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.(A) “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

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

So he threw the silver into the sanctuary(B) and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not lawful(C) to put it into the temple treasury,[a] since it is blood money.”[b] So they conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day. Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.(D)[c]

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Notas al pie

  1. Matthew 27:6 See Mk 7:11 where the same Gk word (Corban) means a gift pledged to the temple.
  2. Matthew 27:6 Lit the price of blood
  3. Matthew 27:10 Jr 32:6-9; Zch 11:12-13

The Death of Judas(A)

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus[a] was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[b] blood.”

But they replied, “What do we care? Attend to that yourself.” Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial ground for foreigners. That is why that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said,

“They[c] took the 30 pieces of silver,
    the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelis,
10 and they[d] gave them for the potter’s field,
    as the Lord commanded me.”[e]

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Notas al pie

  1. Matthew 27:3 Lit. he
  2. Matthew 27:4 Other mss. read righteous
  3. Matthew 27:9 Or I
  4. Matthew 27:10 Other mss. read I
  5. Matthew 27:10 Cf. Zech 11:12-13; Jer 32:6-9