A sheep in wolf's clothing.
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Acts 5:1-11
Finish up Acts 4 and set the scene:
Acts 4:32-37
How seriously are we taking God?
It’s not hard to imagine the conversation between Ananias and Sapphira:
Matthew 4:7
Are we tempting God?
Deuteronomy 6:16
Exodus 17:1-7
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Acts 4:23-31
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? ( Psalms 2:1 )
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
( Psalms 2:2-3 )
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
( Psalms 2:4 )
The pharisees and religious rulers may think that they got their way, but it was part of God’s plan.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
( Psalms 2:5 )
The Pharisees and religious rulers are definitely being vexed.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
( Psalms 2:6-7 )
Is being filled with the Holy Spirit the same thing as being receiving the Holy Spirit? They were also filled with the Holy Ghost at Pentecost.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
( Acts 2:1-4 )
Perhaps they are not the same.
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
( John 20:19-23 )
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
( Acts 1:5 )
Acts 4:13-21
Unlearned – unschooled – ἀγράμματοί – agrammatoi
Ignorant – ordinary – ἰδιῶται – idiōtai
The irony here is that over the last few days Peter has quoted:
Acts 1
Acts 2
Acts 3
What was the commandment that the apostles were obeying?
The great commission.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
( Matthew 28:19-20 )
The importance of obeying God?
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
( 1 John 2:3-5 )
And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
( 1 John 3:23-24 )
Revelation 12:13-17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
( Revelation 12:17 )
Revelation 14:9-12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
( Revelation 14:12 )
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Acts 4:1-12
Annas and Caiaphas were related, as we know from the passage directly after Jesus arrest in Gethsemane.
Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
( John 18:12-14 )
This is the same Annas and Caiaphas which were mentioned in the context of the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist. They have been involved in the management of the temple for the whole of John and Jesus’ ministry.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
( Luke 3:1-3 )
The plot to kill Jesus was initiated after Jesus raised Lazarus
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
( John 11:47-50 )
Caiaphas hatched the plan, Annas carried it out.
Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
( John 18:24 )
First Annas then Caiaphas interrogated Jesus, then sent him to Pilate.
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
( John 18:28-29 )
“head of the corner” is a very important phrase.
It occurs in the discussion of the Parable of the wicked tennants
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
( Matthew 21:42 )
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
( Mark 12:10-11 )
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
( Luke 20:17 )
In every instance this passage is followed up with this:
And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
( Luke 20:19 )
By using this reference to Jesus, Peter would have brought a stinging reminder of the duplicitous scheme that the High Priests hatched to capture and kill Jesus.
One of the most important verses in the Bible which you may not know.
This one ranks up there with
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Acts 3:1-26
Confirming the Word with signs following.
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
( Mark 16:20 )
This was confirmation that Peter and the apostles were authentic and the work that they did was the work of God.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was a very common way to refer to our God throughout the OT
The Holy One of Israel? This is not a common phrase, but once again Peter is demonstrating his mastery of scripture and his knowledge of the prophets like Isaiah.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
( Isaiah 30:15 )
Prince of life?
The Greek work here is Ἀρχηγὸν – archégos
Usage: originator, author, founder, prince, leader
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
( Hebrews 2:10 )
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
( Hebrews 12:2 )
Peter is winding up to make a swing at the religious establishment.
This is a very clear salvation message
Times of refreshing? If the times of refreshing come from the presence of the Lord then this has to be a reference to the Millennial Kingdom. The tribulation will include plagues which devastate the surface of the earth and poison all of the world’s oceans. When the Millennial Kingdom is established there will be a temple in Jerusalem from which will issue waters which will heal the land and the oceans.
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
( Revelation 8:8-11 )
The healing is described in Ezekiel’s vision of the temple in the New Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 47:1-12
Jesus is in heaven until the times of refreshing. The times of refreshing is the Millennial Kingdom.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
( Deuteronomy 18:15 )
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
( Deuteronomy 18:16 )
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
( Genesis 22:18 )
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v. 37-40 is a paragraph which would work well as the basis for a salvation message. It would be a good Sunday morning passage.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
( Matthew 28:19-20 )
The apostles doctrine and fellowship. See below for how well they carried out the Lord’s teaching.
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
( Mark 16:20 )
All things common? This is not advocating communist government. This is how Christians should live in the world, regardless of the government.
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
( Luke 18:22 )
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
( Matthew 5:38-42 )
Pay your taxes.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
( Romans 13:7 )
They are living examples of teaching that goes back to Isaiah:
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
( Isaiah 58:7 )
And they are no doubt mindful of Jesus parable of the sheep and the goats in Matthew 25:31-46
With one accord?
That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
( Romans 15:6 )
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
( 2 Corinthians 13:11 )
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
( Philippians 2:2 )
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
( 1 Peter 3:8 )
Having favor?
