KJV ORIGINAL
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So he threw the silver coins down in the temple, walked out, and went and killed himself.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Judas couldn't live with what he'd done, the guilt was that heavy.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of Matthew, Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus' twelve disciples, had betrayed Jesus to the religious leaders for thirty pieces of silver during the events leading to Jesus' arrest and trial. Overcome with remorse after seeing Jesus condemned, Judas tried to return the money to the chief priests, who refused it, viewing it as blood money. This rejection prompted his desperate act of throwing the silver in the temple and ending his life by hanging.
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