Matthew 27:7

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

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

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6+ 27:6 (6-8) MP: Thirty pieces of silver is used to buy the potter’s field. (Zech 11:12-13) The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

8Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to 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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