Raymond E. Brown points to the obvious contradiction: "Luke's account of the death of Judas in Acts 1:18 is scarcely reconcilable with Matt 27:3-10."[108] Harmonization of the two accounts has been tried since ancient times[109] and occasionally still today.[110] However, modern scholars tend to find these unconvincing,[111] pointing out, for instance, the absence of any indication of suicide in the story in Acts.[112]