Matthew 27:8

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.

9Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 34:6And the Lord put him to rest in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor: but no man has knowledge of his resting-place to this day.

Judges 1:26And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

Matthew 28:15So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

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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