Matthew 27:8 · Young's Literal Translation
Matthew 27:8 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 27:8 in Other Translations
| KJV | Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. |
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| WEB | Therefore that field was called “The Field of Blood” to this day. |
| ASV | Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. |
| YLT | therefore was that field called, ‘Field of blood,’ unto this day. |
| WBT | Wherefore that field has been called, The field of blood, to this day. |
| DBY | Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day. |
Commentary on Matthew 27:8
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 27:6–8
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury--"the Corban," or chest containing the money dedicated to sacred purposes (see on Mat 15:5).
because it is the price of blood--How scrupulous now! But those punctilious scruples made them unconsciously fulfil the Scripture.
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Questions about Matthew 27:8
What does Matthew 27:8 say?
Matthew 27:8 in the Young's Literal Translation reads: “therefore was that field called, ‘Field of blood,’ unto this day.” Read it in the full context of Matthew 27, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 27:8 found in the Bible?
Matthew 27:8 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 27, verse 8, in the New Testament.
What Bible translation is Matthew 27:8 shown in?
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Wherefore that field was called,.... Not by the priests and elders, but by the common people, who knew by what money it was purchased,
the field of blood; or "Aceldama", which so signifies, as in Act 1:19, not called the field of the priests, the purchasers; nor the field of the strangers, for whom it was bought; but the field of blood, being purchased with that money, for which innocent blood was betrayed; and this name it bore
unto this day; in which Matthew wrote his Gospel, about eight years after, as is thought. Jerom (x) says, that in his time this field was shown on the south side of Mount Sion.
(x) De locis Hebraicis.