Matthew 27:7

"The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the moral corruption of the chief priests who recognize that thirty pieces of silver, a price often associated with betrayal (as in the case of Judah's betrayal of Jesus), cannot be used for sacred purposes due to its association with blood money. This act underscores their willingness to disregard both the sanctity of God’s temple and the justness of Christ's cause.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 7. And they took counsel, etc. They consulted among themselves about the proper way to dispose of this money. And bought with them. In Ac 1:18, it is said of Judas that he "purchased a field with the reward of iniquity." By the passage in the Acts is meant no more than that he furnished the means, or was the occasion of purchasing the field. It is not of necessity implied that Judas actually made the contract, and paid down the money to buy a field to bury strangers in--a thing which would be in itself very improbable; but that it was by his means that the field was purchased.

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