Matthew 27:8

Matthew 27:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
• New International Version (NIV)That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Context of Matthew 27:8

6The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7They conferred together and bought the potter’s field with it as a burial place for foreigners. Therefore that field has been called “Field of Blood” to this day. 9Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites, 10and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord directed me.

Matthew 27:8 word by word

διὸ ἐκλήθη ὁ ἀγρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἀγρὸς αἵματος ἕως τῆς σήμερον.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• fieldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fieldἀγρόςagros · fieldG68
• was calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• The fieldἀγρόςagros · Field (of blood)G68
• of bloodαἷμαaima · (Field of) BloodG129
• untoἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• this dayσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594

Cross-references for Matthew 27:8

• Acts 1:19This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, “Field of Blood”).
• Matthew 28:15They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.
• Deuteronomy 34:6He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows where his grave is.
• Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.
• Judges 1:26Then the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a town, and named it Luz. That is its name still today.
• 2 Chronicles 5:9The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today.

Commentaries on Matthew 27:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The field of blood - In vain do the wicked attempt to conceal themselves; God makes them instrumental in discovering their own wickedness. Judas, by returning the money, and the priests, by laying it out, raise to themselves an eternal monument - the one of his treachery, the others of their perfidiousness, and both of the innocence of Jesus Christ. As, long as the Jewish polity continued, it might be said, "This is the field that was bought from the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The field of blood - The field purchased by the price of blood. The name by which this field was called was “Aceldama,” Acts 1:19. It was just without the walls of Jerusalem, on the south of Mount Zion. It is now used as a burying-place by the Armenian Christians in Jerusalem, who have a magnificent convent on Mount Zion - Missionary Herald, 1824, p. 66. See the plan of Jerusalem. To this day - That is, to the day when Matthew wrote this gospel, about 30…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Field of Blood: This is another way of describing a cemetery (compare Acts 1:18–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-10Mr 15:1; Lu 23:1; Joh 18:28). Jesus Led Away to Pilate (Mt 27:1, 2). For the exposition of this portion, see on Joh 18:28, &c. Remorse and Suicide of Judas (Mt 27:3-10). This portion is peculiar to Matthew. On the progress of guilt in the traitor, see on Mr 14:1-11; Joh 13:21-30. 3. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned--The condemnation, even though not unexpected, might well fill him with horror. But perhaps this unhappy…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 27:8

• Aceldama
• Bribery
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judas (Jude)
• Pottery

In the dictionaries

• Accusation
• Aceldama
• Notable
• Plat
• Potters field
• Seal
• Wag
• Watch
• Wont
• Jannes and Jambres

Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings