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Mat 27:9 — Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Jeremy		The words here quoted are not found in Jeremiah, but in Zechariah; and a variety of conjectures have been formed, in order to reconcile this discrepancy. The most probable opinion seems to be, that the name of the prophet was originally omitted by the Evangelist, and that the name of Jeremiah was added by some subsequent copyist. It is omitted in two MSS. of the twelfth century, in the Syriac, later Persic, two of the Itala, and in some other Latin copies; and what renders it highly probable that the original reading was [dia tou prophetes,] by the prophet, is, that Matthew frequently omits the name of the prophet in his quotations. See Mat 1:22; 2:5,15; 13:35; 21:4. This omission is approved of by Bengel, Dr. A. Clarke, and Horne.
And they		Zec 11:12,13
thirty		Mat 26:15; Exd 21:32; Lev 27:2-7
of the children of Israel did value		or, bought of the children of Israel.

Correlating Passages

Jeremy

	Mat 1:22	Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
	Mat 2:5	And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
	Mat 2:15	And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
	Mat 13:35	That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
	Mat 21:4	All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

And they

	Zec 11:12	And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.
	Zec 11:13	And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

thirty

	Mat 26:15	And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
	Exd 21:32	If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
	Lev 27:2	Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by thy estimation.
	Lev 27:3	And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
	Lev 27:4	And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
	Lev 27:5	And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
	Lev 27:6	And if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.
	Lev 27:7	And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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