Matthew 27:10
in Matthew 27and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
KJV
And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
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This verse in Matthew 27
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And gave them - In Zechariah it is, I gave them. Here it is represented as being given by the priests. The meaning is not, however, different. It is, that this price “was given” for the potter’s field. As the Lord appointed me - That is, “commanded” me. The meaning of the place in Zechariah is this: He was directed to go to the Jews as a prophet - a pastor of the people. They treated him, as they had done others, with great contempt.
This site's exposition
spoken by Jeremy the prophet
on Matthew 27:9-10
The citation attributed to Jeremy the prophet actually gives the content of Zechariah 11:12-13, the thirty pieces of silver cast to the potter in the house of the Lord, and the difficulty carries three standing answers rather than one settled resolution. Some hold that Jewish scrolls of the era opened the Prophets with Jeremiah, so a citation from anywhere in that scroll could carry his name; others point to Jeremiah 19 and 32, where a potter and a purchased field for silver both appear, and read Matthew as weaving Zechariah's wording through Jeremiah's imagery. The honest minority answer, held by Jerome among others, is that the attribution is simply a very old copying difficulty with no full resolution recovered, and the exposition leaves the question open rather than forcing a verdict Scripture itself does not settle.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
on Matthew 27:1-10
The opening of this chapter describes the delivery of our Lord Jesus Christ into the hands of the Gentiles. The chief priests and elders of the Jews led him away to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. We may see in this incident the finger of God: it was ordered by his providence that Gentiles as well as Jews should be concerned in the murder of Christ; it was ordered by his providence that the priests should publicly confess that the “scepter had departed from Judah.”
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἔδωκαν | edokan | they gave | G1325 → | 412 times |
| αὐτὰ | auta | them | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εἰς | eis | for | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἀγρὸν | agron | field | G68 → | 35 times |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| κεραμέως, | kerameos | potter, | G2763 → | |
| καθὰ | katha | as | G2505 → | |
| συνέταξέν | sunetaxen | directed | G4929 → | 3 times |
| μοι | moi | me | G3165 → | 1936 times |
| κύριος.¶ | kurios | [the] Lord | G2962 → | 711 times |
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἔδωκανthey gave
edokanG1325 →412 times
αὐτὰthem
autaG846 →5565 times
εἰςfor
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
ἀγρὸνfield
agronG68 →35 times
τοῦof the
touG3588 →19766 times
κεραμέως,potter,
kerameosG2763 →
καθὰas
kathaG2505 →
συνέταξένdirected
sunetaxenG4929 →3 times
μοιme
moiG3165 →1936 times
κύριος.¶[the] Lord
kuriosG2962 →711 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 11:13And 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…
it leads to
- Matthew 27:3–10
When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- Acts 1:18–19
(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
- Isaiah 53:2–3
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Acts 4:11
This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’
- Isaiah 54:7–10
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
- Matthew 27:3–10
Where this verse is studied
About Matthew
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Jerome, Commentary on Matthew.