'Matter' in the Bible

John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."