Matthew 27:8

Wherefore that field is called the field of blood, unto this day.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And they took counsel, and bought with it the potter's field, for a place to bury strangers.

9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I took the thirty shekels of silver, the price of the precious one, which they of the children of Israel had stipulated;

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Cross References

Matthew 28:15And they, having received the money, did as they were instructed. And this story is current among the Jews to 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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