Matthew 27:5

εἰς τὸν ναὸν for ἐν τῷ ναῷ (אBL). In favour of ἐν τ. ν. AC and many uncials. The variation and evenly-balanced evidence is another proof of the close relationship between εἰς and ἐν. If εἰς τ. ν. be the true reading a very early copyist finds ἐν τ. ν. to be more intelligible or more natural.

5. εἰς τὸν ναόν. ‘Into the holy place, which only the priests could enter.

ἀπελθὼν�. A different account of the end of Judas is given Acts 1:18, either by St Peter, or by St Luke in a parenthetical insertion. It is there stated (1) that Judas, not the Priests, bought the field; (2) that ‘falling headlong he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out;’ (3) that the field was called Aceldama for that reason, not for the reason stated in this passage. The two accounts are not actually inconsistent, but the key to their concordance is lost. No entirely satisfactory solution of the discrepancy has been given.