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Mat_27:7 f. Ἠγόρασαν ] It is not said that they did so immediately; but the purchase took place shortly after, according to Act_1:18.
τὸν ἀγρὸν τοῦ κεραμ .] the field of the potter, the field which had previously belonged to some well-known potter. Whether the latter had used the field for the purpose of digging clay, it is impossible to determine.
εἰς ταφὴν τ . ξένοις ] as a burying-place for the strangers, namely, such foreign Jews (proselytes included) as happened to die when on a visit to Jerusalem; not Gentiles (Paulus), who, had they been intended, would have been indicated more specifically.
διό ] because it had been bought with the τιμὴ αἵματος above (Mat_27:6).
ἀγρὸς αἵματος ] çÂ÷Çì ãÌÀîÈà , Act_1:18, where, however, the name is traced to a different origin. On the place which in accordance with tradition is still pointed out as the field here referred to, see Robinson, II. p. 178 ff.; Tobler, Topogr.