Matthew 27:3-10

The Death of Judas. Mt. only, but for a variant account see Acts 1:18 f. This section breaks the narrative, and its historicity is not beyond question. The evangelist has in mind Zechariah 11:12 f.*, which he curiously attributes to Jeremiah, influenced perhaps by Jeremiah 32:6; Jeremiah 18:2. There was in Jerusalem a cemetery for strangers, or more likely for criminals, known as the field of blood (possibly before it was so used it had been called the potter's field), and the story here given is the Christian explanation of the name.

Matthew 27:5. treasury: cf. mg. of Zechariah 11:13. The difference in Heb. is between ô tsâ r-' and yô tsç r.

Matthew 27:6. Cf. Deuteronomy 23:18.

Matthew 27:9 f. The story has influenced the text just as the original text influenced and modelled the story.

Matthew 27:10. they gave: read I gave (mg.).