"I have sinned," again cried Judas, "in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." But the high priest, regaining his self-possession, answered with scorn, "What is that to us? see thou to that." Matt. 27:4. The priests had been willing to make Judas their tool; but they despised his baseness. When he turned to them with confession, they spurned him.

Jeg har syndet og forrådt uskyldigt blod, råbte Judas atter. Men ypperstepræsten, som nu havde genvundet sin selvbeherskelse, svarede foragteligt: Hvad kommer det os ved? Det bliver din sag. Matt. 27,4. Præsterne havde været villige nok til at benytte Judas som deres redskab; men de foragtede hans lumpenhed. Da han kom til dem med sin tilståelse, hånede de ham.