Matthew 27:5 Cross References - NSB

⁵ He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself.

⁵⁴ He quickly called the young man who was carrying his weapons and told him: »Draw your sword and kill me. I do not want it said that a woman killed me.« The young man ran him through with his sword and he died.

⁴ He said to the young man carrying his weapons: »Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me.« But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. ⁵ The young man saw that Saul was dead. Then he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul.

²³ Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed. He saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. He arranged his affairs in order and he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.

¹⁸ Zimri saw that the city had fallen. So he went into the palace's inner fortress and set the palace on fire. He died in the flames.

⁹ His wife asked him: »Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!«

¹⁵ »I would rather die of strangulation than go on and on like this.

²³ But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

⁹ The custom was to draw lots to see who served in the temple. It was his turn to enter into the temple of God and burn incense.

²¹ The people were waiting for Zechariah. They were surprised he was in the Temple for such a long time.

¹⁸ »This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.) ¹⁹ »It became known to all who live in Jerusalem that the field was called the field of blood, in their language; Akeldama.