Matthew 27 · Verse 8

Matthew 27:8

Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Matthew 27:8, King James Version

Matthew 27:8 in other translations

BSBThat is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
WEBTherefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
ASVWherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
YLTtherefore was that field called, ‘Field of blood,' unto this day.
DARBYWherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.
BBEFor this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.
WebsterWherefore that field has been called, The field of blood, to this day.

What does Matthew 27:8 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 8. The field of blood. The field purchased by the price of blood. The name by which this field was called was Aceldama, Acts 1:19. It was just without the walls of Jerusalem, on the south of Mount Zion. It is now used as a burying-place by the Armenian Christians in Jerusalem, who have a magnificent convent on Mount Zion. Miss. Herald, 1824, p. 66. See the map of Jerusalem, and ch. ii. 1.

Unto this day. That is, to the day when Matthew wrote this gospel, about thirty years after the field was purchased.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 The field of blood - In vain do the wicked attempt to conceal themselves; God makes them instrumental in discovering their own wickedness. Judas, by returning the money, and the priests, by laying it out, raise to themselves an eternal monument - the one of his treachery, the others of their perfidiousness, and both of the innocence of Jesus Christ. As, long as the Jewish polity continued, it might be said, "This is the field that was bought from the potter with the money which Judas got from the high priests for betraying his Master; which he, in deep compunction of spirit, brought back to them, and they bought this ground for a burial-place for strangers: for as it was the price of the blood of an innocent man, they did not think proper to let it rest in the treasury of the temple where the traitor had thrown it, who afterwards, in despair, went and hanged himself." What a standing proof must this have been of the innocence of Christ, and of their perfidy!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 27:1-10

Wicked men see little of the consequences of their crimes when they commit them, but they must answer for them all. In the fullest manner Judas acknowledged to the chief priests that he had sinned, and betrayed an innocent person. This was full testimony to the character of Christ; but the rulers were hardened. Casting down the money, Judas departed, and went and hanged himself, not being able to bear the terror of…

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Matthew 27:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

διὸdioThereforeG1352
ἐκλήθηeklēthēwas calledG2564
ὁhotheG3588
ἀγρὸςagrosfieldG68
ἐκεῖνοςekeinosthatG1565
ἀγρὸςagrosFieldG68
αἵματοςaimatosof BloodG129
ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193
τῆςtēs<the>G3588
σήμερον.¶sēmeronthis day.G4594

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 27:8

  • Acts 1:19

    And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

  • Matthew 28:15

    So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:9

    And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

  • Joshua 4:9

    And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

  • Deuteronomy 34:6

    And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth–peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

  • Judges 1:26

    And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that.
Ac 1:19
unto.
28:15; De 34:6; Jos 4:9; Jud 1:26; 2Ch 5:9

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Context

  • Matthew 27:7

    And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

  • Matthew 27:8

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

  • Matthew 27:9

    Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

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Matthew 27:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por lo cual fué llamado aquel campo, Campo de sangre, hasta el día de hoy.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		c’est pourquoi ce champ-là a été appelé Champ de sang, jusqu’à aujourd’hui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Deswegen ist jener Acker Blutacker genannt worden bis auf den heutigen Tag.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propter hoc vocatus est ager ille, Haceldama, hoc est, Ager sanguinis, usque in hodiernum diem.