Matthew 27:5
Judas threw the silver coins into the sanctuary and left. He went away and hanged himself.
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In The King James Version
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 31:4Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Take your sword and kill me, or these heathen men will come and kill and torture me!” But the armor-bearer didn't want to do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
1 Kings 16:18When Zimri saw that the city had been taken he went into the fortress of the royal palace and set it on fire around him, and he died, because of the sins he had committed.
Job 7:15that I would rather be strangled—I would rather die than become just a bag of bones.
Luke 1:9he was chosen by lot according to priestly custom to enter the Temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Acts 1:18(Judas had bought a field with his ill-gotten gains. There he fell down headfirst, and his body burst apart, spilling out all his intestines.
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 →