So Called "Contradictions"

So Called "Contradictions"

By Joy

     A lot of people think that there are contradictions in the Bible, but that is not true.  The Bible can never contradict itself.  For example some people think that Matthew 27:5 and Acts1:18 contradict!

Matthew 27:5-

So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Acts 1:18-

(With the reward he got for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell head long, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.

     Both these verses are talking about how Judas died, after he betrayed Jesus.  The reason they seem to contradict is  because in Matthew it says he hung himself, but in Acts it says his body burst open and his intestines spilled out.  While both these verses seem to contradict each other they actually are complementary!  The way it happened was Judas hung himself and a day or two later he fell and his body burst open.

     Some people believe that these verses contradict each other, although that is not the case.  There are plenty of other verses that seem to contradict each other, but do not, because once again the Bible can never contradict itself.