Matthew 27:6

Matthew 27:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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.
• New International Version (NIV)The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood.”

Context of Matthew 27:6

4He said to them, ‘I have done the wrong thing. I helped you to take hold of a man who has done nothing wrong.’ They said to Judas, ‘That is not important to us. That is your problem.’ 5So Judas took the money and he threw it down on the floor in the temple. Then he went away. He hung himself from a rope so that he died. The leaders of the priests picked up the coins. They said, ‘We used this money to catch and kill a man. So it is against our Law to use this same money for the temple.’ 7They decided to use the money to buy a field. They wanted to use the field to bury foreign people who died in the city. The field had been called ‘The Pot-maker's Field’. 8After this, it was called ‘The Field of Blood’. It is still called that even today.

Matthew 27:6 word by word

Οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς λαβόντες τὰ ἀργύρια εἶπαν· οὐκ ἔξεστιν βαλεῖν αὐτὰ εἰς τὸν κορβανᾶν ἐπεὶ τιμὴ αἵματός ἐστιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the chief priestsἀρχιερεύςarchiereus · high-priestG749
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• the silver piecesἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• It isβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• notοὐou · noG3756
• lawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• for to putβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the treasuryκορβᾶνkorban korbanas · CorbanG2878
• becauseἐπείepei · sinceG1893
• it isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the priceτιμήtimē · honorG5092
• of bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129

Cross-references for Matthew 27:6

• Matthew 23:24You are like blind people, but you show other people which way to go. You carefully take a small fly out of your water so that you do not drink it. But then you drink the large animal that is swimming in it!
• Luke 6:7Some teachers of God's Law and some Pharisees were watching Jesus carefully. They wanted to find a reason to say that he was doing something wrong. So they watched Jesus to see if he would make the man well on the day of rest.
• John 18:28The Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Roman ruler's big house. It was early in the morning. The Jewish leaders wanted to follow the Jewish rules so that they could eat the Passover meal. They did not go into the ruler's house, because it would have made them unclean.
• Deuteronomy 23:18You must not bring the money that people pay to these prostitutes into the Lord's temple. Do not use it to offer a gift that you have promised to the Lord your God. He hates prostitutes, both men and women.
• Isaiah 61:8I, the Lord, love justice. I hate it when people rob others, or they do other wrong things. Because I am faithful, I will give help to my people. I will make a covenant with them that will continue for ever.

Commentaries on Matthew 27:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The treasury - - the place whither the people brought their free-will offerings for the service of the temple, so called from the Hebrew קרבן korban, An Offering, from קרב karab, he drew nigh, because the person who brought the gift came nigh to that place where God manifested his glory between the cherubim, over the mercy-seat in the most holy place. It is from this idea that the phrase to draw nigh to God is taken, which is so frequently used in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6It is not lawful … - It was forbidden Deuteronomy 23:18 to take what was esteemed as an abomination and to offer it to God. The price of blood - that is, of the life of a man - they justly considered as an improper and unlawful offering. The treasury - The “treasury” was kept in the court of the women. See plan of the temple, Matthew 21:12. It was composed of a number of small “chests” placed in different parts of the “courts” to receive the voluntary…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-10There are two stories about Judas's death. This one and the one found in Acts 1:18–19. There are differences between the two stories: Matthew says the priests bought the field (Matthew 27:6–7), but Acts suggests Judas bought it (Acts 1:18). Matthew says Judas hanged himself by hanging (Matthew 27:5). Acts says he fell and his body burst open (Acts 1:18). Matthew says the field of blood was named for its use as a burial place (Matthew 27:7–8). Acts says it…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury--"the Corban," or chest containing the money dedicated to sacred purposes (see on Mt 15:5). because it is the price of blood--How scrupulous now! But those punctilious scruples made them unconsciously fulfil the Scripture.Read the comment

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• Bribery
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Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings