Jesus Taken to Pilate

27 Now when it[a] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death. And after[b] tying him up, they led him[c] away and handed him[d] over to Pilate the governor.

The Suicide of Judas Iscariot

Then when[e] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted what he had done[f] and[g] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  2. Matthew 27:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“tying”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 27:2 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 27:2 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Matthew 27:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Matthew 27:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  7. Matthew 27:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“regretted”) has been translated as a finite verb