Matthew 27:5

And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

In Context

4saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. They replied: What is that to us? You will see to that.

6And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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Cross References

Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense, when he went into the temple of the Lord.

Acts 1:18Therefore he purchased a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:2-11

The Repentance of Judas; The Confession of Judas; The Death of Judas; Disposal of the Thirty Pieces of Silver. 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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