It was sitting upon a stone and laughingly said: 'Where is the Man ?' I went near and looked into its eyes.

And it laughed and said: 'Where is the Man?
I do not see Him!' Where is the Man?
I ask you, I do not see Him--or is Judas become blind, poor Judas Iscariot!" And Iscariot begins to weep aloud.
He was, during those moments, like a man out of his mind, and Caiaphas turned away, making a contemptuous gesture with his hand.

But Annas considered for a time, and then said: "I perceive, Judas, that you really have received but little, and that disturbs you.

Here is some more money; take it and give it to your children." He threw something, which rang shrilly.

The sound had not died away, before another, like it, strangely prolonged the clinking.
Judas had hastily flung the pieces of silver and the oboles into the faces of the high priest and of the judges, returning the price paid for Jesus.