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
( Luke 2:52 )
Acts 2:29-36
Peter continues to lay out the case that recent events – the sky went black when Christ died on the cross – are proof that the great and terrible day of the Lord is upon them AND that this Jesus is the fullfilment of God’s promise that one of the seed of David would rule on the throne of Israel forever.
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
( 1 Kings 2:10 )
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
( 1 Kings 2:1-4 )
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
( 2 Samuel 7:12 )
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do, That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.( 1 Kings 9:1-5 )
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.( Luke 1:30-33 )
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
( Psalms 16:9-10 )
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
( Job 19:25-26 )
{A Psalm of David.} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
( Psalms 110:1 )
In the paragraph Acts 2:14-36 Peter quotes or refers to:
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Acts 2:14-28
15 the third hour of the day: 9am
Peter is coming out of a 10-day period of intense Bible study which was what lead him to figure out that they had to replace Judas. He and the others had probably read every parchment and scripture that they had 10 times over. He is filled with the Holy SPirit, but he is also bubbling over with the word of God.
17 Peter quotes Joel 2
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
( Joel 2:28 )
Joel was echoing something prophesied by Isaiah:
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
( Isaiah 44:3 )
18 Peter quotes Joel 2
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
( Joel 2:29 )
19 Peter quotes Joel 2
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
( Joel 2:30 )
20 Peter quotes Joel 2:31,
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
( Joel 2:31 )
The disciples have realized that a lot of scripture was written about the days in which they were living. They must be wondering if this has already happened, when Christ died on the cross. Many others would have been wondering too:
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.( Luke 23:44 )
Was this the darkness of the great and terrible day of the Lord that had been prophesied? They no doubt remembered something else that Jesus said, and made another connection:
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
( Malachi 4:5 )
According to Jesus, John the Baptist was the prophesied coming of Elijah:
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
( Matthew 17:10-13 )
21 Peter quotes Joel 2
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
( Joel 2:32 )
25 Peter quotes Psalms 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
( Psalms 110:1 )
26 Peter quotes Psalms 16:9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
( Psalms 16:9 )
27 Peter quotes Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.( Psalms 16:10 )
Is this an echo of Job? And does this again point to the time in which they are living?
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
( Job 19:25-26 )
28 Peter quotes Psalm 16 again
You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
( Psalms 16:11 )
Then he pauses for a breath.
Peter Quotes
Remember Acts 1:15? And in those days Peter stood up?
He quoted
Jesus spoke about this, too:
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
( Matthew 10:19 )
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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.( Acts 2:1-13 )
What is speaking in tongues?
According to our context it is speaking in foreighn languages so that you may be understood.
Why do we have language?
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
( Genesis 1:28 )
But what happened?
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
( Genesis 11:1-2 )
This was not God’s will because it didn’t fit his plan.
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
( Genesis 11:7-9 )
If God has the power to confound language then he has the power to unconfound it.
So God has power over language and the ability for us to understand each other.
Jesus said this:
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
( Mark 16:15 )
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
( Matthew 24:14 )
Has this been accomplished?
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
( Mark 16:20 )
So the gospel has been preached everywhere. It is accomplished. It was done with signs following. The signs, such as speaking in tounges, were to confirm the authenticity of the apostles.
Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
(Acts 5:15 )
And then what happened?
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
( 2 Timothy 4:6-7 )
And what happened to Paul’s power to heal?
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
( 2 Timothy 4:20 )
He didn’t have the power to heal anymore.
Do we have the power to speak in tongues?
If I were you I would be very suspicious of anyone who thinks that incoherent babble is speaking in tongues.
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12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
( Luke 24:52 )
13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
Prayer, supplication and diligent Bible study.
15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
Why did Peter stand up? They had been studying the Scriptures and it was time to sum up everything that they had learned.
16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
( Psalms 41:9 )
How is this relevant? Jesus quoted this passage in John’s gospel:
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
( John 13:18 )
17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
( Psalms 55:12-13 )
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
( John 17:12 )
18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 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; And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
( Matthew 27:3-10 )
19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
The prophecy may have been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, but it was not written not written. However Jeremiah did buy a field in Anathoth, not far from Jerusalem.
And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
( Jeremiah 32:6-10 )
The prophecy was written by Zechariah
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.
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.
( Zechariah 11:12-13 )
When Peter and the disciples realized that Jeremiah and Zechariah wrote 700 years before that the Potter’s field was bought for 30 pieces of silver, and that the money was cast down in the temple, then when Judas cast down the money in the temple and the priests bought the field everything must have clicked into place.
Incidentally, 30 pieces of silver was the price of blood, but Hosea paid 15 pieces of silver to buy his wife.
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
( Hosea 3:2 )
20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
This is a combination of two passages from the Psalms:
1.
Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
( Psalms 69:25 )
This is not the only prophecy about Christ in Psalms 69
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
( Psalms 69:21 )
2.
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
( Psalms 109:8 )
21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Matty (Headwind) 