NgokukaMathewu 27:1-10

Kwathi sekusile, bonke abaphristi abakhulu namalunga esizwe bahlangana, bakha itulo lokumbulala uJesu. Bambopha, bahamba naye, bamnikela kuPilatu, umbusi. Kuthe uJuda owayemkhaphelile ebona ukuthi icala limlahlile, wazisola, wayesezibuyisela kubaphristi namalunga izinhlamvu zesiliva ezigama-30, wathi: “Ngonile ngakhaphela ongenacala.” Bona bathi: “Pho uthi asenzeni thina? Zibonele wena.” Waziphonsa ethempelini izinhlamvu zesiliva, wahamba; esehambile, wazikhunga. Kepha abaphristi abakhulu bazithatha izinhlamvu zesiliva, bathi: “Akuvunyelwe ukuba zifakwe emnikelweni, ngokuba ziyimali yegazi.” Bakha icebo, base bethenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, yaba yindawo yokungcwaba abafokazi. Yingakho-ke leyo nsimu kuthiwa yinsimu yegazi kuze kube namuhla. Ngakho-ke kwagcwaliseka okwashiwo ngomphrofethi uJeremiya, ukuthi: “Bathatha izinhlamvu zesiliva ezingama-30, inani elamiswa ngabakwa-Israyeli lokuthengiselana. Bathenga ngazo insimu yombumbi, njengokuba iNkosi ingiyalile.”