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class="vheadingv">Verse<a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><a href="/niv/matthew/27.htm">New International Version</a> The chief priests picked up the coins and said, &#8220It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/matthew/27.htm">New Living Translation</a> The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.” <a href="/esv/matthew/27.htm">English Standard Version</a> But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.” <a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” <a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." <a href="/kjv/matthew/27.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/matthew/27.htm">New King James Version</a> But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.” <a href="/nasb_/matthew/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood.” <a href="/nasb/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1995</a> The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, &#8220It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.” <a href="/lsb/matthew/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.” <a href="/amp/matthew/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put these in the treasury [of the temple], because it is the price of blood.” <a href="/csb/matthew/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” <a href="/hcsb/matthew/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The chief priests took the silver and said, &#8220It&#8217s not lawful to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.&#8221 <a href="/asv/matthew/27.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood. <a href="/cev/matthew/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The chief priests picked up the money and said, "This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury." <a href="/erv/matthew/27.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood. <a href="/gwt/matthew/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The chief priests took the money and said, "It's not right to put it into the temple treasury, because it's blood money." <a href="/gnt/matthew/27.htm">Good News Translation</a> The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury." <a href="/isv/matthew/27.htm">International Standard Version</a> The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money." <a href="/msb/matthew/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, ?It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.? <a href="/net/matthew/27.htm">NET Bible</a> The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money." <a href="/nheb/matthew/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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." <a href="/wbt/matthew/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. <a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood." <a href="/web/matthew/27.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood”; <a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And the chief priests, having taken the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." <a href="/ylt/matthew/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;' <a href="/slt/matthew/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the chief priests, having taken the silver coins, said, It is not lawful to cast them for an offering, since it is the price of blood.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood. <a href="/cpdv/matthew/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But the leaders of the priests, having taken up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple offerings, because it is the price of blood.” <a href="/nabre/matthew/27.htm">New American Bible</a> The chief priests gathered up the money, but said, “It is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.” <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The high priests took the silver and said, It is not lawful to put it in the house of offerings, because it is the price of blood. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/27.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But the Chief Priests took the silver, and they said, “It is not legal to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/27.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/godbey/matthew/27.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, It is not lawful to put them in the treasury, because it is the price of blood. <a href="/haweis/matthew/27.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then the chief priests taking up the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them to the treasure destined for sacred uses, because it is the price of blood. <a href="/mace/matthew/27.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, it is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. <a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood." <a href="/worrell/matthew/27.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> And the high priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to cast them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood." <a href="/worsley/matthew/27.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But the chief priests took up the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury of the temple, because it is the price of blood: <a href="/parallel/matthew/27-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=8571" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Judas Hangs Himself</a> …5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. 6<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: Hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">The</a> <a href="/greek/749.htm" title="749: archiereis (N-NMP) -- High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.">chief priests</a> <a href="/greek/2983.htm" title="2983: labontes (V-APA-NMP) -- (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. ">picked up</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/694.htm" title="694: argyria (N-ANP) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling.">pieces of silver</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipan (V-AIA-3P) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">and said,</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: Ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">“</a> <a href="/greek/1832.htm" title="1832: exestin (V-PIA-3S) -- It is permitted, lawful, possible. ">It is unlawful</a> <a href="/greek/906.htm" title="906: balein (V-ANA) -- (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw.">to put</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auta (PPro-AN3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">this</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">into</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2878.htm" title="2878: korbanan (N-AMS) -- A gift, offering, anything consecrated to God. ">treasury,</a> <a href="/greek/1893.htm" title="1893: epei (Conj) -- Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since.">since</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: estin (V-PIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">it is</a> <a href="/greek/129.htm" title="129: haimatos (N-GNS) -- Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.">blood</a> <a href="/greek/5092.htm" title="5092: timē (N-NFS) -- A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself.">money.”