Matthew 27:5

Translations

Modern

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Traditional

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Literal

And having cast down the pieces of silver into the temple, he withdrew. And having gone away, he hanged himself.

Latin

Et projectis argenteis in templo, recessit: et abiens laqueo se suspendit.

Original

Greek

English

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Notes

Matthew 27:5

hanged himself: Judas killed himself because he felt guilty but did not repent. His death also matched the Old Testament law about punishing a false witness (see Deuteronomy 19:16–21).

Matthew 27:3–10

There are two stories about Judas's death. This one and the one found in Acts 1:18–19. There are differences between the two stories:

Matthew says the priests bought the field (Matthew 27:6–7), but Acts suggests Judas bought it (Acts 1:18).
Matthew says Judas hanged himself by hanging (Matthew 27:5). Acts says he fell and his body burst open (Acts 1:18).
Matthew says the field of blood was named for its use as a burial place (Matthew 27:7–8). Acts says it was named because of Judas’s violent death (Acts 1:19).

The stories can align if Acts describes the results of Matthew's events.

Matthew 26:57–27:26

The Gospels describe Jesus having five legal hearings:

an informal hearing with Annas (John 18:13–24);
a night hearing with the Sanhedrin (Matthew 26:59–66);
a morning hearing with the Sanhedrin (Matthew 27:1–2);
a hearing with Herod Antipas (Luke 23:6–12); and
a two-part trial with Pilate (Matthew 27:11–31; see Luke 23:6–12).

These hearings form two main trials, a Jewish trial and a Roman trial.

Theme notes and profiles

Judas Iscariot

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Acts 1:18–19
(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
1 Kings 16:18
When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died
Luke 1:21
Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.
Luke 1:9
…he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
1 Samuel 31:4–5
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Job 7:15
…so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Job 2:9
Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Judges 9:54
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.

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