Messianic
Matthew 27:3-10
Jeremiah/Zechariah (applied by Matthew) · ~30 AD · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 90%
“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,”
King James Version · the opening — all 8 verses are below
The thirty pieces thrown in the temple and used to buy the potter's field, fulfilling Zechariah 11:12-13 and Jeremiah.
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27:3Then 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,
27:4Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
27:6And 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.
27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
27:9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
27:10And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
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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