Matthew 27:5
3 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- KJV
- And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
- WEB
- He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- ASV
- And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
- DARBY
- And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.
- BLB
- And having cast down the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew. And having gone away, he hanged himself.
- ÅB
- Da kastet han sølvpengene inn i templet, og gikk bort og hengte seg.
- OTB
- Judas kastet sølvet inn i templet og gikk bort. Han gikk deretter bort og hengte seg.
- B1930
- Da kastet han sølvpengene inn i templet, og gikk bort og hengte sig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 1:18–19
(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
Read in context2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Read in contextPsalms 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Read in contextLuke 1:9
he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Read in contextLuke 1:21
Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
Read in context1 Kings 16:18
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
Read in contextJob 2:9
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Read in context1 Samuel 31:4–5
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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