and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me" (Matthew 27:9–10).
Although many scholars see Jeremiah's name as included in error,
Jeremiah's purchase of a field in Jeremiah 32 may indicate that both prophets are in mind.
Craig Blomberg argues that Matthew is using typology in his quotation,
rather than "any kind of single or double fulfillment of actual predictive prophecy.
" According to Blomberg, Matthew is telling his readers that,
"like Jeremiah and Zechariah, Jesus attempts to lead his people with a prophetic and pastoral ministry, but instead he ends up suffering innocently at their hands.
"William Hendriksen argues that Matthew is referring to Jeremiah 19.