Matthew 27:3-10
“Then 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. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.”
King James Version
The thirty pieces thrown in the temple and used to buy the potter's field, fulfilling Zechariah 11:12-13 and Jeremiah.
Fulfillment References
Zechariah 11:12-13 Acts 1:18-19
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJudas returns the thirty pieces, the priests buy the potter's field, and Matthew sees Zechariah's enacted prophecy fulfilled (Zech. 11:12-13). The price of the betrayed Lord, the casting of the silver, and the potter's field unfold precisely. The Lord Jesus, God in flesh, was sold and His blood-money spent exactly as the prophets foretold — God's word governing even His betrayer's remorse.
JewishThe narrative draws on Zechariah 11 (and Jeremiah's potter/field imagery); read by Christians as fulfilled prophecy, the connection is not part of Jewish interpretation.
CatholicThe fulfillment of the thirty-pieces prophecy in Judas's remorse and the potter's field; the innocent blood betrayed.
ProtestantA detailed fulfillment of Zechariah 11:12-13 — the betrayal price, the potter, the field of blood.
AcademicMatthew attributes the citation to Jeremiah while drawing mainly on Zechariah 11 (with Jeremiah's potter/field motifs) — a noted composite citation.
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