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


In Context

4 I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What — to us? thou shalt see!'

5 and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

6 And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

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

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

9 Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 'And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

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 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 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.