Matthew 27:4

New Century Version

saying, "I sinned; I handed over to you an innocent man." The leaders answered, "What is that to us? That's your problem, not ours."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

King James Version (1611)
Saying, I haue sinned, in that I haue betraied the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to vs? see thou to that.

King James Version
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

English Standard Version
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."

New American Standard Bible
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You shall see to it yourself!"

Amplified Bible
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They replied, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!"

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!"

Berean Standard Bible
"I have sinned by betraying innocent blood," he said. "What is that to us?" they replied. "You bear the responsibility."

Contemporary English Version
and said, "I have sinned by betraying a man who has never done anything wrong." "So what? That's your problem," they replied.

Complete Jewish Bible
saying, "I sinned in betraying an innocent man to death." "What is that to us?" they answered. "That's your problem."

Darby Translation
saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* [to that].

Easy-to-Read Version
Judas said, "I sinned. I handed over to you an innocent man to be killed." The Jewish leaders answered, "We don't care! That's a problem for you, not us."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Saying, I haue sinned, betraying the innocent bloud. But they sayde, What is that to vs? see thou to it.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said, I have sinned, because I have betrayed innocent blood. But they said to him, What is that to us? You know better.

Good News Translation
"I have sinned by betraying an innocent man to death!" he said. "What do we care about that?" they answered. "That is your business!"

Lexham English Bible
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"

Literal Translation
saying, I sinned, betraying innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? You see to it .

American Standard Version
saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it.

Bible in Basic English
Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

Hebrew Names Version
saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

International Standard Version
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocentrighteous">[fn] blood."But they said, "What do we care? See to that yourself."

Etheridge Translation
and said, I have sinned, for I have betrayed the innocent blood. But they said to him, To us ? what to us ? Thou knowest,-thou !

Murdock Translation
and said: I have sinned, by betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Saying: I haue synned, betraying the innocent blood. And they said: what is that to vs? see thou to that.

English Revised Version
saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it.

World English Bible
saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Saying, I have sinned, in betraying innocent blood.

Weymouth's New Testament
and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, Y haue synned, bitraiynge riytful blood. And thei seiden, What to vs? bise thee.

Update Bible Version
saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? you see [to it].

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].

New English Translation
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

New King James Version
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!"

New Living Translation
"I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man." "What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem."

New Life Bible
He said, "I have sinned because I handed over a Man Who has done no wrong." And they said, "What is that to us? That is your own doing."

New Revised Standard
He said, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
saying - I have sinned, in delivering up righteous blood. But, they, said - What is that to us? thou, shalt see to it for thyself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? Look thou to it.

Revised Standard Version
saying, "I have sinned in betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? See to it yourself."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
sayinge: I have synned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they sayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that.

Young's Literal Translation
`I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde: I haue done euell, in that I haue betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde: What haue we to do with yt? Se thou therto.

Mace New Testament (1729)
I have sinned in betraying the blood of the innocent: and they said, what is it to us? you must look to that.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"I have sinned," he said, "I have double-crossed an innocent man.""That don't matter to us," they replied. "This innocent blood will be on your hands, not ours!"

Contextual Overview

¹ Early the next morning, all the leading priests and elders of the people decided that Jesus should die. ² They tied him, led him away, and turned him over to Pilate, the governor. ³ Judas, the one who had given Jesus to his enemies, saw that they had decided to kill Jesus. Then he was very sorry for what he had done. So he took the thirty silver coins back to the priests and the leaders, ⁴ saying, "I sinned; I handed over to you an innocent man." The leaders answered, "What is that to us? That's your problem, not ours." ⁵ So Judas threw the money into the Temple. Then he went off and hanged himself. ⁶ The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, "Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man's death." ⁷ So they decided to use the coins to buy Potter's Field as a place to bury strangers who died in Jerusalem. ⁸ That is why that field is still called the Field of Blood. ⁹ So what Jeremiah the prophet had said came true: "They took thirty silver coins. That is how little the Israelites thought he was worth. ¹⁰ They used those thirty silver coins to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have sinned: Genesis 42:21, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 10:16, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 12:31, 1 Samuel 15:24, 1 Samuel 15:30, 1 Kings 21:27, Romans 3:19

the innocent: Matthew 27:19, Matthew 27:23, Matthew 27:24, Matthew 27:54, 2 Kings 24:4, Jeremiah 26:15, Jonah 1:14, Luke 23:22, Luke 23:41, Luke 23:47, John 19:7, Acts 13:28, Hebrews 7:26, 1 Peter 1:19

What: Matthew 27:25, Acts 18:15-17, 1 Timothy 4:2, Titus 1:16, 1 John 3:12, Revelation 11:10

see: 1 Samuel 28:16-20, Job 13:4, Job 16:2, Luke 16:25, Luke 16:26

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:16 - stand Leviticus 22:19 - General Numbers 21:7 - We have Numbers 22:34 - I Have sinned Deuteronomy 19:10 - General Deuteronomy 27:25 - General Joshua 7:20 - Indeed 1 Samuel 19:5 - sin against innocent 1 Samuel 24:17 - Thou art 1 Samuel 26:21 - I have sinned 2 Samuel 19:19 - did perversely 2 Kings 6:33 - this evil is of the Lord 1 Chronicles 10:4 - Saul took Job 20:15 - swallowed Psalms 37:15 - sword Psalms 55:23 - bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days Psalms 69:27 - Add Psalms 109:6 - Set thou Proverbs 1:18 - General Proverbs 11:5 - direct Proverbs 12:8 - he Proverbs 28:13 - and forsaketh Proverbs 28:17 - General Isaiah 59:3 - your hands Jeremiah 7:6 - and shed Jeremiah 20:4 - I will make Jeremiah 36:25 - made Matthew 26:2 - betrayed Mark 6:16 - It is Mark 15:14 - Why Luke 23:14 - have found John 19:4 - that ye 2 Corinthians 7:10 - the sorrow Ephesians 5:15 - See 1 Peter 2:22 - did

Cross-References

Genesis 14:19
and blessed Abram, saying, "Abram, may you be blessed by God Most High, the God who made heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:60
They blessed Rebekah and said, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of people, and may your descendants capture the cities of their enemies."

Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old, his eyesight was poor, so he could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, "Son." Esau answered, "Here I am."

Genesis 27:7
‘Kill an animal and prepare some tasty food for me to eat. Then I will bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.'

Genesis 27:15
She took the best clothes of her older son Esau that were in the house and put them on the younger son Jacob.

Genesis 27:20
But Isaac asked his son, "How did you find and kill the animal so quickly?" Jacob answered, "Because the Lord your God helped me to find it."

Genesis 27:22
So Jacob came near to Isaac his father. Isaac touched him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your hands are hairy like the hands of Esau."

Genesis 27:23
Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his hands were hairy like Esau's hands, so Isaac blessed him.

Genesis 27:25
Then Isaac said, "Bring me the food, and I will eat it and bless you." So Jacob gave him the food, and he ate. Jacob gave him wine, and he drank.

Genesis 27:27
So Jacob went to his father and kissed him. When Isaac smelled Esau's clothes, he blessed him and said, "The smell of my son is like the smell of the field that the Lord has blessed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, I have sinned,.... Here was a confession, and yet no true repentance; for he confessed, but not to the right persons; not to God, nor Christ, but to the chief priests and elders; nor over the head of the antitypical scape goat, not seeking to Christ for pardon and cleansing, nor did he confess and forsake sin, but went on adding sin to sin, and so found no mercy. The same confession was made by a like hardened wretch, Pharaoh, Exodus 9:27. He proceeds and points out the evil he had committed:

in that I have betrayed innocent blood, or "righteous blood"; so the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel read, and some copies; that is, have betrayed an innocent and righteous person, and been the occasion of his blood being about to be shed, and of his dying wrongfully. So God, in his all-wise providence, ordered it, that a testimony should be bore to the innocence of Christ, from the mouth of this vile wretch that betrayed him; to cut off the argument from the Jews, that one of his own disciples knew him to be a wicked man, and as such delivered him into their hands: for though Judas might not believe in him as the Messiah, and the Son of God, at least had no true faith in him, as such; yet he knew, and believed in his own conscience, that he was a good man, and a righteous and innocent one: and what he here says is a testimony of Christ's innocence, and what his conscience obliged him to; and shows the terrors that now encompassed him about; and might have been a warning to the Jews to have stopped all further proceedings against him; but instead of that,

they said, what is that to us? see thou to that: signifying, that if he had sinned, he must answer for it himself; it was no concern of theirs; nor should they form their sentiments of Christ according to his: they knew that he was a blasphemer, and deserving of death; and whatever opinion he had of him, it had no weight with them, who should proceed against him as an evildoer, let him think or say what he would to the contrary; and suggest, that he knew otherwise than what he said: so the Syriac and Persic versions render it, "thou knowest", and the Arabic, "thou knowest better".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have sinned - I have been guilty. I have done wrong.

In that I have betrayed the innocent blood - That is, in betraying an innocent being to death. Blood is put here for “life,” or for the “man.” The meaning is, that he knew and felt that Jesus was innocent. This confession is a remarkable proof that Jesus was innocent. Judas had been with him for three years. He had seen him in public and private; he had heard his public teaching and his private views; he had seen him in all circumstances; and if he had done anything evil, or advanced anything against the Roman emperor, Judas was competent to testify it. Had he known any such thing he would have stated it. His testimony, being a disciple of Jesus, would have been to the chief priests far more valuable than that of any other man; and he might not only have escaped the horrors of a troubled conscience and an awful death, but have looked for an ample reward. That he did not make such a charge that he fully and frankly confessed that Jesus was innocent - and that he gave up the ill-gotten price of treason, is full proof that, in the belief of Judas, the Saviour was free from crime, and even the suspicion of crime.

What is that to us? - This form of speaking denoted that they had nothing to do with his remorse of conscience, and his belief that Jesus was innocent. They had secured what they wanted - the person of Jesus - and they cared little now for the feelings of the traitor. So all wicked men who make use of the agency of others for the accomplishment of crime or the gratification of passion care little for the effect on the instrument. They will soon cast him off and despise him, and in thousands of instances the instruments of villainy and the panders to the pleasures of others are abandoned to remorse, wretchedness, crime, and death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 27:4. Innocent blood. — αιμα αθωον, a Hebraism, for an innocent man. But instead of αθωον, innocent, two ancient MSS., Syriac, Vulgate, Sahidic, Armenian, and all the Itala; Origen, Cyprian, Lucifer, Ambrose, Leo, read δικαιον, righteous, or just.

What is that to us? — What is it? - A great deal. You should immediately go and reverse the sentence you have pronounced, and liberate the innocent person. But this would have been justice, and that would have been a stranger at their tribunal.