Matthew 27:5 (WEB)
He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Catechism · 1
“Therefore his being put to bodily death presaged the destruction of the Temple, which would manifest the dawning of a new age in the history of salvation: "The hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 4:21; cf. 4:23-24; Mt 27:5; Heb 9:11; Rev 21:22.
Fathers and councils · 23
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.11Book II
“But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that;”—and that, having thrown the money down in the temple, he departed, and went and hanged himself.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 3–5.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Compare the Gospel with the Prophecy: Judas, it says, repented himself, and cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 3, 5.
Read the whole comment“As for example, Judas having entered into the temptation of the love of money, swam not through it, but was overwhelmed and was strangled both in body and spirit.” — editor's note: ἀπεπνίγη. Matt. xxvii. 5: ἀπήγξατο.
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Ambrose of Milan
““I have sinned,” he said, “in that I have betrayed righteous blood.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxvii. 5.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For he threw down the price of silver, for which by him the Lord had been sold; and he knew not the price wherewith he had himself by the Lord been redeemed.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 5.
Read the whole comment“Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him that was valued, whom the children of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 3–10.
Read the whole comment“For when Judas had said, “I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood,” he went and hanged himself in desperation, rather than pray for forgiveness in humiliation.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“For when Judas had said, “I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood,” yet it was easier for him in despair to run and hang himself, than in humility to ask for pardon.” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 4, 5.
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John Chrysostom
“And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,and departed, and went and hanged himself.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxvii. 3–5. [R.V., “and he went away,” etc.]
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Tertullian
“…its first purpose of a fee, and appropriated to the purchase of a potter’s field, as narrated in the Gospel of Matthew, were clearly foretold by Jeremiah: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who was valued and gave them for the potter’s field.”” — editor's note: This passage more nearly resembles Zech. xi. 12 and 13 than anything in Jeremiah, although the transaction in Jer. xxxii. 7–15 is noted by the commentators, as…
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
The Evangelist had above brought down his history, of what was done to the Lord as far as early morning; he then turned back to relate Peter’s denial, after which he returned to the morning to continue the course of…
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They supposed that by His death they should crush His doctrine, and the belief in Him of those who believed Him to be the Son of God. With such purpose against Him they bound Jesus, Who looses them that are bound.…
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Observe the evil zeal of the Chief Priests; they watched the whole night with a view to this murder. And they gave Him up to Pilate bound, for such was their practice to send bound to the judge any whom they had…
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Though it should be observed that they did not now first bind Him, but before, when they first laid hands upon Him in the garden, as John relates. [John 18:12]
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
They did not put Him to death in secret, because they sought to destroy His reputation, and the wonder with which He was regarded by many. For this reason they were minded to put Him to death openly before all, and…
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Judas, when he saw that the Lord was condemned to death, returned the money to the Priests, as though it had been in his power to change the minds of His persecutors.
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Let the propounders of those fables concerning intrinsically evil natures [ed. note: vid. S. Basil. Reg. Brev. 84.] answer me here, whence Judas came to the acknowledgment of his sin, “I have sinned in that I have…
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When he says, “I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood,” he persists in his wicked treachery, seeing that amid the last struggles of death he believed not Jesus to be the Son of God, but merely man of…
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Observe that he repents only when his sin is finished and complete; for so the Devil suffers not those who are not watchful to see the evil before they bring it to an end.
Read the whole comment - Remigius of AuxerreCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But they said, What is that to us?” that is to say, What is it to us that He is righteous? “See thou to it,” i.e. to thy own deed what will come of it. Though some would read these in one [marg. note: Quid ad nos tu…
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But when the Devil leave any one, he watches his time for return, and having taken it, he leads him into a second sin, and then watches for opportunity for a third deceit. So the man who had married his father’s wife…
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He “hung himself,” to shew that he was hateful to both heaven and earth.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
Since the Chief Priests were employed about the murder of the Lord from the morning to the ninth hour, how is this proved that before the crucifixion Judas returned them the money he had received, and said to them in…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 27:1–5 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.11.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.11.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.4.