Neville Goddard on Matthew 27:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Matthew 27 in context

Scripture Focus

3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Matthew 27:3-5

Biblical Context

Judas, after recognizing Jesus' condemnation, feels remorse for betraying the innocent blood, returns the thirty pieces of silver to the priests, and then dies by hanging.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judas' act is not a crime stamped on history but a mirror held to the living mind within you. In this reading, remorse is not punishment of Judas as a separate man but a turning point in consciousness: the moment a sense of separation names itself only to reveal that separation is a dream in the I AM. The silver and the temple become symbols of the world's accounting—your old habits of trying to set right a past mistake—while the true healing comes from alignment with awareness. The line about innocent blood points to the Christ within, your divine nature, not to a person you betrayed. When Judas says I have sinned, he is naming a belief you can revise: you are not guilty for acts you once thought defined you. The priests' What is that to us? echoes the Bible's reminder that the external world does not adjudicate inner truth. The whole scene invites you to turn inward, forgive, and remember the I AM, letting repentance dissolve into a new state of being rather than into tragedy. This is the invitation to awaken your inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: sit quietly, close your eyes, and revise the scene in your mind by declaring: 'I am the I AM, innocent and free.' Visualize returning the memory of guilt to the temple of awareness and cast it out; then feel the new state of peace sinking into your body. Practice this revision daily until it feels natural.