Matthew 27:8

For this reason, that field is called Haceldama, that is, ‘The Field of Blood,’ even to this very day.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

In Context

7Then, having taken counsel, they bought the potter’s field with it, as a burying place for sojourners.

9Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one being appraised, whom they appraised before the sons of Israel,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:6And he buried him in the valley of the land of Moab, opposite Peor. And no man knows where his sepulcher is, even to the present day.

Judges 1:26And having been sent away, he went out to the land of the Hittites, and he built a city there, and he called it Luz. And so it is called, even to the present day.

Matthew 28:15Then, having accepted the money, they did as they were instructed. And this word has been spread among the Jews, even to this day.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:2-11

The Repentance of Judas; The Confession of Judas; The Death of Judas; Disposal of the Thirty Pieces of Silver. 1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I… Read the whole commentary →

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