Mathew 27:3-8 NIV
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty [a]pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to that yourself!” 5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7 And they conferred together and [b]with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. 8 For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Acts 1: 18-19 NIV
(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
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In all my reading of the bible I had never noticed these verses, I am posting this for two reasons.
1) To make christians aware of what the bible says.
2) To ask for insight among christians as to how they reconcile these verses in respect to the harmony of the gospels and the inerrancy of scripture.
Is this not giving two contradictory accounts concerning who bought potter's field with the thirty pieces of silver?
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty [a]pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to that yourself!” 5 And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.” 7 And they conferred together and [b]with the money bought the Potter’s Field as a burial place for strangers. 8 For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Acts 1: 18-19 NIV
(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
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In all my reading of the bible I had never noticed these verses, I am posting this for two reasons.
1) To make christians aware of what the bible says.
2) To ask for insight among christians as to how they reconcile these verses in respect to the harmony of the gospels and the inerrancy of scripture.
Is this not giving two contradictory accounts concerning who bought potter's field with the thirty pieces of silver?