Discovery BoxMatthew 27:3 
Context27:3 Now when 1 Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus 2 had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders,
Matthew 27:24-26
Context27:24 When 3 Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 4 27:25 In 5 reply all the people said, “Let his blood be on us and on our children!” 27:26 Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, 6 he handed him over 7 to be crucified. 8
1 tn Grk “Then when.” Here τότε (tote) has been translated as “now” to indicate a somewhat parenthetical interlude in the sequence of events.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
4 sn You take care of it yourselves! Compare the response of the chief priests and elders to Judas in 27:4. The expression is identical except that in 27:4 it is singular and here it is plural.
5 tn Grk “answering, all the people said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
6 tn The Greek term φραγελλόω (fragellow) refers to flogging. BDAG 1064 s.v. states, “flog, scourge, a punishment inflicted on slaves and provincials after a sentence of death had been pronounced on them. So in the case of Jesus before the crucifixion…Mt 27:26; Mk 15:15.”
sn A Roman flogging (traditionally, “scourging”) was an excruciating punishment. The victim was stripped of his clothes and bound to a post with his hands fastened above him (or sometimes he was thrown to the ground). Guards standing on either side of the victim would incessantly beat him with a whip (flagellum) made out of leather with pieces of lead and bone inserted into its ends. While the Jews only allowed 39 lashes, the Romans had no such limit; many people who received such a beating died as a result. See C. Schneider, TDNT, 515-19.
7 tn Or “delivered him up.”
