27:5
Judas threw the money into the temple treasury. He then went away and hanged himself. There are some who speculate on whether or not Judas is in hell. Are these actions here those of repentance? If you want you can search on Google and get various answers. However, this is a futile question. We cannot know the answer, and why do you need to know? The teaching of the Bible is clear, Judas betrayed Jesus, he was doing Satan’s bidding (even though this fulfilled God’s plan). Judas is not a good example to follow! And we see that his treachery led him to kill himself. So we should take his example as a severe warning and not waste time speculating.
27:6-10
The chief priests, who were committing the most blatant crime in history, are suddenly all pernickety about the blood money! This is a trait of sin. We will suddenly become all righteous about some side issue, thinking this somehow compensates for our blatant unrighteousness elsewhere. The quote attributed to Jeremiah is actually a combination of Zec 11:12,13 and Jer 19:1-13, but it is attributed to the better known prophet.
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