Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 27:9-10

"Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom [certain] of the children of Israel did price; and they gave them for the potter`s field, as the Lord appointed me." — Matthew 27:9-10 (ASV)

Even the disposal of the thirty pieces of silver fulfilled an ancient prophecy. The obscure sayings of the prophets, as well as their clearer utterances, will all be proven true as, one by one, they reach their fulfillment.

The fate of Judas should be a solemn warning to all professing Christians and especially to all ministers. He was one of the twelve apostles, yet he was a son of perdition, and in the end, he went to his own place. Each of us has his own place—heaven or hell. Which is it?

“Lord! when I read the traitor’s doom,
To his own place consigned,
What holy fear and humble hope
Alternate fill my mind!
Traitor to You I too have been,
But saved by matchless grace;
Or else the lowest, hottest hell
Would surely have been my place.”