Matthew 27:3-10
Lexham English Bible
The Suicide of Judas Iscariot
3 Then when[a] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted what he had done[b] and[c] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by[d] betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”[e] 5 And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away and[f] hanged himself. 6 But the chief priests took the silver coins and[g] said, “It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is blood money.”[h] 7 And after[i] taking counsel, they purchased with[j] them the Potter’s Field, for a burial place for strangers. 8 (For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.) 9 Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, “And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, on whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel, 10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, just as the Lord directed me.”[k]
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- Matthew 27:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 27:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 27:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“regretted”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 27:4 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“betraying”) which is understood as means
- Matthew 27:4 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 27:5 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went away”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 27:6 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“took”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 27:6 Literally “the price of blood”
- Matthew 27:7 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 27:7 Literally “for”
- Matthew 27:10 A quotation from various passages in Jeremiah including 18:2–6; 19:1–13; 32:6–15; see also Zech 11:12–13
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