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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
The
burial
-ground for strangers, outside of
Jerusalem
, bought with the betrayal
money
(
Matt. 27:7
7
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. (Matthew 27:7)
). [
ACELDAMA
.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The field that was bought with the thirty pieces of
silver
paid to
Judas
for the betrayal of the
Lord
is thus called (
Matt. 27:7-10
7
And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
9
Then 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;
10
And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. (Matthew 27:7‑10)
). It is added, “then was fulfilled that which was spoken by
Jeremy
the
prophet
.” Nothing is found in
Jeremiah
corresponding to the words quoted; but there is something similar in
Zechariah 11:12-13
12
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
13
And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. (Zechariah 11:12‑13)
. Jeremiah is said to have
spoken
the words; the reference therefore may be to something he had said, and not to what he had written. Or it is possible that as the Jews anciently placed Jeremiah at the
beginning
of the
Book
of
the Prophets
(
Ezekiel
, Isaiah, and the
twelve
minor prophets following), “Jeremiah” may have been a sort of heading for the whole. Zechariah is quoted in the
New
Testament
but never named there. See
ACELDAMA
.
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