwelling in it, and, Let another take his office.