Week 38 Matthew 27
Matthew took a couple of paragraphs to explain to readers what happened to Judas.
See that after he betrayed Jesus Judas was filled with remorse. Regret. Sorrow. Judas was terribly abjectly sorry. On a Sorrow Scale Judas would be near the very top.
See the attitude of the religious leaders when Judas went to them confessing his sin. What they told him was: what do we care? That’s your problem.
See that Judas threw the blood-money on the floor. It was important to him before. But it was no use to him now.
See how practical the religious leaders were. They picked the money up off the floor (no sense letting valuable money go to waste).
See how scrupulous the religious leaders were about how this kind of money could be utilized.
• Can we accept money that’s been acquired by unjust means?
• How can we legitimately allocate the proceeds of crime?
• Are there legal restrictions or limitations on its usage?
It took a while but eventually they figured out a technically legal way to use the money.
See how Judas resolved his sorrow. When the religious people shrugged him off suicide was the only way he could think of to handle his contrition.
It’s perplexing since real sorrow & real repentance are usually a guarantee of forgiveness. But it looks like Judas had passed a point of no returning.
Judas’ story is one of the saddest in the bible.
Note: quotes from Matthew 27:2 4 (NLT)