New Testament “Confusion” about the phantasmagoric Judas
AND, WHO BOUGHT THE FAMOUS (BLOOD) FIELD?
NEW TESTAMENT answer #1: The chief priests bought the field.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. (Matthew 27:6–7)
NEW TESTAMENT answer # 2: Judas bought the field.
Now this man [Judas] purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; (Acts 1:18)
AND, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAMOUS COINS?
NEW TESTAMENT answer #1: Judas threw down the money and left.
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,… (Matthew 27:5)
