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By Jeremiah the prophet (dia Ieremiou). This quotation comes mainly from Zec 11:13 though not in exact language. In Jer 18:18 the prophet tells of a visit to a potter’s house and in Jer 32:6. of the purchase of a field. It is in Zechariah that the thirty pieces of silver are mentioned. Many theories are offered for the combination of Zechariah and Jeremiah and attributing it all to Jeremiah as in Mar 1:2. the quotation from Isaiah and Malachi is referred wholly to Isaiah as the more prominent of the two. Broadus and McNeile give a full discussion of the various theories from a mere mechanical slip to the one just given above. Matthew has here (Mat 27:10) “the field of the potter” (eis ton agron tou kerameōs) for “the potter the house of the Lord” in Zec 11:13. That makes it more parallel with the language of Mat 27:7.