Why is the contradiction of how Judas died not a contradiction?

Answer 1

some say that Judas hanged himself, and others say he fell headlong into a field. In the Jerusalem area, there are many cliffs with trees that grow so their branches hang over the edge of the cliff. These were often used for suicide, because a person could tie the rope to the branch, tie the other end to his neck, and just jump. Oftentimes, however, the tree branch would break under the person's weight, causing the person to fall to the bottom of the cliff. This is probably what happened in Judas's case. Remember, in Acts 1:18 Judas ended up with his "intestines gushed out." he must have fallen from height.

AnswerThe attempted explanations for the contradictions in the two accounts of Jesus' death are so contradictory because no one can really harmonise the two accounts, which are are diammetrically opposed and contradictory. The two main issues are the purchase of the field, either by the priests of by Judas, and the manner of Judas' death. A further contradiction is in the reason the field was called "the field of blood."

In Matthew's Gospel, at Matthew 27:3-5, Judas repented of what he had done and took the thirty pieces of silver back to the Temple and cast them down at the priests. He then went away and committed suicide. When the priests bought the field, they called it "the field of blood" because it was blood money.

In Acts of the Apostles, at Acts 1:19, Judas was no doubt pleased to be suddenly rich, and purchased a field with the money he had received. Unfortunately for him, he fell down and died, his bowels gushing out. The field he had bought was called "the field of blood" because he had died there, with all his insides bursting out.

So Matthew says Judas returned his money to the priests and they bought a field with that money. But Acts says Judas was pleased with his fortune and bought a field. One of the most usual attempts to harmonise this contradiction is to say that the priests used the money returned to them to buy the field "as if Judas had done so." This very attempt to find a solution proves how contradictory the two accounts are.

Then, Matthew says Judas Iscariot committed suicide, while Acts says he suffered a terrible and lurid accident. Each story tells a satisfyingly terrible fate for Judas, and should be considered separate from the other, since neither is considered likely to be historically true. It is speculation in the extreme to say that Judas hanged himself and then, with reasons that change from telling to telling, fell from his tree and burst open.

Answer 2

They are just two different view points of the same event. Lets say I saw someone get hit by a car, I might just simply say that that person was hit by a car, so they died. but the coroner who came to get the body didn't see the accident and might give a graphic design. so you see, it is just different view points.