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 leaders of the priests picked up the coins. They said, ‘We used this money to catch and kill a man. So it is against our Law to use this same money for the temple.’ 7They decided to use the money to buy a field. They wanted to use the field to bury foreign people who died in the city. The field had been called ‘The Pot-maker's Field’. After this, it was called ‘The Field of Blood’. It is still called that even today. 9So the words that the prophet Jeremiah wrote long ago now became true. He had said, ‘Then they took the 30 silver coins. It was the amount of money the people of Israel had agreed to pay for the man. 10They used this money to buy the pot-maker's field. The Lord God had told me to do this.’

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 1:19All the people who lived in Jerusalem heard about his death. So they called that field ‘Akeldama’ in their own language. ‘Akeldama’ means ‘The Field of Blood’.
• Matthew 28:15The soldiers took the money. They told people what the Jewish leaders told them to say. Many Jews heard the soldiers' story. Even today they still believe that it happened like that.
• Deuteronomy 34:6The Lord buried Moses in a valley in Moab, near the town of Beth-Peor. But even today, no one knows the place where God buried him.
• Joshua 4:9Joshua also made a heap of 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan River. He put them in the place where the priests with the Covenant Box had stood. Those stones are still there today.
• Judges 1:26He went to the land of the Hittites. He built a city there. He called it Luz, and that is still its name.
• 2 Chronicles 5:9The poles in the Covenant Box were very long. The priests could see their ends from the Holy Place, if they stood in front of the Most Holy Place. But nobody could see the poles from outside the temple. And 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