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When Judas, His betrayer, saw that [Jesus] was condemned, [Judas was [a]afflicted in mind and troubled for his former folly; and] with remorse [with little more than a selfish dread of the consequences] he brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,(A)

Saying, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. They replied, What is that to us? See to that yourself.

And casting the pieces of silver [forward] into the [Holy Place of the [b]sanctuary of the] temple, he departed; and he went off and hanged himself.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:3 Jeremy Taylor and Aristotle, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.
  2. Matthew 27:5 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

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