Matthew 27:7
After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
BSB
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ASV
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
KJV
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
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Commentary
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Συμβούλιον | Sumboulion | Counsel | G4824 → |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → |
| λαβόντες | labontes | having taken | G2983 → |
| ἠγόρασαν | ēgorasan | they bought | G59 → |
| ἐξ | ex | with | G1537 → |
| αὐτῶν | autōn | them | G846 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| ἀγρὸν | agron | field | G68 → |
| τοῦ | tou | of the | G3588 → |
| κεραμέως | kerameōs | potter | G2763 → |
| εἰς | eis | for | G1519 → |
| ταφὴν | taphēn | a burial place | G5027 → |
| τοῖς | tois | for the | G3588 → |
| ξένοις. | xenois | strangers. | G3581 → |
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