Matthew 27:5

“And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, etc.] Upon the ground, in that part of the temple where they were sitting; in their council chamber, tyzgh tkçl, “the paved chamber”, where the sanhedrim used to meet f1629: for it seems they would not take the money of him; and he was determined not to carry it back with him, and therefore threw it down before them, left it, and departed; from the sanhedrim: and went; out of the temple; not to God, nor to the throne of his grace, nor to his master, to ask pardon of him, but to some secret solitary place, to cherish his grief and black despair, and hanged himself. The kind and manner of his death, as recorded by Luke in (<440118>Acts 1:18)…”

“And he cast down the pieces of silver--The sarcastic, diabolical reply which he had got, in place of the sympathy which perhaps he expected, would deepen his remorse into an agony. in the temple--the temple proper, commonly called "the sanctuary," or "the holy place," into which only the priests might enter. How is this to be explained? Perhaps he flung the money in after them. But thus were fulfilled the words of the prophet--"I cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord" (Zac 11:13). and departed, and went and hanged himself--For the details, see on Act 1:18.”

“And he cast down ... - This was an evidence of his remorse of conscience for his crime. His ill-gotten gain now did him no good. It would not produce relief to his agonized mind. He “attempted,” therefore, to obtain relief by throwing back the price of treason; but he attempted it in vain. The consciousness of guilt was fastened to his soul; and Judas found, as all will find, that to cast away or abandon ill-gotten wealth will not alleviate a guilty conscience. In the temple - It is not quite certain what part of the temple is here meant. Some have thought that it was the place where the Sanhedrin were accustomed to sit; others, the treasury; others, the part where the priests offered…”

“In that part of the temple where the sanhedrim met. Matthew 27:7”

“27:5 hanged himself: Judas’s suicide resulted from a guilt-stricken, unrepentant conscience. His death satisfied Old Testament law regarding the punishment of a false witness (see Deut 19:16-21).”

“and departed: Jdg 9:54; Sa1 31:4, Sa1 31:5; Sa2 17:23; Kg1 16:18; Job 2:9, Job 7:15; Psa 55:23; Act 1:18, Act 1:19 Matthew 27:6”