Matthew 27:7

And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

In Context

6And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is [the] price of blood.

8Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.

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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 →

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