Thematic Bible: Purchased
Thematic Bible
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Purchased
(Now this man [Judas] paid for [in a sense] a [burial] field with the reward money he had received for his sinful act [of betraying Jesus, See Matt. 27:3-10]. [Then, some time after Judas hanged himself, See Matt. 27:5] he fell down headlong, [his swollen body] bursting so that his intestines gushed out.
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So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.
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Then all of them, in the same way, began to excuse themselves [from attending]. The first one said to the host, 'I just bought some land and I need to go out and look it over, so please excuse me [from attending the supper].'
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Miraculous gifts of the holy ghost » Were not to be » Purchased
But Peter said to him, "You and your money will both be destroyed for thinking you could buy the gift from God with money.
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