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For this reason[a], that field was called the Field of Blood up to today. Then the thing was fulfilled having been spoken through Jeremiah[b] the prophet saying “And they took the thirty silver-coins— the price of the One having been priced[c], Whom they from the sons of Israel priced— 10 and they gave them for the field of the potter, just as the Lord directed me”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:8 That is, because it was bought with blood money.
  2. Matthew 27:9 The paraphrase that follows comes from Jeremiah and Zechariah. Matthew attributes it to the better known prophet.
  3. Matthew 27:9 That is, the price of the One having had a price set for Him by these sons of Israel.

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