Matthew 27:5

And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself.

Montgomery 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

4"I have sinned," he said, "in betraying innocent blood!" "What is that to us?" they answered; "you must see to that."

6The chief priests took the money, and said, "It would be wrong to put it into the temple-treasury, because it is the price of blood."

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Cross References

Luke 1:9to enter into the sanctuary of the Lord and to burn incense.

Acts 1:18"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder 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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