Matthew 27:1-10

1When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) conferred together against Jesus, [plotting how] to put Him to death [since under Roman rule they had no power to execute anyone];

2so they bound Him, and led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the governor [of Judea, who had the authority to condemn prisoners to death].

3When Judas, His betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was gripped with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

4saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They replied, “What is that to us? See to that yourself!”

5And throwing the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary, he left; and went away and hanged himself.

6The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put these in the treasury [of the temple], because it is the price of blood.”

7So after consultation they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers.

8Therefore that piece of ground has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

9Then the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet were fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him on whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel;

10and they gave them for the Potter’s Field, as the Lord directed me.”