Then said Caiaphas, "What shall we do with this money? It is blood money; it can no longer be put into the treasury of God."
Annas said, "It might be used for some useful purpose under the sanction of the high council."
All agreed to this, and a priest said, "A burying place for strangers is much wanted. With this money a field may be purchased for that purpose."
"Is there such a one in the market?" asked Caiaphas.
"Yes," said a priest, "a potter in the city has offered a piece of ground for sale at just this price."
"Let Saras conclude the purchase," said Caiaphas. They then picked up the money which had lain untouched on the floor.
"But now we will no longer delay to pronounce the capital sentence upon the prisoner," continued Caiaphas.
Then said a rabbi, "I will have him brought in at once."
"I shall see," said Annas, "whether the scorn which he showed toward me has not yet left him. A real satisfaction will it be to me to share in the sentence. Let him die."
Jesus then was brought in a second time before Caiaphas. Selpha, as before, preceded him, and Balbus and Malchus led him bound by the hands with a cord.