37  (I       Now  when  morning  was  come,  all  the  chief  priests  and

the  elders  of  the  people  took  counsel  against  Jesus  to  put

(2  him  to  death  :   "and  they  bound  him,  and  led  him  away,

and  delivered  him  up  to  Pilate  the  governor.
(3      Then  Judas,  which  betrayed  him,  when  he  saw  that  he
was  condemned,  repented  himself,  and  brought  back  the

■  Gr.  liable  to.  '  Or,  with  rods


A.  v.— 64  Hereafter,  .on.  .in  ;  65  clothes,  .[his]  ;   66  guilty  ;  67  buffeted,  .others  ;  68
smote;  6g  sat .  .palace,  .damsel,  .of  Galilee;  ^l  sa.\A..  fellow,  .ol   Nazareth;  72  (do) ;  73

(unto  hijn).  .Sutely  ;    74  (-fy^^i-)- -immediately  ;    75    (of).  .[untO- him], Oil.  xxvil.   i

(the)  ;  2  (when).. (had).. (they).  .[Pontius]  ;  3  (had),  .ag.iin.
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thirty  pieces  of   silver  to  the    chief  priests    and    elders,

(4  "saying,  I  have  sinned  in  that  I  betrayed  innocent  blood.
5  But  they  said,  What  is  that  to  us  ?  see  thou  to  it.      "And

he  cast  down  the  pieces  of  silver  into  the  sanctuary,  and
(6) departed  ;  and  he  went  away  and  hanged  himself.      "And

the  chief  priests  took  the  pieces  of  silver,  and  said,  It  is

not  lawful  to  put  them  into  the  ^treasury,  since  it  is  the

7  price  of  blood.      "And  they  took  counsel,  and  bought  with

8  them  the  potter's  field,  to  bury  strangers  in.  "Wherefore
that  field  was  called,  The  field  of  blood,  unto  this  day.
