A Potter's Field Bought - Matthew 27:7

Matthew the apostle wrote, “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. Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see you to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. 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”, and in chapter twenty-seven and verse seven of his book, Matthew wrote how the chief priests, “took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field” where we read:

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The verse reads, “ … And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field.” Matthew began word, “and they” which means “and the high priests” “took counsel” or “deliberated and consulted together”, “and bought with them” which means “and purchased or redeemed with the thirty silver coins” “the potter's field” which refers to “the piece of land which belonged to one who makes pottery”. Matthew shared how the “high priest” and “religious leaders” “consulted” with one another and “purchased” the field of one who made “pottery”.

The verse goes on to say, “... to bury strangers in.” Matthew continued with the words, “to bury strangers in” which means “to have a place where people who were strangers to them could be buried when they died”. Matthew shared how the “religious leaders” decided to buy a piece of land owned by a “potter”, and they were to use the land to “bury” people who were strangers.

When we consider Matthew's words in this verse, it will benefit us to know the purpose of a “potter's field”. Often, in those days, many pieces of pottery would be made, and some of them would crack or break shortly after they were “fired”. The pieces of the pottery were no longer of any value, so the potter would throw the shards into a field where their broken pieces would lay. The “religious leaders” knew of such a field, bargained for it, and used the “betrayal money” of Judas to purchase this field. This fulfilled a prophesy found in Zechariah chapter eleven and verse three where we read, “And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD”, and this again demonstrates how Jesus is indeed the Messiah of God. Those who will consider the “prophesies” fulfilled by Jesus should add this one to their list, and while they think on these things, ask the following question, “has anyone else in history fulfilled all these prophesies like Jesus?” and yield to Him.

Next time Matthew shares how, “the field was called, The field of blood”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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