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Matthew 27:6
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The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”
And the chiefe Priests tooke the siluer pieces, and said, It is not lawfull for to put them into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.
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.
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money."
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them in the temple treasury, since it is money paid for blood."
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, "Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man's death."
The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood."
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood."
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."
The chief priests picked up the money and said, "This money was paid to have a man killed. We can't put it in the temple treasury."
The head cohanim took the silver coins and said, "It is prohibited to put this into the Temple treasury, because it is blood money."
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is [the] price of blood.
The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple. They said, "Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because this money has paid for a man's death."
And the chiefe Priestes tooke the siluer pieces, and sayde, It is not lawfull for vs to put them into the treasure, because it is the price of bloud.
The high priests took the silver and said, It is not lawful to put it in the house of offerings, because it is the price of blood.
The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "This is blood money, and it is against our Law to put it in the Temple treasury."
But the chief priests took the silver coins and said, "It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is blood money."
And taking the pieces of silver, the chief priests said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.
The chief Kohanim took the pieces of silver, and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."
The high priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, because it is blood money."
But the chief priests took up the silver, and said, It is not lawful that we throw it into the place of offering, because it is the price of blood.
And the chief priests took up the silver, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer, and sayde: It is not lawfull for to put the into the treasurie, because it is the price of blood.
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."
And the chief priests taking the pieces of silver, said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."
And the princis of prestis token the siluer, and seide, It is not leueful to putte it in to the treserie, for it is the prijs of blood.
And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."
But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because they are the price of blood."
The leading priests picked up the coins. "It wouldn't be right to put this money in the Temple treasury," they said, "since it was payment for murder."
The head religious leaders took the money. They said, "It is against the Law to put this money in the house of God. This money has bought blood."
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money."
But, the High-priests, taking the pieces of silver, said - It is not allowed, to cast them into the treasury; since, a price of blood, they are.
But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.
But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since they are blood money."
And the chefe prestes toke the sylver plattes and sayd: it is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasury because it is the pryce of bloud.
And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'
So the hye prestes toke the syluer pens, and sayde: It is not laufull to put them in to the Gods chest, for it is bloudmoney.
but the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, it is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn't know what to do with them. "It wouldn't be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple." They decided to get rid of it by buying the "Potter's Field" and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That's how the field got called "Murder Meadow," a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah's words became history: They took the thirty silver pieces, The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel, And they purchased the potter's field. And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.
The segundos in the church picked up the money and said, "We can't even use this for our church bank account because it's blood money."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
It is not: Matthew 23:24, Luke 6:7-9, John 18:28
to put: Deuteronomy 23:18, Isaiah 61:8
because: The Jews considered it was strictly forbidden by the Divine law to bring any filthy or iniquitous gain into the temple. For this reason they now refused to allow this money to be placed in the chest in the temple, amongst the former contributions for its repairs. In this, they were right enough, but by the very act of refusing this money, they proved themselves to be gross perverters of the spirit of God's requirements: they saw not that it was much less lawful for them, who had hired Judas to this sordid action, to be employed in the service of the temple. Those that "bear the vessels of the Lord," ought to be holy. Thus our Lord's words, "Ye blind guides! ye strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
Reciprocal: Joshua 6:19 - the treasury 2 Kings 21:16 - Manasseh Mark 12:41 - sat Luke 21:1 - the treasury John 8:20 - in the treasury
Cross-References
Now Isaac loved [and favored] Esau, because he enjoyed eating his game, but Rebekah loved [and favored] Jacob.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the chief priests took the silver pieces,.... Off of the ground, after Judas was gone, no other daring to meddle with them; for in any other it would have been deemed sacrilege; and they being the proper persons to take care and dispose of money brought into the temple: and if not, their covetous disposition would have moved them to take up the money:
and said, one to another, it is not lawful to put them into the treasury, or "Corban"; as the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions leave the word untranslated: and which is the place where the offerings for the repair and service of the temple were put, and is the same into which Christ beheld the people casting their money,
Mark 12:41. Josephus u observes, that
"there was, with the Jews, an holy treasure, which is called "Corbonas";''
and this is the ×ש×ת ×קר××, "the chamber of the Korban", of which the Jews make mention w: the reason the high priests give why it was not lawful to put this money into the treasury, or into any of the chests in the "Corban" chamber, was,
because it is the price of blood. Thus they strained at a gnat, and swallowed a camel. It is highly probable, that they took this selfsame money out of the treasury to buy this blood with, and yet scruple to put it in, having bought it: and besides, they made no hesitation about seeking for, and shedding this innocent blood, and yet boggle at putting this money into the "Corban", because it was the price of it; proceeding upon the same reason as the law in
Deuteronomy 23:18 does, pretending much religion, and great veneration for holy pieces and things, when they made no conscience of committing the most flagitious crimes.
u De Bello Jud. l. 2. c. 9. sect. 3. w Misn. Middot, c. 1. sect, 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 considered as an improper and unlawful offering.
The treasury - The âtreasuryâ was kept in the court of the women. See plan of the temple, Matthew 21:12. It was composed of a number of small âchestsâ placed in different parts of the âcourtsâ to receive the voluntary offerings of the people, as well as the half shekel required of every Jew. The original word rendered here as âtreasuryâ contains the notion of an âoffering to God.â What was given there was considered as an offering made to him.
The price of blood - The life is in the âblood.â See the notes at Romans 3:25. The word âbloodâ here means the same as âlife.â The price of blood means the price by which the life of a man has been purchased. This was an acknowledgment that in their view Jesus was innocent. They had bought him, not condemned him justly. It is remarkable that they were so scrupulous now about so small a matter, comparatively, as putting this money in the treasury, when they had no remorse about âmurdering an innocentâ man, and crucifying him who had given full evidence that he was the Messiah. People are often very scrupulous in âsmallâ matters, who stick not at great crimes.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 27:6. The treasury — κοÏβαναν - the place whither the people brought their free-will offerings for the service of the temple, so called from the Hebrew קר×× korban, AN OFFERING, from ×§×¨× karab, he drew nigh, because the person who brought the gift came nigh to that place where God manifested his glory between the cherubim, over the mercy-seat in the most holy place. It is from this idea that the phrase to draw nigh to God is taken, which is so frequently used in the sacred writings.
Because it is the price of blood. — "What hypocrites, as one justly exclaims, to adjudge an innocent man to death, and break the eternal laws of justice and mercy without scruple, and to be, at the same time, so very nice in their attention to a ceremonial direction of the law of Moses! Thus it is that the devil often deludes many, even among the priests, by a false and superstitious tenderness or conscience in things indifferent, while calumny, envy, oppression of the innocent, and a conformity to the world, give them no manner of trouble or disturbance." See Quesnel.
