Artist: Jacques Callot
Death of Judas, from the series 'The little apostles' (Les petits apotres)
Many different accounts of Judas's death have survived from antiquity, both within and outside the New Testament.
Matthew 27:1–10 states that after learning that Jesus was to be crucified, Judas was overcome by remorse and attempted to return the thirty pieces of silver to the priests, but they would not accept them because they were blood money, so he threw them on the ground and left.
Afterwards, he committed suicide by hanging himself. The priests used the money to buy a potter's field, which became known as "the Field of Blood" because it had been bought with blood money.
Acts 1:18 states that Judas himself used the money to buy a field, but, as he was walking through it, he "[fell] headlong... burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out."
The field became known as Akeldama, which means "the Field of Blood" in Aramaic, because it was covered in Judas's blood, and it was used to bury strangers.
In this account, Judas's death is apparently by accident and he shows no signs of remorse.
