Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 27:4
They said, what is that to us? — How easily could they digest innocent blood! And yet they had a conscience! It is not lawful (say they) to put it into the treasury — But very lawful to slay the innocent!
They said, what is that to us? — How easily could they digest innocent blood! And yet they had a conscience! It is not lawful (say they) to put it into the treasury — But very lawful to slay the innocent!
MATTHEW 27:4 avqw|/on {A} The Greek Old Testament has ai-ma avqw|/on (“innocent blood”) fifteen times; ai-ma di,kaion (“righteous blood”) four times; and ai-ma avnai,tion (“blameless blood”) four tim...
Verse Matthew 27:4. _INNOCENT BLOOD._] αιμα αθωον, a Hebraism, for an _innocent man_. But instead of αθωον, _innocent_, two ancient MSS., _Syriac, Vulgate, Sahidic, Armenian_, and all the _Itala; Orig...
I HAVE SINNED - I have been guilty. I have done wrong. IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED THE INNOCENT BLOOD - That is, in betraying an innocent being to death. Blood is put here for “life,” or for the “man.” Th...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
THE DEATH OF JUDAS. Mt. only, but for a variant account see Acts 1:18 f. This section breaks the narrative, and its historicity is not beyond question. The evangelist has in mind Zechariah 11:12 f.*,...
When Judas the traitor saw that Jesus had been condemned, he repented, and he brought the thirty shekels back to the chief priests and the elders. "I have sinned, he said, "for I have betrayed an inno...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
SINNED. App-128. Literally "I sinned". THE INNOCENT. (No Art.) The innocence of the Lord affirmed by six witnesses, three in Matthew and three in Luk_:1. Judas (Matthew 27:4); 2. Pilate (Matthew 27:...
_I have sinned in that I have betrayed_ Rather, I SINNED IN BETRAYING. _the innocent blood_ "the" should be omitted. _see thou (to that)_ Lit., THOU SHALT SEE, it shall be thy concern. "Impii in fac...
THE REMORSE OF JUDAS. HE RETURNS THE SILVER SHEKELS. THE USE MADE OF THEM Peculiar to St Matthew....
ὌΨΗΙ has far higher authority than ὄψει. The Ionic termination of 2nd person in -ῃ was the usual form in late Attic, but the older termination in -ει was retained in three verbs—βούλει—οἴει—ὄψει, even...
Ver 1. When the morning was come, all the Chief Priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2. And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to...
_JESUS' BETRAYER HANGS HIMSELF MATTHEW 27:1-10:_ The chief priests and elders wanted Jesus put to death. Pilate was the person used to accomplish their wicked purpose. They thought that Pilate would b...
ΉΜΑΡΤΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΩ (G264) грешить, ΠΑΡΑΔΟΎΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΔΊΔΩΜΙ, _см._ Matthew 27:2. Part, выражает образ действия, ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΌΨ...
DISCOURSE: 1406 IMPENITENCE Matthew 27:3. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief Priests an...
SECTION 72 JESUS-' BETRAYER COMMITS SUICIDE TEXT: 27:3-10 3 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chie...
SECTION 73 JESUS IS TRIED BY PILATE, CONDEMNED AND SCOURGED (Parallels: Mark 15:2-20; Luke 23:1-25; John 18:28 to John 19:16) TEXT: 27:
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. SAYING, I HAVE SINNED IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED THE INNOCENT BLOOD. What a testi...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
END OF JUDAS (see Acts 1:18). The divergences of the two accounts of the end of Judas are well known. In St. Matthew he hangs himself; in Acts he is killed by a fall. In St. Matthew the priests buy a...
WHAT _is that?_] His wicked companions n crime desert him when the crime is done....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 27 JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10 V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the other leaders decided that Jesus...
I HAVE SINNED IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED. — More accurately, _I sinned in betraying._ WHAT IS THAT TO US? — We instinctively feel, as we read these words, that deep as was the guilt of Judas, that of tho...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
ἥμαρτον, I sinned, I did wrong. παραδοὺς α. ἀ. explains how. The sinning and the betraying are one, therefore the participle does not point to an act antecedent to that of the main verb. αἷμα ἀθῶον, i...
_The despair of Judas_. Peculiar to Matthew; interesting to the evangelist as a testimony even from the false disciple to the innocence of Jesus, and the wickedness of His enemies, and as a curious in...
THE BETRAYER'S REMORSE AND SUICIDE Matthew 27:1-10 It was the very early morning when Jesus was led off to Pilate, for he was on the cross by nine. Judas apparently watched the scene from afar. It ma...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out as...
