Focused Passage

Matthew 27:3-10

Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded

Matthew 27 moves from Jesus handed over to Pilate, to Judas’s remorse over innocent blood, to Pilate’s trial and the release of Barabbas, to the soldiers’ mock coronation, to the crucifixion at Golgotha, to the public mockery of the crucified King, to darkness and Jesus’ cry of forsakenness, to his death and cosmic-temple signs, to Gentile confession and women’s witness, to burial by Joseph, and finally to the sealed and guarded tomb.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

3 When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

5 So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

6 The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

7 After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

9 Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

10 and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 3

Original words

When Τότε G5119 Adverb Judas Ἰούδας G2455 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular who G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular had betrayed Him παραδιδοὺς* G3860 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular . . . αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular saw ἰδὼν G3708 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction [Jesus] was condemned κατεκρίθη G2632 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular he was filled with remorse μεταμεληθεὶς G3338 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular [and] returned ἔστρεψεν G4762 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural thirty τριάκοντα G5144 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural pieces of silver ἀργύρια G694 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural to the τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural chief priests ἀρχιερεῦσιν G749 Noun - Dative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction elders πρεσβυτέροις G4245 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 4

Original words

I have sinned Ἥμαρτον G264 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular by betraying παραδοὺς G3860 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular innocent ἀθῷον G121 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular blood αἷμα G129 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular he said λέγων G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular What [is that] Τί G5101 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular to πρὸς G4314 Preposition us ἡμᾶς G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural - δὲ G1161 Conjunction - Οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural they replied εἶπαν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural You σὺ G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular bear the responsibility ὄψῃ G3708 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular
Verse 5

Original words

So Καὶ G2532 Conjunction [Judas] threw ῥίψας G4496 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular the τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural silver ἀργύρια G694 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural into εἰς G1519 Preposition the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular temple ναὸν G3485 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular and left ἀνεχώρησεν G402 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Then he went away ἀπελθὼν G565 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction hanged himself ἀπήγξατο G519 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 6

Original words

- δὲ G1161 Conjunction The Οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural chief priests ἀρχιερεῖς G749 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural picked up λαβόντες G2983 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural the τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural pieces of silver ἀργύρια G694 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural [and] said εἶπαν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural vvv Οὐκ G3756 Adverb It is unlawful ἔξεστιν G1832 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular to put βαλεῖν G906 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active this αὐτὰ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural into εἰς G1519 Preposition the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular treasury κορβανᾶν G2878 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular since ἐπεὶ G1893 Conjunction it is ἐστιν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular blood αἵματός G129 Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular money τιμὴ G5092 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 7

Original words

[After] δὲ G1161 Conjunction conferring together λαβόντες G2983 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural . . . συμβούλιον G4824 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular [they used] ἐξ G1537 Preposition [the money] αὐτῶν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Neuter 3rd Person Plural to buy ἠγόρασαν G59 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular vvv τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular potter’s κεραμέως G2763 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular field ἀγρὸν G68 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular as εἰς G1519 Preposition a burial place ταφὴν G5027 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular for τοῖς G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Plural foreigners ξένοις G3581 Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Verse 8

Original words

That is why διὸ G1352 Conjunction - ἐκεῖνος G1565 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular [it] ἀγρὸς G68 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular has been called ἐκλήθη G2564 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular the Field Ἀγρὸς G68 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular of Blood αἵματος G129 Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular to ἕως G2193 Preposition - τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular this day σήμερον G4594 Adverb
Verse 9

Original words

Then τότε G5119 Adverb what τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular was spoken ῥηθὲν G2046 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular through διὰ G1223 Preposition Jeremiah Ἰερεμίου G2408 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular the τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular prophet προφήτου G4396 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular was fulfilled ἐπληρώθη G4137 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular - λέγοντος G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular - Καὶ G2532 Conjunction They took ἔλαβον G2983 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural the τὰ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Plural thirty τριάκοντα G5144 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural pieces of silver ἀργύρια G694 Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular price τιμὴν G5092 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular set on Him τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular . . . τετιμημένου G5091 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular . . . ὃν G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular . . . ἐτιμήσαντο G5091 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural by ἀπὸ G575 Preposition [the] people υἱῶν G5207 Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural of Israel Ἰσραήλ G2474 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 10

Original words

and καὶ G2532 Conjunction they gave ἔδωκαν G1325 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural them αὐτὰ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural for εἰς G1519 Preposition the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular vvv τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular potter’s κεραμέως G2763 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular field ἀγρὸν G68 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular as καθὰ G2505 Adverb [the] Lord Κύριος G2962 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular had commanded συνέταξέν G4929 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular me μοι G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular

BSB notes

  • See Jeremiah 19:1–15, Jeremiah 32:6–9, and Zechariah 11:12–13.

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