Matthew 27:8

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

9Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

Judges 1:26And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

Matthew 28:15So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very 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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