Matthew 27:1-10

“I have no contrition. I cannot repent. God will damn me. I know the day of grace is past…you see one who is damned forever…Oh eternity! Eternity!...Nothing for me but hell. Come eternal torments...I hate everything God has made, only I have no hatred for the devil-I wish to be with him. I long to be in hell. Do you not see? Do you not see him? He is coming for me.”

1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death. 2 And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

A Rabbi recorded, “When the members of the Sanhedrin found themselves deprived of their power over life and death, a general consternation came over them, they covered their head with ashes and their bodies with sackcloth, exclaiming, “Woe unto to us, for the scepter has departed from Judah, and the Messiah has not come!”

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.”

“I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel…”

3 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!" 5 Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.

“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

“Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.”

“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.”

“Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near…And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him…Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.”

“A keen feeling of mental unease, as of annoyance (at the consequences of an act and not having known better) or embarrassment, caused by failure or disappointment”

“Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it…because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”

“ And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”

“Sinners, under conviction, will find their old companions in sin but miserable comforters. It is usual for those that love the treason, to hate the traitor.” Craig Bloomberg

“But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”

“He confesses to the wrong group of people and then simply gives up on life.” Craig Bloomberg

“When tragedy strikes you with remorse, remember that God watches, cares, and brings life out of tragedy. Don’t imagine that killing yourself accomplishes anything. Don’t even think about it. Allow the Holy Spirit and your believing friends to help you through the worst part, and trust God to restore your life.” Bruce Barton

“For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come—and who then turn away from God.”

6 But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood." 7 And they consulted together and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. 8 Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness… You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.”

“Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, ‘And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced, and gave them for the potter's field, as the LORD directed me.’"

Please Turn In Your Bible “So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. And the L ORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the L ORD for the potter.”

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“Judas had bought a field with the money he received for his treachery. Falling headfirst there, his body split open, spilling out all his intestines. The news of his death spread to all the people of Jerusalem, and they gave the place the Aramaic name Akeldama, which means ‘Field of Blood.’”

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