Passage

Matthew 27.5

Book: Matthew · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"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 chief priests and elders, 4. saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it."

"5. And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself."

"6. And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood. 7. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in." (Matthew 27:3-7, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"3. Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4. saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”"

"5. He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself."

"6. The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7. They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in." (Matthew 27:3-7, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"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 and elders, 4. 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 and hanged himself."

"6. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. 7. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in." (Matthew 27:3-7, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"3. Then Judas, he who delivered him up, having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying, 4. 'I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What, to us? thou shalt see!'"

"5. and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself."

"6. And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;' 7. and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;" (Matthew 27:3-7, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word.

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Quoted in

Judas Death Contradiction Objection Defeater

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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