Matthew 27:8

and that is why that field is called the ‘Field of Blood’ 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

7So, after consultation, they used it to buy the ‘Potter’s Field’ as a burial ground for foreigners,

9Then it was that these words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah were fulfilled – ‘They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel,

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Cross References

Matthew 28:15So the soldiers took the money, and did as they were instructed. This story spread widely; the people of Judea still tell it today.

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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