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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><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"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/matthew/27.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So they decided to use the money to buy the potter&#8217s field as a burial place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/matthew/27.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/matthew/27.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And having taken counsel, they bought with them the potter's field, for a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/matthew/27.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/matthew/27.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they consulted together and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/matthew/27.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter&#8217s Field as a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/matthew/27.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they counseled together and with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/matthew/27.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And taking counsel together, they bought with the money the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/matthew/27.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So after consultation they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/matthew/27.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/27.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they conferred together and bought the potter&#8217s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/matthew/27.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/matthew/27.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then they had a meeting and decided to buy a field that belonged to someone who made clay pots. They wanted to use it as a graveyard for foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/matthew/27.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/matthew/27.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So they decided to use it to buy a potter's field for the burial of strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/matthew/27.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After reaching an agreement about it, they used the money to buy Potter's Field, as a cemetery for foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/matthew/27.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So they decided to use the money to buy the Potter's Field as a burial ground for foreigners. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/matthew/27.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter?s field as a burial place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/matthew/27.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/matthew/27.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/matthew/27.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/matthew/27.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/matthew/27.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and having taken counsel, they bought the potter’s field with them, for the burial of strangers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/matthew/27.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And having taken counsel, they bought with them the potter's field, for a burial place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/matthew/27.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/matthew/27.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And having taken counsel, they purchased with them the potter's field, for the interment to strangers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/matthew/27.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/matthew/27.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then, having taken counsel, they bought the potter’s field with it, as a burying place for sojourners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/matthew/27.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After consultation, they used it to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/matthew/27.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After conferring together, they used them to buy the potter’s field as a place to bury foreigners.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/matthew/27.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter’s field, for a cemetery for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/27.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and they bought with it the field of a potter as a graveyard for the burial of strangers.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/matthew/27.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter's field, as a burial-place for foreigners.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/matthew/27.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And taking counsel, they purchased with them the field of the potter, for a burying place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/matthew/27.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />So taking counsel, they bought with them a potter?s field, as a burial-place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/matthew/27.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and having consulted together, they laid out the money in buying the potter's field, to serve for a burying place for strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/matthew/27.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/matthew/27.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And, taking counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for a burial-place for the strangers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/matthew/27.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />so they consulted together, and bought with them the potter's field for a burying-<i>ground</i> for strangers:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/matthew/27-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=8581" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/matthew/27.htm">Judas Hangs Himself</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>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.” <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">After</a> <a href="/greek/2983.htm" title="2983: labontes (V-APA-NMP) -- (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. ">conferring together,</a> <a href="/greek/4824.htm" title="4824: symboulion (N-ANS) -- Neuter of a presumed derivative of sumboulos; advisement; specially, a deliberative body, i.e. The provincial assessors or lay-court."></a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">they used</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GN3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">the money</a> <a href="/greek/59.htm" title="59: ēgorasan (V-AIA-3P) -- To buy. From agora; properly, to go to market, i.e. to purchase; specially, to redeem.">to buy</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/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2763.htm" title="2763: kerameōs (N-GMS) -- A potter. From keramos; a potter.">potter’s</a> <a href="/greek/68.htm" title="68: agron (N-AMS) -- From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet.">field</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.">as</a> <a href="/greek/5027.htm" title="5027: taphēn (N-AFS) -- A burial, burial place. Feminine from thapto; burial.">a burial place</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">for</a> <a href="/greek/3581.htm" title="3581: xenois (Adj-DMP) -- Apparently a primary word; foreign; by implication, a guest or entertainer.">foreigners.