Matthew 27:5
And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and having gone away, he strangled himself.
Literal Standard Version
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
4“I sinned, having delivered up innocent blood”; and they said, “What [is that] to us? You will see!”
Cross References
1 Samuel 31:4and Saul says to the bearer of his weapons, “Draw your sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come—these uncircumcised—and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me”; and the bearer of his weapons has not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul takes the sword, and falls on it.
1 Kings 16:18And it comes to pass, at Zimri’s seeing that the city has been captured, that he comes into a high place of the house of the king, and burns the house of the king over himself with fire, and he dies,
Job 7:15And my soul chooses strangling, || Death rather than my bones.
Luke 1:9according to the custom of the priesthood, his lot was to make incense, having gone into the temple of the LORD,
Acts 1:18(This one, indeed, then, purchased a field out of the reward of unrighteousness, and falling headlong, burst apart in the midst, and all his bowels gushed forth,
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 →