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Mat_27:4 Ἥ μαρτον παραδούς ] see on Mat_26:12.
αἷμα ἀθῷον ] εἰς τὸ χυθῆναι , Euthymius Zigabenus; comp. Deu_27:25; 1Ma_1:37; 2Ma_1:8; Phalar. ep. 40; Heliod. viii. 10.
τί πρὸς ἡμᾶς ] sc. ἐστι ; what is it as regards us? i.e. what matters it to us? we are in no way called upon to concern ourselves about what thou hast done. Comp. Joh_21:22 f.; the words are also frequently used in this sense by Greek authors.
σὺ ὄψῃ ] Thou wilt see to it thyself, thou wilt have to consider for thyself what is now to be done by thee; comp. Mat_27:24; Act_18:15; 1Sa_25:17; 4Ma_9:1. “Impii in facto consortes, post factum deserunt,” Bengel.