intend to bring this man’s blood upon us - They avoid naming Him whom Peter gloried in holding up [Bengel]. In speaking thus, they seem to betray a disagreeable recollection of their own recent imprecation, His blood be upon us,” etc. (Mat 27:25), and of the traitor’s words as he threw down the money, “I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood” (Mat 27:4).