Matthew 27:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

bought. purchased with money in the market. In Acts 1:18, the word is not agorazo, as here, but ktaomai = acquired as. possession by purchase. Acts 1:18 refers to quite another transaction. See App-161. There is no "discrepancy" except that which is created by inattention to the Greek words used.

with. out of. Greek. ek. App-104.

field. Greek. agros, not chorion =. small holding, as in Acts 1:18.

to bury strangers in. for (Greek. eis. App-104.). burying ground (Greek. taphe. Occurs only here) for foreigners.

Matthew 27:7

7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.