Matthew 27:6

The chief priests took the pieces of silver, but they said, “We must not put them into the Temple treasury, because they are blood-money.”

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In The King James Version

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

In Context

5Judas flung down the pieces of silver in the Temple, and left; and went away and hanged himself.

7So, after consultation, they used it to buy the ‘Potter’s Field’ as a burial ground for foreigners,

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Cross References

Luke 6:7The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely, to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they might find a charge to bring 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 →

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