Bible Strands
Matthew 27:7
After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chief priests, acting immediately after declaring the silver unlawful for the treasury, convene to determine its proper use. They meet at the moment of crisis following Judas’s return of the payment.
The words — ἠγόρασαν (ēgorasan) = they bought; ἀγρὸν (agron) = field.
The thread — The verse tracks the practical application of designated "blood money" (Matthew 27:6) into a permanent burial ground, which directly establishes the naming convention explained in Matthew 27:8. This action bridges the immediate financial dilemma with the lasting geographical marker in the narrative.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how ritual constraints drive administrative decisions, showing leaders resolving a purity problem through a transaction that permanently alters the landscape. It asks the reader to trace the direct causal line from a declared prohibition to a lasting physical location.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.