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:
“(in loc.) I have lately read in a Hebrew book given me by a Hebrew of the Nazarene sect, an apocryphal Hieremias, in which I find the very words here quoted. After all, I am rather inclined to think that the passage was taken by Matthew out of Zacharias, in the usual manner of the Apostles and Evangelists when they quote from the Old Testament, neglecting the words, and attending only to the sense.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.