Matthew 27:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁵ And he threw down the thirty silver coins in the Sanctuary [i.e., probably the outer area of the Temple], then left and went out and hanged himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And casting the pieces of silver [forward] into the [Holy Place of the sanctuary of the] temple, he departed; and he went off and hanged himself.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ Judas threw the silver pieces into the temple and left. Then he went and hanged himself.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed. And going out, he hanged himself with a snare.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed: and went and hanged himself with an halter.

Matthew 27:5 Cross References

Matthew 26:61

and said, “This man [i.e., Jesus] said, ‘I can destroy the Temple of God, and [then] rebuild it within three days.’”

Matthew 27:6

The leading priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permissible by the Law of Moses to put this money in the Temple treasury, since it is the price [paid] for [taking] a life.

Luke 1:21

Now the people who waited [outside] for Zacharias were very surprised that he was staying in the Temple so long.

Luke 1:9

to perform his customary duties as a priest before God, he drew the responsibility [that day] of entering the Temple of the Lord to burn the incense offering. [Note: This was done on a golden Altar in the Temple by a priest twice a day].