Judas Remorse And Death
By
The
Twelve Apostles
Judas Returns The Money And Hangs Himself
Now, Judas who betrayed his
Lord, was with the mob; but all the time he thought that Jesus would assert His
power and demonstrate the strength of God that He possessed, and strike to
earth the cruel multitudes and free Himself. But when he saw his master
on the ground and bleeding from a score of wounds, he said, “O God, what have I
done? I have betrayed the son of God; the curse of God will rest upon my soul.”
And then he turned and ran with haste, until he reached the temple door. He
found the priests, who gave to him the thirty silver pieces to betray the Lord,
and said, “Take back your bribe; it is the cost price of my soul; I have
betrayed the son of God.”
The priests replied, “That does not matter. It does
not concern us.”
Then Judas threw the silver pieces on the floor, and, bowed with grief, he went
away, and on a ledge beyond the city's walls he hanged himself and died. In
time, the fastenings gave way, his body fell into the Hinnon
Valley and after many days they found it there a shapeless mass.
The Rulers Buy A Field And Bury Judas
The rulers
could not put the price of blood into the treasury, and so they took the thirty
silver pieces, with which they bought a potter's field, where they might bury
those who had no rights to lie within their sacred grounds. And there
they put the body of the man who sold his Lord.
Explanations:
1. The end point of every evil is its own self-destruction;
and in doing so, it also destroys whoever that serves as its agent.
2. Do not join the multitudes in doing wrong,
even when everybody is doing so.
9. Keep yourself away from blood money, because
the consequences are grievous and may last into your future lifetimes.