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Mat_27:3 Τότε ] as Jesus was being led away to the procurator. From this Judas saw that his Master had been condemned (Mat_26:66), for otherwise He would not have been thus taken before Pilate.
ὁ παραδιδοὺς αὐτόν ] His betrayer, Mat_26:25; Mat_26:48.
μεταμεληθεὶς , κ . τ . λ .] cannot be said to favour the view that Judas was animated by a good intention (see on Mat_24:16, Remark 2), though it no doubt serves to show he neither contemplated nor expected so serious a result. It is possible that, looking to the innocence of Jesus, and remembering how often before He had succeeded in disarming His enemies, the traitor may have cherished the hope that the issue would prove harmless. Now: “vellet, si posset, factum infectum reddere,” Bengel. Such was his repentance, but it was not of a godly nature (2Co_7:9 f.), for it led to despair.
ἀπέστρεψε ] he returned them (Mat_26:52; Thuc. v. 75, viii. 108; Xen. Anab. ii. 6. 3, al), i.e. he took them back (Gen_43:21; Jdg_11:13; Jer_28:3), Heb. äÅùÑÄéá
τοῖς ἀρχ . κ . τ . πρεσβ .] from which it is to be inferred that Matthew did not look upon this as a full meeting of the Sanhedrim (Mat_27:2).