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And casting the pieces of silver [forward] into the [Holy Place of the [a]sanctuary of the] temple, he departed; and he went off and hanged himself.

But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood.

So after consultation they bought with them [the pieces of silver] the potter’s field [as a place] in which to bury strangers.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:5 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

So Judas threw the money into the temple(A) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.(B)

The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

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