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===Judas’ Remorse and Death=== | ===Judas’ Remorse and Death=== | ||
[[file:Aceldama LCCN92500708.jpg |thumb| px |The site believed to be Akeldama, where Judas ended his life.]] | [[file:Aceldama LCCN92500708.jpg |thumb| px |The site is believed to be Akeldama, where Judas ended his life.]] | ||
After Jesus was handed over to Pilate by the chief priests and [[Elder|elders]], Judas Iscariot was overcome with immense guilt. He returned to them, confessing, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” However, they replied indifferently, “What is that to us? That’s your responsibility.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027%3A3-4&version=NIV|title=Matthew 27:3-4 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In despair, Judas threw the thirty pieces of silver into the temple and went away to hang himself. The religious leaders, deeming the money as “blood money,” used it to buy a field to bury strangers. This place became known as Akeldama (Field of Blood).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A6-8&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:6–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A19&version=NIV |title=Acts 1:19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Judas was removed from the ranks of the Twelve Apostles, and Matthias was chosen to take his place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A25-26&version=NIV |title=Acts 1:25–26 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | After Jesus was handed over to Pilate by the chief priests and [[Elder|elders]], Judas Iscariot was overcome with immense guilt. He returned to them, confessing, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” However, they replied indifferently, “What is that to us? That’s your responsibility.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027%3A3-4&version=NIV|title=Matthew 27:3-4 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> In despair, Judas threw the thirty pieces of silver into the temple and went away to hang himself. The religious leaders, deeming the money as “blood money,” used it to buy a field to bury strangers. This place became known as Akeldama (Field of Blood).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A6-8&version=NIV |title=Matthew 27:6–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A19&version=NIV |title=Acts 1:19 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> Judas was removed from the ranks of the Twelve Apostles, and Matthias was chosen to take his place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A25-26&version=NIV |title=Acts 1:25–26 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
==Prophecies About Judas Iscariot== | ==Prophecies About Judas Iscariot== | ||