Acts 1:18 (WEB)
Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.
Fathers and councils · 9
Theodoret of Cyrus
“Arius, emboldened by the protection of his party, delivered many trifling and foolish speeches, when he was suddenly compelled by a call of nature to retire, and immediately, as it is written, ‘falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst,’ and gave up the ghost, being deprived at once both of communion and of life.” — editor's note: Acts i. 18
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Ambrose of Milan
“He was rent, even as the Apostle Peter said of Judas, because he “bought a field with the price of evil-doing, and falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.”” — editor's note: Acts i. 18. Arius seems to have been carried off by a terrible attack of cholera or some kindred malady. See Newman, Arians of the Fourth Century, Ch. 3. § 2,…
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Augustine of Hippo
“Our Lord spoke of twelve thrones for the twelve Apostles: one, Judas, fell, and his place being supplied by Matthias, the number of twelve thrones was made up: first, then, discover room for thy judgment-seat; then threaten that thou wilt judge.” — editor's note: Acts i. 15–26.
Read the whole comment““And it came into his bowels like water.”” — editor's note: [It seems to me there is here a reference to the water of jealousy, Numb. v. 22, 23. Compare Acts i. 18. As to oil, generally a blessing, compare Ps. lv. 21;…
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…talked very wildly, urged by the necessities of nature withdrew, and suddenly, in the language of Scripture, ‘falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst,’ and immediately expired as he lay, and was deprived both of communion and of his life together.” — editor's note: Acts i. 18.
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John Chrysostom
“Moreover while Herod on hearing the cry “It is the voice of a god and not of a man,” inasmuch as “he gave not God the glory, burst in sunder, and all his bowels gushed out” ( Acts xii. 22, 23; see i. 18 ), this man received to himself even the honor belonging to God, not words only.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…his treasurer,and his uncle and namesake, made the sacred vessels the subject of their open insolence, the one was “eaten with worms, and gave up the ghost,”the other “burst asunder in the midst.”” — editor's note: Acts xii. 23, i. 18.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“The beginning of this madness was Arius (whose name is derived from frenzy), who paid the penalty of his unbridled tongue by his death in a profane spot, brought about by prayer not by disease, when he like Judas burst asunder for his similar treachery to the Word.” — editor's note: Acts i. 18.
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Tertullian
“Having, on the authority of a prophecy, which occurs in a psalm of David, chosen Matthias by lot as the twelfth, into the place of Judas, they obtained the promised power of the Holy Ghost for the gift of miracles and of utterance;…” — editor's note: Ps. cix. 8; comp. with Acts i. 15–20.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 19.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Festal and Personal Letters Personal Letters.9.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 19.
Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 19.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.20.