Matthew 27 records it with brutal economy. Judas sees that Jesus is condemned. He is seized with remorse. He returns the thirty pieces to the chief priests. “I have sinned,” he says, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
But the money is a red herring. Thirty pieces were not a fortune; they were an insult. This was not greed. This was something stranger.
Their reply is a shrug: “That is your responsibility.”
Matthew 27 records it with brutal economy. Judas sees that Jesus is condemned. He is seized with remorse. He returns the thirty pieces to the chief priests. “I have sinned,” he says, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
But the money is a red herring. Thirty pieces were not a fortune; they were an insult. This was not greed. This was something stranger. Matthew 27 records it with brutal economy
Their reply is a shrug: “That is your responsibility.” ” he says