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">8</span>That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-18.htm">Acts 1:18-19</a></span><br />(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.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jeremiah 19:1-13</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests, / and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you, / saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-6.htm">Jeremiah 32:6-9</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a></span><br />Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests / and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver. / So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-24.htm">Matthew 26:24</a></span><br />The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-15.htm">Matthew 28:15</a></span><br />So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-5.htm">John 12:5-6</a></span><br />“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” / Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-29.htm">John 13:29</a></span><br />Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/21-32.htm">Exodus 21:32</a></span><br />If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Leviticus 27:2-7</a></span><br />“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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm">2 Kings 12:4-5</a></span><br />Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. / Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-4.htm">2 Kings 22:4-7</a></span><br />“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money that has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. / And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD— / to the carpenters, builders, and masons—to buy timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/4-2.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/matthew/26-12.htm">Burial</a> <a href="/matthew/8-22.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/matthew/25-10.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/matthew/26-18.htm">City</a> <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Conferred</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-2.htm">Consulting</a> <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-9.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/matthew/26-32.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/matthew/24-40.htm">Field</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-6.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/matthew/27-6.htm">Money</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Potter</a> <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Potter's</a> <a href="/matthew/25-10.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/matthew/27-6.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/matthew/21-17.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/matthew/17-26.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Together</a> <a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/8-27.htm">Belonging</a> <a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Bought</a> <a href="/mark/14-8.htm">Burial</a> <a href="/luke/9-59.htm">Bury</a> <a href="/matthew/27-10.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/matthew/27-53.htm">City</a> <a href="/luke/9-1.htm">Conferred</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-21.htm">Consulting</a> <a href="/matthew/28-12.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/luke/21-21.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/luke/16-4.htm">Decided</a> <a href="/matthew/27-35.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/matthew/27-8.htm">Field</a> <a href="/acts/17-21.htm">Foreigners</a> <a href="/matthew/28-12.htm">Money</a> <a href="/matthew/27-10.htm">Potter</a> <a href="/matthew/27-10.htm">Potter's</a> <a href="/luke/21-19.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/matthew/27-9.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/mark/5-26.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/john/10-5.htm">Strangers</a> <a href="/matthew/27-17.htm">Together</a> <a href="/mark/2-7.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Matthew 27</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-1.htm">Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Judas hangs himself.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Pilate, admonished of his wife,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-20.htm">and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-27.htm">Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-33.htm">crucified;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-39.htm">reviled;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">50. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-50.htm">dies, and is buried;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">62. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/matthew/27-62.htm">his tomb is sealed and watched.</a></span><br></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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It reflects the Jewish leadership's attempt to resolve the issue of what to do with the thirty pieces of silver returned by Judas. The act of conferring suggests a formal decision-making process, which was typical of the Sanhedrin, the ruling council in Jerusalem. This decision-making process highlights the leaders' concern for maintaining ritual purity, as the money was considered blood money and could not be placed in the temple treasury.<p><b>they used the money</b><br>The money in question is the thirty pieces of silver that Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus. This sum was significant, equivalent to the price of a slave, as noted in <a href="/exodus/21-32.htm">Exodus 21:32</a>. The use of this money for a specific purpose underscores the leaders' desire to distance themselves from the guilt associated with Jesus' death, while also fulfilling their legal and religious obligations.<p><b>to buy the potter’s field</b><br>The potter's field was likely a piece of land used by potters to extract clay for their work. Such fields were often left barren and considered of little value once the clay was exhausted. The purchase of this field with the blood money fulfills the prophecy found in <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a>, which speaks of thirty pieces of silver being cast to the potter. This act also foreshadows the redemptive work of Christ, who transforms what is considered worthless into something of eternal value.<p><b>as a burial place for foreigners</b><br>The designation of the field as a burial place for foreigners, or "strangers," reflects the Jewish customs of the time, which required separate burial grounds for non-Jews. This practice ensured that the land remained ritually pure for Jewish use. The choice to use the field in this way demonstrates a practical solution to a religious problem, while also symbolizing the inclusive nature of Christ's sacrifice, which extends beyond the Jewish people to all nations, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Isaiah 56:6-8</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/c/chief_priests_and_elders.htm">Chief Priests and Elders</a></b><br>Religious leaders of the Jewish community who were responsible for making decisions regarding temple practices and legal matters. In this context, they are the ones who decide to use the thirty pieces of silver to buy the potter's field.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/potter's_field.htm">Potter’s Field</a></b><br>A piece of land purchased with the money returned by Judas Iscariot. It was used as a burial place for foreigners, indicating its association with outsiders and those not part of the Jewish community.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judas_iscariot.htm">Judas Iscariot</a></b><br>One of Jesus' twelve disciples who betrayed Him for thirty pieces of silver. His actions led to the return of the money, which was then used to buy the potter's field.