Matthew 27:6
And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
7And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter’s field, as a burial-place for foreigners.
Cross References
Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched closely, whether he would heal on the sabbath-day, that they might find an accusation against him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:2-11
The Repentance of Judas; The Confession of Judas; The Death of Judas; Disposal of the Thirty Pieces of Silver. 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then 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, 4 Saying, I… Read the whole commentary →