Matthew 27:3-10

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,

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.

6 But the chief priests took the silver coins [and] said, "It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is {blood money}."

7 And [after] taking counsel, they purchased {with} them the Potter's Field, for a burial place for strangers.

8 (For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.)

9 Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, [on] whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel,

10 and they gave them for the potter's field, just as the Lord directed me."

Footnotes

• [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
• [d]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("betraying") which is understood as means
• [e]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [f]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went away") has been translated as a finite verb
• [g]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb
• [h]. Literally "the price of blood"
• [i]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("taking") which is understood as temporal
• [j]. Literally "for"
• [k]. A quotation from various passages in Jeremiah including 18:2-6; 19:1-13; 32:6-15; see also Zech 11:12-13