Matthew 27:5

And he cast down the silver in the temple, and retiring, went and strangled himself

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

4and said: I have sinned, by betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself.

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

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Cross References

Luke 1:9according to the usage of the priesthood, it fell to him to offer the incense. And he went into the temple of the Lord,

Acts 1:18He purchased a field with the wages of sin; and he fell upon his face on the ground, and burst in the middle, and all his entrails were poured 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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