Matthew 27:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 27:8

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Vers. 7, 8.) However, with a plan devised, they bought a field from that potter, for the burial of strangers, therefore that field was called Acheldemach, which means the field of blood, to this day. Indeed, they acted with a different intention, that they might leave a lasting monument of their impiety from the purchase of the land. But we, who were strangers to the Law and the prophets, have embraced their corrupt practices for salvation: and we find rest in the price of his blood. But the field is called 'figulus' because our potter is Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The opening of this chapter describes the delivery of our Lord Jesus Christ into the hands of the Gentiles. The chief priests and elders of the Jews led him away to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor. We may see in this incident the finger of God: it was ordered by his providence that Gentiles as well as Jews should be concerned in the murder of Christ; it was ordered by his providence that the priests should publicly confess that the “scepter had departed from Judah.”

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὸ	dio	Therefore	G1352 →
ἐκλήθη	eklēthē	was called	G2564 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀγρὸς	agros	field	G68 →
ἐκεῖνος	ekeinos	that	G1565 →
ἀγρὸς	agros	Field	G68 →
αἵματος	aimatos	of Blood	G129 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
σήμερον.¶	sēmeron	this day.	G4594 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 34:6
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.
leads to
- Jude 1:9
  But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
- Deuteronomy 3:29
  So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
Through
Matthew 28:15
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.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:10
  For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- Matthew 26:15
  and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Through
Joshua 4:9
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.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 7:12
  Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
Through
2 Chronicles 5:9
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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 8:8–9
  The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
Through
Acts 1:19
This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
leads to
- Acts 2:22
  Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
- Matthew 28:15
  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.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew