The Mystery of 30 Pieces of silver and a field ~ Cross reference of Matthew 27:6 to [Jeremiah 32:6, Jeremiah 19:1 & Zechariah 27:6]
This is one of the torturous cross reference Matthew makes. Matthew[Church fathers] really went all out to stitch three cross reference from Tanakh to ensure that the betrayal money Judas took was put to good use. Incidentally the way Judas life ended is mentioned only in Matthew & Acts. In Matthew the priests bought the field and in Acts Judas bought the field. In Matthew Judas Hangs himself and in Acts he falls down and turns inside out. It was hilarious to watch a Christian pastor reconcile these differences by saying that both Matthew and Luke[Acts] are correct, in Acts Judas fell and his stomach got cut but he walked to the nearest tree & hung himself. This still does not reconcile the difference of who bought the field. Matthew 27:5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. Acts 1:18 (With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spill...