remark, the question as to the innocence of their Victim.1 — a-j 0-4/s/, see thou to that) The ungodly, though associating in the commission of a crime, desert their associates when it has been accomplished :2 the godly, though not taking part in the crime, endeavour, after its commission, to save the sinner's soul. Comp. ver. 24.
5. 'P/'-vj/a?, casting down) in the disquietude of his mind.3 — kv r& Naw, in the Temple) Judas was therefore in the Temple, with the chief priests and elders ; and, in order to soothe his troubled conscience any how, attempted to give his money to the Sacred Treasury. The part of the Temple where this took place is unknown. The word mos, which, strictly speaking, signifies a shrine, is employed here in a wider signification, for hpbv, temple. — a*r,y:*aro, strangled himself with a noose) which is usually done by hanging. The same expression is used by the LXX. in 2 Sam. xvii. 23, concerning Ahitophel, whom some, however, suppose to have died of the quinsey as well as Iscariot. Raphe- lius has diligently established the interpretation of hanging from Polybius, etc. ; see also Gnomon on Acts i. 18.
7. Tov aypbv ro\j xepap'eu:, the Potter's Field) The article denotes that it was well known as such. A potter may have used it to obtain clay from. — tis ra<pr,v ro/j |gi/o/s, to bury strangers in) Thus, even then already did strangers gain more of a footing in Jeru salem : thus also the first possession of Abraham had been a burying-place.
8. 'EXAJJ^JJ, X.T.A., was called, etc.) A public testimony to the fact. The appellation of the field, though originating with the common people, was not fortuitous. — a^aarr/s, of blood) See ver. G. — sus rrtq a^spov, unto this day) St Matthew wrote some time after [the events which he recorded] ; of. ch. xxviii. 1 5.
Adrichonius says — " This soil (namely, that of the Field of Blood) possesseth a wonderful virtue, and one almost passing
1 In the original, " Vide, quam transiliant TO innocentem ;'' literally, " See how they leap over the ' innocent ;' " referring to the words of Judas, "INNOCENT blood." — (I. B.)
2 But still punishment at last awaits all severally, according to the part which each took in the deed. — V. g.
3 " That very thing which had previously proved a bait to the sinner, subsequently causes him the deepest sorrow." — B. G. V.