

The Acts passage presumes Judas’s hanging, as a man falling down in a field does not normally result in his body bursting open. Note that Luke does not say that Judas died from the fall, only that his body fell. Then, after his body had begun to decay and bloat, the rope broke, or the branch of the tree he was using broke, and his body fell, bursting open on the land of the potter’s field (Acts 1:18–19). Which account is correct? Did Judas die by hanging, or did he die by falling? Or are both true? A related question is, Did Judas buy the field, or did the priests buy the field?Ĭoncerning how Judas died, here is a simple reconciliation of the facts: Judas hanged himself in the potter’s field (Matthew 27:5), and that is how he died. Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood" (Acts 1:18–19). Here is the account in Acts: "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. Luke says that Judas fell into a field and that his body ruptured. That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day" (Matthew 27:5–8). 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.’ So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. Here is the account in Matthew’s Gospel: "So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Matthew and Luke (in the book of Acts) both mention some details of Judas’s death, and reconciling the details between the two accounts has presented some difficulties. “I was a little worried about giving him a knife in the middle of the crowd.The death of Judas Iscariot was a suicide committed after he was filled with remorse (but not repentance) for his betrayal of Jesus.
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“One of the actors came over to me, desperate, explaining there was someone unconscious hanging from the rope and that he wanted to cut it,” Rosner told TV Record.

He described the anxiety after cast members realized Klimeck was unconscious. Luiz Carlos Rosner owns a sandwich cart next to the city square where the play was taking place. The harness, along with the rope used in the play, are now being analyzed at the Criminal Institute of Sorocaba.
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Police investigator Jose Victor Bassetti told the news station this was the third year the local fire department let the theater company borrow the harness for the play and that Klimeck was not supervised because he knew how to use the equipment. Klimeck wore a harness under his robe during the play, according to CNN affiliate TV Record. Photos taken by a local photographer show the final moments of the play as Klimeck, in the role of Judas Iscariot, hangs himself as described in the Bible in the book of Matthew. The cause of death was not immediately available. Klimeck died Sunday after spending more than two weeks in a medically induced coma due to extensive brain injuries from a prolonged lack of oxygen after accidentally hanging himself, according to the Hospital Santa Casa de Misericordia, in the neighboring city of Itapeva. Tiago Klimeck, 27, was one of the actors from a local theater company taking part in an independent production of the play April 6 in the city of Itarare. A Brazilian actor died after accidentally hanging himself during the play “The Passion of the Christ,” a local hospital said.
