Lesson 39: Death of Judas

From: Peep of Day

Matthew 27:3‑5 • 2 min. read • grade level: 3

Matthew 27:3-5³Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. ⁵And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. (Matthew 27:3‑5)

WHERE was Judas all this time? The wicked people had given him the money, thirty pieces of silver. But Judas could not be happy.

‘Ah!’ thought he, ‘I have killed my good Master! What a wicked thing I have done!’

Judas felt that he could not like the money. He could not bear to keep it, because he had done such a wicked thing to get it. So Judas went to look for the wicked men. They had been sitting up all night talking against Jesus, but now they were in God’s house the Temple.

Judas brought the thirty pieces of silver in his hands and threw them down on the floor near the wicked men. Judas said, ‘I have done a very wicked thing.’

But the men did not care for that. All they wanted was to get Jesus killed. They picked up the pieces of silver from the floor. Then they went to buy a field with the money.

And where did Judas go?

He went out to the field to kill himself. He did not go and ask Jesus to forgive him, but he went and hanged himself.1 O what a horrible sight it must have been! But it was more horrible to think where Judas’ soul had gone.

It had gone to hell—to Satan.

It was very wicked of Judas to hang himself, instead of praying to God to forgive him.

Judas is in the wicked place now; 2and Jesus will judge him at the last day and say, ‘Depart, you cursed one!’

Questions

Was Judas happy when he got the thirty pieces of silver?

What did he do with them?

How did Judas kill himself?

Where is Judas now?

The misery of the wicked:

A verse from the Bible for you to learn:

There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Isa. 57:21²¹There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. (Isaiah 57:21).

2. ‘This ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.’ Acts 1:25²⁵That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. (Acts 1:25).