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


In Context

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,

10 and they gave them for the field of the potter, according as the Lord commanded me.

Matthew 27:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:8That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:8For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of blood, even to this day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:8Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8Wherefore that field has been called, The field of blood, to this day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8Therefore that field was called |The Field of Blood| to this day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8therefore was that field called, 'Field of blood,' unto this day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:8Why that field was called, The field of blood, to this day.