Matthew 27:4

Matthew 27:4

2 And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and ^adelivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Judas Hangs Himself

3 ^aThen Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty ^bpieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”

5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and ^adeparted, and went and hanged himself.

6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”

Commentaries:

People's Commentary (NT)

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Matthew 27:4 I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. The Jewish law demanded that if new testimony was offered after condemnation the case should again be heard. Perhaps Judas thought his testimony to the innocence of Christ might, under the circumstances, be heard. What [is that] to us? No words could more emphatically declare the utter disregard of the Jewish rulers to justice. They concerned themselves not in the slightest concerning the innocence or guilt of Christ; they cared only to procure his death.

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