*Matthew 27:1-10
After Jesus is condemned by the Jewish authorities, Judas regrets his betrayal and commits suicide.
- Judas’ Remorse and Suicide:
- After Jesus is condemned, Judas, His betrayer, is filled with remorse and returns the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- He confesses that he has sinned by betraying innocent blood, but the religious leaders dismiss his concerns.
- Judas throws the silver coins into the temple and then leaves to hang himself.
- Disposal of the Betrayal Money:
- The chief priests pick up the silver coins and decide it is unlawful to put them into the temple treasury because it is blood money.
- They use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners, which fulfills a prophecy spoken by Jeremiah the prophet.
- The Potter’s Field:
- The field purchased with the thirty pieces of silver becomes known as the Field of Blood, symbolizing the price of Jesus’ betrayal and the consequences of Judas’ actions.
27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
27:3 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, 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
27:6 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.
27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; 27:10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.