 FAIR: In the film Judas Iscariot kills himself by jumping into a  fire, but the Gospel accounts of this story say he hung himself.  Also, after the Gospels, at the beginning of the Book of Acts, it is  reported that Judas also died when he fell and his body split open,  perhaps in the act of hanging himself. No where is his death  associated with a fire. However, the director certainly was aware of  these reports. As in other scenes in the movie, he may have decided  to use a theatrical device to suggest something to the audience.  Because Hell is popularly linked with fire, the implication may be  that Judas sent himself to Hell, as if he literally jumped into it.