SEV Biblia, Chapter 27:7
Mas habido consejo, compraron con ellas el campo del alfarero, por sepultura para los extranjeros.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 27:7
Verse 7. To bury strangers in.] toiv xenoiv, the strangers, probably meaning, as some learned men conjecture, the Jewish strangers who might have come to Jerusalem, either to worship, or on some other business, and died there during their stay. See here, the very money for which the blessed Jesus was sold becomes subservient to the purpose of mercy and kindness! The bodies of strangers have a place of rest in the field purchased by the price at which his life was valued, and the souls of strangers and foreigners have a place of rest and refuge in his blood which was shed as a ransom price for the salvation of the whole world.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. And they took counsel , etc.] With one another, considered of the matter, and deliberated about it a while; and at last came to a resolution, and bought with them the potters field, to bury strangers in : a field of no great value, or it could not have been bought so near Jerusalem for so small a sum as thirty pieces of silver. Grotiuss conjecture seems to be a good one, that it was a field the potter had dug up for his use, and had made the most of it; so that it was good for nothing, but for the purpose for which these men bought it, to bury strangers in: either such as were not of their own nation, as the Roman soldiers, many of which were among them, and who they did not suffer to be buried among them; or proselytes, or such as came from distant parts, at their three festivals, many of whom may be supposed to die at such times: now by this act of humanity in providing for the interment of strangers, they designed, and hoped to have covered their wickedness in bargaining with Judas to betray innocent blood, for this sure of money; but it was so ordered by divine providence, that this became a public and lasting memorial of their sin and infamy: for it follows, Ver. 8. Wherefore that field was called , etc.] Not by the priests and elders, but by the common people, who knew by what money it was purchased, the field of blood ; or Aceldama, which so signifies, as in ( Acts 1:19), not called the field of the priests, the purchasers; nor the field of the strangers, for whom it was bought; but the field of blood, being purchased with that money, for which innocent blood was betrayed; and this name it bore unto this day ; in which Matthew wrote his Gospel, about eight years after, as is thought. Jerom says, that in his time this field was shown on the south side of Mount Sion.
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
συμβουλιον 4824 N-ASN δε 1161 CONJ λαβοντες 2983 5631 V-2AAP-NPM ηγορασαν 59 5656 V-AAI-3P εξ 1537 PREP αυτων 846 P-GPN τον 3588 T-ASM αγρον 68 N-ASM του 3588 T-GSM κεραμεως 2763 N-GSM εις 1519 PREP ταφην 5027 N-ASF τοις 3588 T-DPM ξενοις 3581 A-DPM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
27:7 {The potter's field} (tou agrou tou keramews). Grotius suggests that it was a small field where potter's clay was obtained, like a brickyard (Broadus). Otherwise we do not know why the name exists. In #Ac 1:18 we have another account of the death of Judas by bursting open (possibly falling after hanging himself) after he obtained the field by the wages of iniquity. But it is possible that ektsato there refers to the rabbinical use of _Korban_, that the money was still that of Judas though he was dead and so he really "acquired" the field by his blood-money.