</a> 7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/1-18.htm">Acts 1:18-19</a> (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out. / This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a> Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. / And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD. <a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">Jeremiah 32:6-9</a> Jeremiah replied, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying: / Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’ / Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a> You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. <a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Exodus 20:13</a> You shall not murder. <a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Leviticus 27:2-8</a> “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons, / if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. / Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. ... <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26</a> But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants? <a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19</a> Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors. <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a> Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. <a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a> They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity. <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a> Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” <a href="/malachi/3-8.htm">Malachi 3:8-9</a> Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings. / You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. <a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Matthew 23:16-19</a> Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? / And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ ... <a href="/mark/14-10.htm">Mark 14:10-11</a> Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. / They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus. <a href="/luke/22-3.htm">Luke 22:3-6</a> Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve. / And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them. / They were delighted and agreed to give him money. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.It is not.<a href="/matthew/23-24.htm">Matthew 23:24</a> Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.<a href="/luke/6-7.htm">Luke 6:7-9</a> And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him… <a href="/john/18-28.htm">John 18:28</a> Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.to put.<a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.<a href="/isaiah/61-8.htm">Isaiah 61:8</a> For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.because.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/27-4.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Coins</a> <a href="/mark/7-11.htm">Corban</a> <a href="/matthew/26-57.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">High</a> <a href="/matthew/22-17.htm">Lawful</a> <a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Money</a> <a href="/matthew/16-10.htm">Picked</a> <a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/matthew/26-15.htm">Price</a> <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/matthew/26-66.htm">Right</a> <a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Silverlings</a> <a href="/matthew/13-52.htm">Store</a> <a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Treasury</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/27-8.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/matthew/27-35.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/matthew/27-12.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/matthew/27-9.htm">Coins</a> <a href="/mark/7-11.htm">Corban</a> <a href="/matthew/27-17.htm">Gathered</a> <a href="/matthew/27-12.htm">High</a> <a href="/mark/2-24.htm">Lawful</a> <a href="/matthew/27-7.htm">Money</a> <a href="/mark/2-12.htm">Picked</a> <a href="/matthew/27-9.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/matthew/27-9.htm">Price</a> <a href="/matthew/27-12.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Right</a> <a href="/matthew/27-7.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">Silverlings</a> <a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Store</a> <a href="/matthew/27-40.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Treasury</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 27</div>1. <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.</a> 3. <a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Judas hangs himself.</a> 19. <a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Pilate, admonished of his wife,</a> 20. <a href="/matthew/27-20.htm">and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.</a> 27. <a href="/matthew/27-27.htm">Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns;</a> 33. <a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">crucified;</a> 39. <a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">reviled;</a> 50. <a href="/matthew/27-50.htm">dies, and is buried;</a> 62. <a href="/matthew/27-62.htm">his tomb is sealed and watched.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Their involvement in the betrayal of Jesus highlights their role in the fulfillment of prophecy, as seen in <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a>, where thirty pieces of silver are mentioned. The act of picking up the silver signifies their acknowledgment of the transaction's completion, yet also their awareness of its moral implications.and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, The treasury, or "Corban," was a place in the temple where offerings were stored. According to Jewish law, money associated with sin or wrongdoing was considered tainted and could not be used for sacred purposes. This reflects the Pharisaic emphasis on ritual purity and legalism, as seen in <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23-24</a>, where Jesus criticizes their focus on minor laws while neglecting justice and mercy.since it is blood money.” The term "blood money" refers to the payment given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus, leading to His arrest and crucifixion. This acknowledgment by the chief priests underscores the gravity of their actions and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies regarding the Messiah's suffering and betrayal, such as <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3-7</a>. The irony lies in their concern for legal purity while being complicit in the unjust condemnation of an innocent man, highlighting the tension between outward religious observance and true righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/chief_priests.htm">Chief Priests</a> Religious leaders in Jerusalem responsible for temple activities and maintaining Jewish law. They played a significant role in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pieces_of_silver.htm">Pieces of Silver</a> The thirty pieces of silver were the price Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus. This money is now referred to as "blood money" because it was used to betray innocent blood. