Matthew 27:1 ¶ When the
morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel
against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And
when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius
Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, which
had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and
brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have
betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou
to that. 5 And he cast down the
pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver
pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because
it is the price of blood. 7 And they
took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The
field of blood, unto this day. 9 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, whom they
of the children of Israel did value; 10
And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
Notice for verse 4 an interesting cross-reference;
Psalm 94:21 They gather
themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent
blood.
Judas, in his self-disgust and realization of what he has done but
clearly not fully understanding or caring for repentance took his own life
realizing that this stain of betrayal was on him.
Acts 1:16 Men and brethren,
this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the
mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took
Jesus.
17 For he was numbered with
us, and had obtained part of this ministry. 18
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling
headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at
Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama,
that is to say, The field of blood. 20
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Verse 9 is difficult for us because the prophecy seems to be in
Zechariah, as I have said before. See the prophecy of this betrayal in
Zechariah.
Zechariah 11:12 And I said
unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they
weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the
potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty
pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
Some say the reason that Jeremiah and not Zechariah will be
mentioned later is the way the scrolls of the Hebrew Bible were put together
and read at that time with the section on The Prophets beginning with Jeremiah
so it would natural to refer to that scroll as Jeremiah.
There are some interesting verses regarding the potter’s house and
a potter’s vessel in Jeremiah 18 and 29, perhaps, Judas signifying what will
happen when Jerusalem is besieged and the temple destroyed in 70AD. Have not
the Jews in history been broken like pottery. Just a symbolic thought.
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