Thematic Bible: Land purchased


Thematic Bible




This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.) Verse ConceptsProperty, LandReward, HumanTreacheryDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfReal EstateBowelsPeople Torn To PiecesPeople TumblingHurt And Betrayal

They decided to use the silver to buy the potter's field. This would be a place to bury strangers. Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

They all made excuses one after another. The first one told the servant: 'I bought a field and must go and look at it. Please accept my apologies.' Verse ConceptsComplacencyBuying and sellingLove, Abuse OfReal EstateGuest Rooms

He bought the piece of land on which he pitched his tents. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of silver. Verse ConceptsProperty, LandSilverTentsReal EstateLarge Denominations

I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son. I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of silver. Verse ConceptsCoinageReal EstateWeighing