Matthew 27:1-10

Jesus Delivered to Pilate

1 1When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people 2took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
2 And they bound him and 3led him away and 4delivered him over to 5Pilate the governor.

Judas Hangs Himself

3 Then when 6Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[a] was condemned, 7he changed his mind and brought back 8the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
4 saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." They said, "What is that to us? 9See to it yourself."
5 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, 10he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
6 But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into 11the treasury, since it is blood money."
7 So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.
8 Therefore 12that field has been called the Field of Blood 13to this day.
9 14Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 15"And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,
10 and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."

Cross References 15

  • 1. Mark 15:1; Luke 22:66
  • 2. See Matthew 26:4
  • 3. Luke 23:1; John 18:28
  • 4. See Matthew 20:19
  • 5. Luke 3:1; Luke 13:1; Acts 3:13; Acts 4:27; 1 Timothy 6:13
  • 6. See Matthew 26:14
  • 7. Matthew 21:29
  • 8. Matthew 26:15
  • 9. ver. 24
  • 10. [2 Samuel 17:23; Acts 1:18]
  • 11. Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1; John 8:20
  • 12. Acts 1:19
  • 13. Matthew 28:15
  • 14. See Matthew 1:22
  • 15. Cited from Zechariah 11:13

Footnotes 1

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