Matthew 27:10

and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Judas reports the transaction of the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests, explaining their purchase of the potter’s field. This occurs immediately after the priests acknowledge the blood money and before Jesus stands before Pilate.

The words — ἔδωκαν (edōkan) means "they gave," and ἀγρὸν τοῦ κεραμέως (agron tou kerameōs) translates literally to "field of the potter." These terms describe the concrete action of purchasing land with the returned silver.

The thread — The purchase fulfills the prophecy recorded in Matthew 27:9 and echoes Zechariah 11:13, where the Lord instructs the prophet to throw the silver to the potter.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that a rejected prophet’s payment is redirected to purchase land for strangers. It demands acknowledgment that divine instruction operates through human transactions without moral approval of the agents involved.

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The Greek words

καὶkaiand ἔδωκανedōkanthey gave αὐτὰautathem εἰςeisfor τὸνtonthe ἀγρὸνagronfield τοῦtouof the κεραμέως,kerameōspotter,καθὰkathaas συνέταξένsunetaxendirected μοιmoime κύριος.¶kurios[the] Lord

King James Version

And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

Cross-references

Zechariah 11:13 And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.