REMORSE AND SUICIDE OF JUDAS Matthew 27:3-10; Acts 1:18-19. Matthew: “Then Judas, the one having betrayed Him, seeing that He was condemned; giving way to remorse, brought the thirty pieces of silver...
CHAPTER 26. JESUS AT PILATE'S BAR Matthew 27:1-14; Mark 15:1-5; Luke 23:1-5; John 18:28-38. “ Then they led Jesus from C
"Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. (5) And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
4._What is that to us? _Here is described the stupidity and madness of the priests, since even after having been warned by the dreadful example of Judas, still they do not think about themselves. I do...
After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself, havin...
SAYING, I HAVE SINNED,.... Here was a confession, and yet no true repentance; for he confessed, but not to the right persons; not to God, nor Christ, but to the chief priests and elders; nor over the...
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What _is that_ to us? see thou _to that_. Ver. 4. _I have sinned, &c._] Here was contrition, confession, restitution ...
WHAT IS THAT TO US? the language of men hardened in wickedness, and determined to execute their murderous purpose. Tempters to iniquity are hard-hearted and cruel; they will get men into trouble, but...
SAYING, I HAVE SINNED IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED THE INNOCENT BLOOD. AND THEY SAID, WHAT IS THAT TO US? SEE THOU TO THAT....
The remorse and death of Judas:...
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
1-10 Wicked men see little of the consequences of their crimes when they commit them, but they must answer for them all. In the fullest manner Judas acknowledged to the chief priests that he had sinn...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:5"....
Matthew 27:4 saying G3004 (G5723) sinned G264 (G5627) betraying G3860 (G5631) innocent G121 blood G129 And...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS SEEK TO HAVE JESUS SENTENCED TO DEATH AND JUDAS RETURNS THE BLOOD MONEY AND HANGS HIMSELF (27:1-10). The chapter commences with the Chief Priests and Elders seeking how th...
THE CHIEF PRIEST AND ELDERS BRING ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS BY MANIPULATION: THE REMORSE OF JUDAS AND THE TRIAL OF JESUS BEFORE PILATE (27:1-26). In this new subsection Matthew lays great stress...
‘Saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.” Meeting with the Chief Priest's representatives he declared to them that he had sinned i...
Matthew 27:4. I SINNED. _‘_ Erred' is too weak. Although Judas had no real conception of the sinfulness of sin, his feeling was intense. All notions that he tried to make his guilt appear small seem t...
This morning meeting of the Sanhedrin is mentioned more particularly by Luke (Luke 22:66-71). They must apply to the Roman governor to have their formal sentence against Jesus executed. They first dec...
SEE THOU TO IT (συ οψη). Judas made a belated confession of his sin in betraying innocent blood to the Sanhedrin, but not to God, nor to Jesus. The Sanhedrin ignore the innocent or righteous blood ...
SINNED SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _...
Matthew 27:3 The Remorse of Judas on the Condemnation of Christ. We gather from the narrative of the Evangelists that the devil had much to do with the treachery of Judas. He became, as it were, give...
Matthew 27:3 The text leads us to the contemplation of the conduct and fate of Judas under the remorse occasioned by his betrayal of his Lord. We cannot think any the better of Judas for feeling that...
Matthew 27:4 Judas and the Priests the End of Evil Association. Note: I. Judas, and the state of mind to which he is brought (1) The first effect of his sin is separation from human companionship....
CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance befo...
I HAVE SINNED. Perhaps Judas thought his confession of guilt would be "new evidence" that would free Jesus. WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT THAT? This is the attitude of the Jewish leaders. They had _used Judas...
_Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned._ JUDAS AND THE PRIESTS-END OF EVIL ASSOCIATION Men join hand in hand for a wicked object, out of which they hope for common pro...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:3 Only Matthew records Judas’s feelings of remorse and his attempt to return the blood money. CHANGED HIS MIND. Judas experienced feelings of regret. This is less than “repe...
1-66 CHAPTER 27 Ver. 1. _But when the morning was come_ (Syr. _when it was dawn_), _all the chief priests_, &c. "See here," says S. Jerome, "the eagerness of the Priests for evil," _their feet were s...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:2. PONTIUS PILATE.—Must have belonged, by birth or adoption, to the _gens_ of the Pontii, one of whom, C. Pontius Telesinus, had been the leader of the Samnites in their se...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this grou...
1 John 3:12; 1 Kings 21:27; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 Samuel 15:24; 1 Samuel