Matthew 27:8 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 27:8

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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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.
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.
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.

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Thus in times of ignorance people were made to believe that building churches and endowing monasteries would make amends for immoralities. Secondly, To signify the favour intended by the blood of Christ to strangers, and sinners of the Gentiles. Through the price of his blood, a resting place is provided for them after death.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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