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The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, "According to the Law it's not right to put this money in the treasury. Since it was used to pay for someone's life, it's unclean."
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So they decided to use it to buy the potter's field where strangers could be buried.
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That's why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.
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This fulfilled the words of Jeremiah the prophet: And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price for the one whose price had been set by some of the Israelites,
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and I gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me.
Questioned by Pilate
11 Jesus was brought before the governor. The governor said, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "
That's what you say."
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But he didn't answer when the chief priests and elders accused him.
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Then Pilate said, "Don't you hear the testimony they bring against you?"
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But he didn't answer, not even a single word. So the governor was greatly amazed.
Death sentence
15 It was customary during the festival for the governor to release to the crowd one prisoner, whomever they might choose.
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At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.