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Andδὲafter takingλαβόντεςcounsel,συμβούλιονthey boughtἠγόρασανwithἐξthemαὐτῶνthe Potter’sτοῦ ΚεραμέωςFieldτὸν Ἀγρὸνasεἰςa burial placeταφὴνfor the foreigners.τοῖς ξένοις
Matthew 27:7
Study it in the app“And after taking counsel, they bought with them the Potter’s Field as a burial place for the foreigners.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 27:7, word by word
- after takingλαβόντεςlabontes
take
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labontes” appears- counselσυμβούλιονsymboulion
counsel
Agreeing together to act.
Where else “symboulion” appears- they boughtἠγόρασανēgorasan
buy
To give money in exchange for something, at the market or to its owner.
Where else “ēgorasan” appears- the Potter’sΚεραμέωςKerameōs
potter
Potter.
Where else “Kerameōs” appears- FieldἈγρὸνAgron
field
Land that is sown or worked and belongs to someone.
Where else “Agron” appears- a burial placeταφὴνtaphēn
burial
Burial; "burial place".
Where else “taphēn” appears- for the foreignersξένοιςxenois
stranger
Someone from another land or foreign to the place; or something unknown.
Where else “xenois” appears
The context
6But the high priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Therefore that field has been called Field of Blood to this day.
To study Matthew 27 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pilate ask Jesus, and how did Jesus answer (v. 11)?
2. What it means
What happened when Jesus died, and what did the centurion and those with him say (vv. 50–54)?
3. How I live it
Joseph of Arimathea asked for Jesus' body and buried it with care (vv. 57–60). What gesture of respect can you offer someone grieving?