Mat 27:5 | RWP | e4.org | Hanged himself ( απηγξατο ). Direct middle. His act was sudden after he hurled the money into the sanctuary ( εις τον ναον ), the sacred enclosure where the priests were. The motives of Judas in the betrayal were mixed as is usually the case with criminals. The money cut a small figure with him save as an expression of contempt as the current price of a slave.

‏ Matthew 27:5

Hanged himself ( απηγξατο ). Direct middle. His act was sudden after he hurled the money into the sanctuary ( εις τον ναον ), the sacred enclosure where the priests were. The motives of Judas in the betrayal were mixed as is usually the case with criminals. The money cut a small figure with him save as an expression of contempt as the current price of a slave.