Matthew 27:8

Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7So they took counsel and used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.

9Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set, on whom some of the sons of Israel had set a price,

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Cross References

Matthew 28:15So they took the money and did as they had been instructed. And this story is still being spread among the Jews 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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