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3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Him [to the Jewish leaders], when he saw that Jesus had been condemned to die, changed his mind [i.e., about betraying Him] and brought back the thirty silver coins [Note: See Matt. 26:15 for the amount of money involved] to the leading priests and [Jewish] elders,
4 saying, “I have sinned by delivering up an innocent man to die.” But they replied, “What is that to us? It is your affair!”
5 And he threw down the thirty silver coins in the Sanctuary [i.e., probably the outer area of the Temple], then left and went out and hanged himself.
6 The leading priests took the silver coins and said, “It is not permissible by the law of Moses to put this money in the Temple treasury, since it is the price [paid] for [taking] a life.
7 So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy “The Potter’s Field” with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.
8 So, that field is called, “The Field of Blood” to this day.
9 [Thus the prophecy] spoken by Jeremiah, the prophet [Note: The passage actually appears to be Zech. 11:12-13], was fulfilled which said, “And they took the thirty silver coins, the amount charged for Him on whom certain Israelites had set a price,