Matthew 27:6 meaning and explanation
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Matthew 27:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Matthew has just told how Judas, filled with remorse, flung the thirty pieces of silver into the temple and hanged himself. The chief priests now gather up the coins but refuse to deposit them in the temple treasury, since the money is blood money, the price of a life.
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