Matthew 27:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Matthew 27:6 - Albert 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 co...
Matthew 27:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the (b) treasury, because it is the price (c) of blood. (b) The treasury of the temple. (c) Of life and...
Matthew 27:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Death of Judas. Mt. only, but for a variant account see Acts 1:18 f. This section breaks the narrative, and its historicity is not beyond question. The evangelist has in mind Zechariah 11:12...
Matthew 27:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because . since.
Matthew 27:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. It is not lawful for us to throw it into the treasury. Hence it plainly appears that hypocrites, by attending to nothing more than the outward appearance, are guilty of gross trifling wit...
Matthew 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The treasury - Κορβαναν - the place whither the people br...
Matthew 27:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The treasury, &c.— Κορβαναν : the place where the gifts set apart for the service of the temple, and for other pious uses, were deposited, 2 Kings 12:10 . Mark 12:41-42 . Such an offering as...
Matthew 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and...
Matthew 27:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Matthew 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury. — The Greek for the last word is the Corban, or sacred treasure-chest of the Temple, into which no foreign coins were admitted, and from which th...
Matthew 27:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
Matthew 27:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Betrayer's Remorse and Suicide Matthew 27:1-10 It was the very early morning when Jesus was led off to Pilate, for he was on the cross by nine. Judas apparently watched the scene from afar....
Matthew 27:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out...
Matthew 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. (5) And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went...
Matthew 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
Matthew 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 6. It is not lawful, &c. ] They would not su...
Matthew 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the chief priests took the silver pieces They refused to receive them from Judas, for fear, perhaps, of taking thereby the whole guilt of the murder of Christ upon themselves, which they wished...
Matthew 27:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to t...
Matthew 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Repentance of Judas; The Confession of Judas; The Death of Judas; Disposal of the Thirty Pieces of Silver. 1 When the mornin...
Matthew 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God, Deuteronomy 23:18 , had forbidden to bring the price of a whore, or a dog, into the temple; this they had interpreted of all filthy gain: upon which they thus determine, that it was not lawfu...
Matthew 27:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Chief Priests and Elders Seek To Have Jesus Sentenced To Death And Judas Returns The Blood Money and Hangs Himself (27:1-10). The chapter commences with the Chief Priests and Elders seeking ho...
Matthew 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:2 . Pontius Pilate. —Must have belonged, by birth or adoption, to the gens of the Pontii, one of whom, C. Pontius Telesinus, had been the leader of the Samnites in th...
Matthew 27:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:6-7 The Field of Blood. I. The whole history of the transaction whereby our Saviour was betrayed into the hands of His enemies is brimful of awful interest and solemn edification. Firs...
Matthew 27:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance bef...
Matthew 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then Judas, which had betrayed Him, when he saw that He was condemned. Judas and the priests-end of evil association Men join hand in hand for a wicked object, out of which they hope for common...
Matthew 27:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come. This is the e...
Matthew 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
Matthew 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 23:18 ; Isaiah 61:8 ; John 18:28 ; Luke 6:7-9 ; Matthew 23:24

Matthew 27:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 27:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 27:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 27:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 27:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 27:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 27:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 27:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 27:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge