And they took counsel,
and bought with them the potter’s field,
to bury strangers in.
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood.
The potter’s field is the field bought with the thirty pieces of silver. Judas cast them down in the temple and went and hanged himself. The chief priests said it was not lawful to put the price of blood into the treasury. They bought the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. It was called the field of blood, Aceldama. Jeremiah had spoken of the potter, and of the field bought. Matthew says the word was fulfilled. The price of the betrayed Lord bought a field for strangers.
- Bought with the thirty pieces.
- Called the field of blood.
- To bury strangers in.
The price of blood.
The potter’s field.
To bury strangers in.
- The potter’s field was bought with the betrayal money.
- Judas cast the silver down and hanged himself.
- The priests would not put it in the treasury.
- It was called the field of blood.
- It was to bury strangers in.
- Matthew says the word of the prophet was fulfilled.
- The Price – Thirty pieces.
- The Buyer – The chief priests.
- The Name – Field of blood.
- The Use – To bury strangers.
- The Word – Fulfilled.
- The Betrayal – Judas.
- Matthew 27:3-8 – “Then Judas… brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders… And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.”
- Matthew 27:9-10 – “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… and gave them for the potter’s field.”
- Acts 1:18-19 – “Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity… insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.”
- Zechariah 11:12-13 – “So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver… Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them.”
- Jeremiah 18:2-4 – “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house… And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter.”
- Jeremiah 19:1-2 – “Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle… and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom.”
- Matthew 26:15 – “What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.”
- Zechariah 11:13 – “And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.”
- Acts 1:16-17 – “This scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas.”
- Matthew 27:5 – “And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”
They bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
That field was called, The field of blood.
The price of him that was valued.
The potter’s field was bought with the thirty pieces. The price of blood bought a field for strangers. The word was fulfilled.
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