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


In Context

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,

10 and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint 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 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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