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_treasury.htm">The Treasury</a> The temple treasury was a place where offerings and monetary gifts were stored for the maintenance of the temple and support of religious activities. 4. <a href="/topical/b/blood_money.htm">Blood Money</a> This term refers to money paid for the life of another, in this case, the betrayal of Jesus. It highlights the moral and ethical dilemma faced by the chief priests. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judas_iscariot.htm">Judas Iscariot</a> Although not directly mentioned in this verse, Judas is the one who returned the silver, feeling remorse for betraying Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The chief priests' dilemma with the blood money illustrates how sin complicates life and leads to moral and ethical challenges. <a href="/topical/h/hypocrisy_in_leadership.htm">Hypocrisy in Leadership</a> The chief priests' concern for legalistic purity, while ignoring the greater sin of condemning an innocent man, serves as a warning against hypocrisy in spiritual leadership. <a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_repentance.htm">The Value of Repentance</a> Judas' remorse, though not leading to true repentance, reminds us of the importance of seeking genuine forgiveness and reconciliation with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">The Fulfillment of Prophecy</a> The events surrounding the thirty pieces of silver demonstrate the fulfillment of biblical prophecy, affirming the reliability and divine inspiration of Scripture. <a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_resources.htm">Stewardship of Resources</a> The misuse of money for sinful purposes challenges us to consider how we steward our resources in a way that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 27</a> <a href="/q/who_was_judas_iscariot.htm">Who was Judas Iscariot in biblical history?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_matthew_and_acts_differ_on_judas'_death.htm">Why do the accounts of Judas' death in Matthew and Acts contradict each other?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_matthew_27_5_and_acts_1_18_align.htm">Matthew 27:5 describes Judas hanging himself, yet Acts 1:18 gives a different account; how can these two explanations be reconciled? </a> <a href="/q/what_was_the_cause_of_judas's_death.htm">What was the cause of Judas's death?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury.--The Greek for the last word is the Corban, or sacred treasure-chest of the Temple, into which no foreign coins were admitted, and from which the Law (<a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm" title="You shall not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD your God.">Deuteronomy 23:18</a>) excluded the unclean offerings of the price of shame, which entered largely into the ritual of many heathen nations. By parity of reasoning, the priests seem to have thought that the blood-money which was thus returned was excluded also.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Took the silver pieces. They picked up the coins which Judas had flung away on the marble pavement of the court, but were perplexed to determine what they should do with them. It is not lawful. These men, who had felt no doubt or hesitation in compassing the death of an innocent Man by the foulest treachery and perversion of justice, have, or hypocritically professed to have, religious scruples about the disposal of this blood money thus thrown on their hands. While they calmly outraged all moral feeling, they punctiliously observed certain outward ceremonial decencies. "They strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." The treasury (τὸν κορβανᾶν). The temple treasury, supplied by the offerings (corbans) of the pious for the expenses of Divine worship. It is most probable that these scrupulous priests had taken from this treasury the silver which they now deemed it sinful to replace. The price of blood. The wages of murder. It was inferred from <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a> that no money unlawfully gained, or derived from an impure source, might be used in purchasing things for God's service. Under Jewish Law such money must be restored to the donor; if circumstances rendered this impossible, or the offerer insisted on giving it, it was to be expended for some public object, the original owner being considered, by a legal fiction, to be its possessor still, and that which was paid for by the money being deemed as his gift to the community (comp. <a href="/acts/1-18.htm">Acts 1:18</a>, "This man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity"). <a href="/commentaries/matthew/27-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>The Οἱ (Hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. chief priests ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_749.htm">Strong's 749: </a> High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest. picked up λαβόντες (labontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. pieces of silver ἀργύρια (argyria) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_694.htm">Strong's 694: </a> Neuter of a presumed derivative of arguros; silvery, i.e. cash; specially, a silverling. [and] said, εἶπαν (eipan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “It is unlawful ἔξεστιν (exestin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1832.htm">Strong's 1832: </a> It is permitted, lawful, possible. to put βαλεῖν (balein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> (a) I cast, throw, rush, (b) often, in the weaker sense: I place, put, drop. A primary verb; to throw. this αὐτὰ (auta) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. into εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. treasury, κορβανᾶν (korbanan) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2878.htm">Strong's 2878: </a> A gift, offering, anything consecrated to God. since ἐπεὶ (epei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1893.htm">Strong's 1893: </a> Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since. it is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. blood αἵματός (haimatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_129.htm">Strong's 129: </a> Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. money.” τιμὴ (timē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5092.htm">Strong's 5092: </a> A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/27-6.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 27:6 The chief priests took the pieces (Matt. 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