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a></b><br>Non-Jewish individuals who would be buried in the potter's field. This highlights the field's purpose as a place for those who were not part of the covenant community of Israel.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/thirty_pieces_of_silver.htm">Thirty Pieces of Silver</a></b><br>The amount of money given to Judas for betraying Jesus. This sum was later returned by Judas and used to purchase the potter's field.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Judas' betrayal and the subsequent purchase of the potter's field illustrate the far-reaching consequences of sin. Sin often leads to unintended outcomes that affect not only the sinner but also the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_prophecy.htm">Fulfillment of Prophecy</a></b><br>The purchase of the potter's field fulfills Old Testament prophecies, demonstrating God's sovereignty and the reliability of Scripture. Believers can trust that God's plans will come to pass.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_outsiders.htm">God's Provision for Outsiders</a></b><br>The use of the field as a burial place for foreigners reflects God's heart for all people, including those outside the covenant community. Christians are called to extend grace and hospitality to outsiders.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_redemption.htm">Repentance and Redemption</a></b><br>Judas' remorse led to the return of the silver, but not to true repentance. Believers are encouraged to seek genuine repentance and redemption through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_27.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 27</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_bought_potter's_field.htm">Who bought the Potter’s Field? (Matthew 27:7 vs. Acts 1:18)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_hedonism_and_a_hedonist.htm">What is the significance of Akeldama, the field of blood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_akeldama's_significance.htm">What is the significance of Akeldama, the field of blood?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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 name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/27.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">And they took counsel.</span>--As before, <span class= "ital">they held a council.</span><p><span class= "bld">The potter's</span> <span class= "bld">field.</span>--In <a href="/jeremiah/18-2.htm" title="Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear my words.">Jeremiah 18:2</a> we read of the "potter's house" as being outside the city, probably, from <a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm" title="And go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you,">Jeremiah 19:2</a>, in the Valley of Hinnom (<span class= "ital">Gehenna</span>)<span class= "ital">,</span> on the south side of Jerusalem. It is probable that it had been worked out in course of time, and was now in the state of a disused quarry. It was necessary, now that Roman soldiers were often stationed in the city, and men of all nations came to it, to provide some burial-place for them; but no Jew would admit their bones into the sepulchre of his fathers. On the other hand, every devout Jew would shrink from the thought of burying his dead in the foul and hateful spot which had become the type of the unseen Gehenna. (See Notes on <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm" title="But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.">Matthew 5:22</a>.) There was, therefore, a subtle fitness of association in the policy which the priests adopted. The place was itself accursed; it was bought with accursed money; it was to be used for the burial of the accursed strangers.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/27.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They took counsel.</span> They deliberated how to dispose of this blood money. This deliberation may have taken place after the Crucifixion. <span class="cmt_word">The potter's field.</span> The spot was well known at the time. It is traditionally said to have lain on the south of Jerusalem - on the hillside across the valley of Hinnom, on what is called the Hill of Evil Counsel. Here is found a tract of clay, which is still used by the potters of the city. In the time of our Lord. the clay probably was considered to be exhausted, and the area, excavated in all directions, and useless for agricultural purposes, was sold for a trifling price. <span class="cmt_word">To bury strangers in</span>. The "strangers" are probably not pagans, but foreign Jews and Gentile proselytes, who came to Jerusalem to attend the festival, and died there. Others think that foreigners (Greeks and Romans, etc.) exclusively are meant, the Jews regarding their very presence in the holy city as defilement, and a cemetery purchased by unclean money a fitting spot for their interment. The "field" was set apart in the Crusaders' times as a burial place for pilgrims, and to this day contains a charnel house wherein are deposited the poor and unhonoured dead of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/matthew/27-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[After]</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conferring together,</span><br /><span class="grk">λαβόντες</span> <span class="translit">(labontes)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[they used]</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξ</span> <span class="translit">(ex)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the money]</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(autōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to buy</span><br /><span class="grk">ἠγόρασαν</span> <span class="translit">(ēgorasan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_59.htm">Strong's 59: </a> </span><span class="str2">To buy. From agora; properly, to go to market, i.e. to purchase; specially, to redeem.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸν</span> <span class="translit">(ton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">potter’s</span><br /><span class="grk">κεραμέως</span> <span class="translit">(kerameōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2763.htm">Strong's 2763: </a> </span><span class="str2">A potter. From keramos; a potter.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">field</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀγρὸν</span> <span class="translit">(agron)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">From ago; a field; genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e. Hamlet.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰς</span> <span class="translit">(eis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a burial place</span><br /><span class="grk">ταφὴν</span> <span class="translit">(taphēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5027.htm">Strong's 5027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A burial, burial place. Feminine from thapto; burial.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῖς</span> <span class="translit">(tois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foreigners.</span><br /><span class="grk">ξένοις</span> <span class="translit">(xenois)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> </span><span class="str2">Apparently a primary word; foreign; by implication, a guest or entertainer.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/matthew/27-7.htm">Matthew 27:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/matthew/27-7.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 27:7 They took counsel and bought the potter's (Matt. 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