Potter's Field

Matthew 27:1-10 1-2 In the first light of dawn, all the high priests and religious leaders met and put the finishing touches on their plot to kill Jesus. Then they tied him up and paraded him to Pilate, the governor.

3-4Judas, the one who betrayed him, realized that Jesus was doomed. Overcome with remorse, he gave back the thirty silver coins to the high priests, saying, "I've sinned. I've betrayed an innocent man."

They said, "What do we care? That's your problem!"

5Judas threw the silver coins into the Temple and left. Then he went out and hung himself.

6-10The high priests picked up the silver pieces, but then didn't know what to do with them. "It wouldn't be right to give this—a payment for murder!—as an offering in the Temple." They decided to get rid of it by buying the "Potter's Field" and use it as a burial place for the homeless. That's how the field got called "Murder Meadow," a name that has stuck to this day. Then Jeremiah's words became history:

They took the thirty silver pieces,
The price of the one priced by some sons of Israel,
And they purchased the potter's field.
And so they unwittingly followed the divine instructions to the letter.

Finishing touches on the plot...

makes it sound like a drama in motion. and indeed it all is isn't it.

Judas is overcome with remorse (He was sorry for what he had done)

Judas was sorry, he actually repented. But, he didn't make the next move. Turn to the master and seek forgiveness. In many ways Peter was just like Judas too. Both betrayed Jesus. Both were sorry for their sins but only one turned to the master and seeked His forgiveness. Judas was sorry but did not repent. He punished himself by hanging himself. People down the ages feel sorry for Judas saying, 'but he didn't have a choice. somebody had to be the bad guy here. Judas in a way was chosen. was prophecied about.' Yeah, he was prophecied about but only about the betrayal. not after that. Judas could have repented and been forgiven. How many people today do the same. Feel sorry for their sin are remorseful but do not repent.

The high priest actually were trying to do what was right! HAH! By not using the money given back by Judas to them to put into the treasury because get this... 'it was payment for murder'.

Can you imagine the irony in all these. these leaders of the law, who uphold the law of God to the detail, plot a murder, and not just any murder, murder of theand try to do right at the same time it seems. What a paradox.

The Potter's Field

Jeremiah's words became history.