7And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.


In Context

4 saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

5 And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.

6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, It is not lawful to cast them into the Corban, since it is the price of blood.

7 And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

8 Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremias the prophet, saying, And I took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was set a price on, whom they who were of the sons of Israel had set a price on,

Matthew 27:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:7So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.