A citation from the library
Jerome, on Matt 27:6
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
Matt 27:6 · Douay-Rheims
“But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.”
On this verse:
“Truly straining out the gnat, and swallowing the camel; for if they would not put the money into the treasury, because it was the price of blood, why did they shed the blood at all?”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.