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Oecumenius, on Acts 1:18

Oecumenius · c. A.D. 550
Acts 1:18 · Douay-Rheims
“And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out.”
On this verse:
“Judas did not die by hanging, but survived, having been crushed before being strangled. This is indicated by the Acts of the Apostles, which say that, having fallen forward, he burst open in the middle. This is narrated more clearly by Papias, a disciple of the apostle John, who says: "An example of great sin walked in this world in Judas. For having been pressed upon his flesh to such an extent that he could not pass through, as a wagon passed over him he was pressed by the wagon, so that his guts were emptied." [APOLLINARIS OF LAODICEA]”

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