Matthew 27:5

And he cast doune the sylver plattes in the temple and departed and went and hounge him sylfe.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

4sayinge: I have synned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that.

6And the chefe prestes toke the sylver plattes and sayd: it is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasury because it is the pryce of bloud.

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Cross References

Luke 1:9(accordinge to the custome of the prestes office) his lot was to bourne incece.

Acts 1:18And the same hath now possessed a plot of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite and when he was hanged brast a sondre in ye myddes and all his bowels gusshed oute.

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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