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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 (Mat_27:4);
2. Pilate (Mat_27:24);
3. Pilate's wife (Mat_27:19);
4. Herod (Luk_23:15);
5. the malefactor (Luk_23:41);
6. the Roman centurion (Luk_23:47).
innocent. Greek. athoos. Occurs only here, and Mat_27:24.
blood. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person, with a latent reference to Mat_27:6. Compare verses: Mat_24:25. Psa_94:21. Pro_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.