Matthew 27:8 “That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.”

Matthew 27:8

That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

World English Bible

Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.

American Standard Version

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore that field is called, The field of bloud, vntill this day.

Darby Translation

Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

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Cross references

“that”

Acts 1:19

Acts 1:19 · BSB

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

“unto”

Matthew 28:15 Deuteronomy 34:6 Joshua 4:9 Judges 1:26 2 Chronicles 5:9

Matthew 28:15 · BSB

So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.

Deuteronomy 34:6 · BSB

And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

Joshua 4:9 · BSB

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

Judges 1:26 · BSB

And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

2 Chronicles 5:9 · BSB

The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

9Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

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