Mateo 27:1-21 RVA

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:1-10

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 how they can have Jesus sentenced to death, followed by Judas coming to them and returning the blood money. They then try to repudiate their guilt, and finally act in such a way that they actually ‘fill to the full’ a prophecy which points to God’s coming vengeance on them for what they have done. The... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:1-26

The Chief Priest and Elders Bring about the Crucifixion of Jesus By Manipulation: The Remorse of Judas and The Trial of Jesus Before Pilate (27:1-26). In this new subsection Matthew lays great stress on the part played by the Chief Priests and Elders in bringing about a verdict against Jesus, and emphasises their evil motive, their blood guilt and the blood guilt of the people of Jerusalem, in contrast with the total innocence of Jesus, using the account of Judas’ blood guilt and remorse, and... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:2

‘And they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor.’ Jesus is again put in bonds (compare John 18:12). This may well have been in order to impress Pilate with how dangerous He was. A bound man, who had also been roughed up, looked so much more sinister. And then He was led away and delivered up to Pilate the governor for judgment (compare Matthew 20:19). Matthew then introduces an incident concerning Judas, (not necessarily in chronological order), which will... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:3

‘Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,’ All that Matthew feels about Judas comes out here. ‘Judas who betrayed Him.’ It says all that needs to be said. Then he describes Judas’ actions following the betrayal. When he saw that Jesus was condemned he had a complete change of heart, and filled with regret and remorse he brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the Chief... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:4

‘Saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.” Meeting with the Chief Priest’s representatives he declared to them that he had sinned in betraying innocent blood. Compare Deuteronomy 27:25 where a curse is pronounced on the one who betrays innocent blood. Thus Judas no doubt belatedly recognised that he had come under that curse. We can, however, also compare 1 Samuel 19:5 where to kill David is to sin against innocent blood, how... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:5

‘And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed, and he went away and hanged himself.’. Having failed to persuade the Chief Priests to accept the money back, which would have been tantamount to thereby admitting that they shared his guilt, Judas took the next best step and brought the money to the Sanctuary. It was a recognised method of repudiating a transaction that when the price could not be handed back to the original party to a contract within the deadline... read more

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

‘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, who had paid the price of blood out of the Temple treasury, now became awfully pious. It was one thing betraying and destroying an innocent man, but they felt that it would be a gross sin to break the Temple rules. Thus they had the pieces of silver gathered up, piously indicated that as blood money it could not go into the Treasury... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:7

‘And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.’ So they then discussed the matter together, and finally came up with the idea of buying ‘the potter’s field’ which had come up for sale, and could be used for burying non-Jews in. The field may simply have been popularly named this, having at some stage been used by potters, or it may in fact have belonged to a well known potter. Alternatively it may have been the site of a one-time clay quarry in the Valley... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:8

‘For which reason that field was called, the field of blood, to this day.’ ‘For which reason’ might look back to the decision of the Chief Priests, or it may look back on the whole story. The name ‘field of blood’ might well have piously been given to it by the now ultra-pious Chief Priests in recognition of where its purchase price had come from. It sounds like a typical piece of false piety. But more popularly, in the public imagination, the name may well have also been seen as pointing to... read more

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:9-10

‘Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him who was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel did price, and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.” Surveying what had happened Matthew, or his sources, now recognised in them a deep significance. It brought to their minds a number of prophecies, one in Zechariah, and two in Jeremiah. This practise of stringing prophecies... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:1-10

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:1-26

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:3

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:5

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:7

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 27:9-10

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