Judas Hangs Himself
(Judas se pend)
Artist : James Tissot, French, 1836-1902
Medium : Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Place Made : France
Dates : 1886-1894
Dimension : 11 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (30.2 x 15.6 cm)
Location : Brooklyn Museum, NY, USA
Matthew 27
1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the
people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2 So they bound him, led
him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was
seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed
innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they
replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
5 So Judas threw the money into
the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
6 The chief priests picked up the
coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it
is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field
as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of
Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was
fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the
people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord
commanded me.”
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