KJV ORIGINAL
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So this guy used his dirty money to buy a field, and then he fell headfirst and his body split open — it was absolutely gruesome, with everything spilling out.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Wrong choices have a way of catching up to you in the worst possible ways.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
Luke wrote the book of Acts to Theophilus, likely for a broader Gentile audience, sometime in the mid-to-late first century CE. It was written to provide an orderly account of the early Christian movement, detailing the spread of the gospel from Jerusalem to Rome following Jesus' ascension.
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