And gave them. In Zechariah it is I gave them. Here it is represented as being given by the priests. The meaning is not, however,…

Even the disposal of the thirty pieces of silver fulfilled an ancient prophecy. The obscure sayings of the prophets, as well as their clearer utter…

St. John Chrysostom: The chief priests, knowing they had paid for a murder, were condemned by their own conscience. They said,…

Three aspects of this complex quotation need discussion.

(1) The ascription to Jeremiah. On the face of it, the quotation is a rough renderin…

As the Lord appointed me. By this clause Matthew confirms the statement that this was not done without the providence of God; because, whi…

And gave them for the potter's field
In the prophet it is, "and I cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord",…

Wicked men see little of the consequences of their crimes when they commit them, but they must answer for them all. In the fullest manner Judas ack…

Above, the Evangelist recounted what Christ suffered from the Jews; here, he recounts what He suffered from the Gentiles. And he does four things:<…