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Matthew 27:8

World English Bible

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

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Matthew 27:8 in other translations

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

Matthew 27:8 · American Standard Version

Matthew 27:8 in context

  1. 6The 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.”
  2. 7They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them, to bury strangers in.
  3. 8Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
  4. 9Then 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,
  5. 10and they gave them for the potter’s field,
    as the Lord commanded me.”