SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:10
y las dieron para el campo del alfarero, como me orden el Seor.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And gave them for the potters field , etc.] In the prophet it is, and I cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord, ( Zechariah 11:13); whereas here it is, they gave them; but the word Matthew uses may be rendered, I gave, as it is by the Syriac; and as the last words require it should, as the Lord commanded me; otherwise there will be no coherence between them: and whereas the thirty pieces of silver are, in the prophet, said to be cast, or given to the potter, and here, for the potters field, there is no contradiction: the plain sense is, that they were given to the potter, as a valuable consideration for his field: and whereas it is added, in the house of the Lord, which the evangelist does not cite the reason is, because this money was first cast down in the temple by Judas, and after being taken up by the priests, they covenanted with the potter for his field, and paid him for it with this money in the sanctuary. The evangelist, instead of this last clause, puts, as the Lord commanded me ; which have made some think, that there should: be a different reading; and that instead of tyb , the house, it should be read tdk , according to the commandment: but there is no need to suppose this: the evangelist is justified in the use of this phrase, by what is said in the prophet in the beginning of ( Zechariah 11:13), and the Lord said unto me: and this is only a transposition and explanation, according to a rule the Jews have, whrdw arqmh srs , invert, or transpose the Scripture, and explain it f1646 . Should it be said that the Messiah, and not the betrayer, nor the priests, is said to cast this money to the potter, or give it for the potters field; it may be replied, that Jesus may be said to do that which Judas, and the chief priests did; because, by his almighty power and providence, he overruled those things for good, which in themselves were evil. Judas thought to have converted the money to his own use, and the priests would have been glad to have taken it again to themselves; but Christ obliged Judas to carry back the money to the priests, and cast it into the temple, and worked upon the minds of the priests, not to put it into the treasury, but to buy the potters field with it, whereby the prophecy, in its literal sense, was fully accomplished.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - Wicked men see little of the consequences of their crimes when the commit them, but they must answer for them all. In the fullest manne Judas acknowledged to the chief priests that he had sinned, an betrayed an innocent person. This was full testimony to the characte of Christ; but the rulers were hardened. Casting down the money, Juda departed, and went and hanged himself, not being able to bear the terror of Divine wrath, and the anguish of despair. There is littl doubt but that the death of Judas was before that of our blessed Lord But was it nothing to them that they had thirsted after this blood, an hired Judas to betray it, and had condemned it to be shed unjustly Thus do fools make a mock at sin. Thus many make light of Chris crucified. And it is a common instance of the deceitfulness of ou hearts, to make light of our own sin by dwelling upon other people' sins. But the judgment of God is according to truth. Many apply thi passage of the buying the piece of ground, with the money Judas brough back, to signify the favour intended by the blood of Christ to strangers, and sinners of the Gentiles. It fulfilled a prophecy, Ze 11:12. Judas went far toward repentance, yet it was not to salvation He confessed, but not to God; he did not go to him, and say, I have sinned, Father, against heaven. Let none be satisfied with such partia convictions as a man may have, and yet remain full of pride, enmity and rebellion.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εδωκαν 1325 5656 V-AAI-3P αυτα 846 P-APN εις 1519 PREP τον 3588 T-ASM αγρον 68 N-ASM του 3588 T-GSM κεραμεως 2763 N-GSM καθα 2505 ADV συνεταξεν 4929 5656 V-AAI-3S μοι 3427 P-1DS κυριος 2962 N-NSM
