The potter's field (του αγρου του κεραμεως). Grotius suggests that it was a small field where potter's clay was obtained, like a b…

And they took counsel. They consulted among themselves about the proper way to dispose of this money.

And bought with them…

And they took counsel—As before, they held a council.

The potter’s field—In Jeremiah 18:2, we rea…

Whether Judas bought the field in which he committed suicide (Acts 1:18) or whether the chief priests, hearing how he meant to spend th…

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

Exactly where Judas threw the money is uncertain. He then went out and hanged himself. The chief priests refuse to allow the blood money to supplem…

And they took counsel
With one another, considered of the matter, and deliberated about it a while; and at last came…

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:<…