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And having taken counsel, they bought the field of the potter with[a] them, for a burial-place for strangers. For this reason[b], that field was called the Field of Blood up to today. Then the thing was fulfilled having been spoken through Jeremiah[c] the prophet saying “And they took the thirty silver-coins— the price of the One having been priced[d], Whom they from the sons of Israel priced—

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:7 Lit, for them, for [the value of] them.
  2. Matthew 27:8 That is, because it was bought with blood money.
  3. Matthew 27:9 The paraphrase that follows comes from Jeremiah and Zechariah. Matthew attributes it to the better known prophet.
  4. Matthew 27:9 That is, the price of the One having had a price set for Him by these sons of Israel.

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