Matthew 27:4

sinned. App-128 . Literally "I sinned".

the innocent. (No Art.) The innocence of the Lord affirmed by six witnesses, three in Matthew and three in Luk_:1 . Judas (Matthew 27:4 );

2. Pilate (Matthew 27:24 );

3. Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19 );

4. Herod (Luke 23:15 );

5. the malefactor (Luke 23:41 );

6. the Roman centurion (Luke 23:47 ).

innocent. Greek. athoos. Occurs only here, and Matthew 27:24 .

blood. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6 , for the whole person, with a latent reference to Matthew 27:6 . Compare verses: Matthew 24:25 .Psalms 94:21 .Proverbs 1:11 .

What . . . &c. Ignoring both the Lord's innocence and Judas's guilt. see thou to that = thou wilt see [to it]. see. App-133 .