Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 27:6
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the (b) treasury, because it is the price (c) of blood.
(b) The treasury of the temple.
(c) Of life and death.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the (b) treasury, because it is the price (c) of blood.
(b) The treasury of the temple.
(c) Of life and death.
Verse Matthew 27:6. _THE TREASURY_] κορβαναν - 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...
IT 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 considere...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
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.*,...
When Judas the traitor saw that Jesus had been condemned, he repented, and he brought the thirty shekels back to the chief priests and the elders. "I have sinned, he said, "for I have betrayed an inno...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
BECAUSE. since....
_into the treasury_ "Into the Corban" in the original. For the prohibition cp. Deuteronomy 23:18....
THE REMORSE OF JUDAS. HE RETURNS THE SILVER SHEKELS. THE USE MADE OF THEM Peculiar to St Matthew....
ΕἸΣ ΤῸΝ ΚΟΡΒΑΝΑ͂Ν. For the prohibition cp. Deuteronomy 23:18....
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ΛΑΒΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать, ΈΞΕΣΤΙΝ (G1832) _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΞΕΙΜΙ законно, ΒΆΛΕΙ v _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать, класть, ΚΟΡΒΑΝΆΣ (G2878) хра...
THE TREASURY, &C.— Κορβαναν : the place where the gifts set apart for the service of the temple, and for other pious uses, were deposited, 2 Kings 12:10. Mark 12:41. Such an offering as this _price of...
SECTION 73 JESUS IS TRIED BY PILATE, CONDEMNED AND SCOURGED (Parallels: Mark 15:2-20; Luke 23:1-25; John 18:28 to John 19:16) TEXT: 27:
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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. AND THE CHIEF PRIESTS TOOK THE SILVER PIECES, AND SAID,...
27:6 Corban, (c-21) The treasury of the temple. see Mark 7:11 . For 'since' see Note, ch. 18.32....
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
END OF JUDAS (see Acts 1:18). The divergences of the two accounts of the end of Judas are well known. In St. Matthew he hangs himself; in Acts he is killed by a fall. In St. Matthew the priests buy a...
IT IS NOT LAWFUL] An argument from Deuteronomy 23:18. THE TREASURY] lit. 'the Corbanas,' so called because what was placed in it was 'Corban,' i.e. given to God: see John 8:20....
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_Corbona. A place in the temple, where the people put in their gifts or offerings. (Challoner)_...
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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....
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Matthew 27:6 But G1161 priests G749 took G2983 (G5631) pieces G694 said G2036 (G5627) is G1832 not...
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