Matthew 27:8

therefore that field was called, “Field of Blood,” to this day.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7and having taken counsel, they bought the potter’s field with them, for the burial of strangers;

9Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him who has been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel priced,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:6and He buries him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-Peor, and no man has known his burying place to this day.

Judges 1:26and the man goes to the land of the Hittites, and builds a city, and calls its name Luz—it [is] its name to this day.

Matthew 28:15And they, having received the money, did as they were taught, and this account was spread abroad among Jews until 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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