After tying Him up, they led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate,[a] the governor.(A)

Judas Hangs Himself

Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the 30 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.(B) “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:2 Other mss read Pontius Pilate

So they bound him, led him away and handed him over(A) to Pilate the governor.(B)

When Judas, who had betrayed him,(C) saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver(D) to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(E)

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