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


In Context

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,

10 and they gave them for the potter's field, 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 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 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.