Although Peter denied Christ but he turned to God in repentance. In contrast, Judas remained in his sin, and guilt drove him to eternal death.
虽然彼得不认基督，但他转向神悔改了。相反的，犹大仍处在他的罪中，而愧疚催逼他投向永恒之死。
- Jesus’ sentence 耶稣的判决 (27:1-2)
The Sanhedrin finally found an excuse to convict Jesus (26:63-66) but was not allowed to administer death penalty themselves. So they brought Jesus to the governor, Pilate, to have him executed.
公会终于找到了给耶稣定罪的借口（26:63-66），但无法亲自下判死刑。因此，他们将耶稣带到巡抚比拉多面前，为的就是要将祂处死。
- Judas’ guilt 犹大的愧疚 (27:3-5)
Jesus’ end was obvious to all, including Judas, and the full enormity of his treachery finally dawned on him. Judas’ conscience was seared. However, he was only emotionally remorseful (Gk. metamelomai). To salve his conscience, he attempted to return the bribe but was rejected. In utter desperation and frustration, he flung the money and hanged himself. Although he did not repent (Gk. metanoeō), the reality of his guilt was more than he could bear.
众人，包括犹大，都晓得耶稣的结局，而他终于领悟了自己的背叛所带来的甚重后果。犹大的良心如同被热铁烙惯了一般，所以他的后悔也只是情感上的（希腊文：metamelomai）。为了让自己好受点，他尝试将贿赂还回，但遭拒绝。因感到彻底无奈和沮丧，犹大就把那银钱丢在殿里，出去吊死了。虽然他并没悔改（希腊文：metanoeō），但他却无法承受心里的愧疚。
- The Chief Priests’ Hypocrisy 祭司长的虚伪 (27:6-10)
The Jewish leaders knew that the thirty pieces of silver was “blood money” (v.6) and had to devise a way to dispose it. In perhaps a disguise of a good will gesture to the public, they decided to buy a useless field to bury strangers. This was in fulfillment of the prophetic saying found in Zechariah 11:13. As Jeremiah was always listed first in the rabbinical order, the entire prophetic category was also at times referred to as such.
犹太领袖晓得那三十块钱是“血钱”（6节），所以必须想办法处理。他们决定用钱买一块无用的田地埋葬陌生人；这或许是要以善意蒙骗众人。这也应验了《撒迦利亚书》11章13节的预言。由于耶利米书总是在拉比教导的顺序中排列第一，所以预言书有时也被称为耶利米所说的话。
Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告
- Did Judas repent from his sin since he changed his mind and he was remorseful about his action? The answer is no. Biblical repentance is not only changing our mind but returning to God and ask for forgiveness. This is what is lacking in Judas’ repentance. Pray that we always return to God when we are remorseful about our sin.
犹大是否因改变心意、后悔举动，而认罪悔改呢？并非如此。真正的悔改不但要求我们改变心意，还要归向神，祈求宽恕；这就是犹大在后悔中所缺的。祷告每当我们为罪后悔时，总会回转归神。
- Many of us, after realizing that we are wrong, will try to correct it right our own way. This is a mistake upon mistake. We should return to God and ask God what we should do rather than devising another man-made plan to redeem ourselves. Pray that we follow God’s way rather than our own way.
人知错后多数都会以自己的方式尝试弥补——这是错上加错。我们要归向神，求神告诉我们当如何行，而不是寻另一个人造方式赎回自己。祈求我们能跟从神的道路，而不是自己的道路。
- It is amazing how the prophecy of God works. The Lord not only knew how much Judas will sell Jesus for, but what Judas will do after that and how the chief priests will do to his thirty pieces of silver. This is the omniscient God. Let us worship Him and praise His name.
预言的操作真奇妙。主不但晓得犹大会因多少钱卖耶稣，还知道他过后将如何，并祭司长会如何处理那三十块钱。这就是神的全知。让我们敬拜祂，并赞美祂的名。
