Matthew 27:3

The Suicide of Judas Iscariot

3 Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

Matthew 27:3 In-Context

1 Now [when it] was early morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus in order to put him to death.
2 And [after] tying him up, they led [him] away and handed [him] over to Pilate the governor.
3 Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,
4 saying, "I have sinned [by] betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What [is that] to us? You see to [it]!"
5 And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away [and] hanged himself.

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Footnotes 3

  • [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("saw") which is understood as temporal
  • [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("regretted") has been translated as a finite verb
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