5. Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
6. The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”
7. After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter’s field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners.
8. That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood.
9. This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says,“They took the thirty pieces of silver—the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel,
10. and purchased the potter’s field,as the lord directed.”
11. Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the king of the Jews?” the governor asked him.Jesus replied, “You have said it.”
12. But when the leading priests and the elders made their accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.
13. “Don’t you hear all these charges they are bringing against you?” Pilate demanded.
14. But Jesus made no response to any of the charges, much to the governor’s surprise.
15. Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.