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


In Context

5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed: and went and hanged himself with an halter.

6 But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of blood.

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

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

9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.

10 And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed to 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:8Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field 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.