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


In Context

4 saying, |I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.| But they said, |What is that to us? You see to it.|

5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.

6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, |It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.|

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

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

9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, |They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:7And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers.

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 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.