(Did Judas really buy the field as in Acts, or is Matthew stating the truth that the priests did?)

Hello friends,

I’ve looked again at the two stories (mentioned at a Bible study) there in Matthew 27:3-10 and Acts 1:16-20.

What could be meant by Peter in Acts when he said, “Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity…” is, that by throwing the money down in the temple, recorded by Matthew, he was providing the money that was used to purchase the field.

The field would not have been purchased had not Judas returned the “reward of iniquity,” therefore, the start of the transaction was with Judas.