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and they gave them for the potter`s field, as the Lord commanded me."
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A Prophetic Purchase
Commentators explain that the purchase of the potter's field was not a random event but the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. By combining imagery from Zechariah and Jeremiah, Matthew shows how the rejection of Jesus for 30 pieces of silver—the price of a slave—and the subsequent purchase of a burial field were all part of God's plan, demonstrating the tragic contempt for God's Son.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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,…
19th Century
Baptist
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…
Three aspects of this complex quotation need discussion.
(1) The ascription to Jeremiah. On the face of it, the quotation is a rough renderin…
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16th Century
Protestant
As the Lord appointed me. By this clause Matthew confirms the statement that this was not done without the providence of God; because, whi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Evangelist recounted what Christ suffered from the Jews; here, he recounts what He suffered from the Gentiles. And he does four things:<…
