Thematic Bible: Judas' self-destruction fulfilled

And he threw the pieces of silver down in the temple and departed. And he went and 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, this Scripture must have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who seized Jesus. For he was numbered with us and had obtained part of this ministry. Indeed, then, this one purchased a field with the reward of unrighteousness. And falling headlong, he burst apart in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out. read more.
And it was known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem, so much so that that field is called in their own dialect, Akeldama, that is to say, Field of Blood. For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "Let his estate become forsaken, and he not be living in it." And, "Let another take his overseership."