he cast down the pieces] To shew his utter dislike of his fact, and to perswade them, if it might be, to relent, and not bring him to Plate to be condemned.
in the temple] In the place where the elders used to sit.
and departed] Acts 1:18.
and hanged himself] He, that betrayed his Master, now conveys himself to hell, not enduring to live to set his master crucified, Acts 1:24.