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Matthew 27:8

What does Matthew 27:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Matthew 27:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Matthew 27:8 means

The field becomes known as ‘The field of blood’ up to the time the Gospel is written. This naming records the event’s memory in the community and marks the spot as a reminder of the bloody transaction and its consequences. The name captures both Judas’ death and the way the leaders used blood money. It becomes a lasting witness in the geography of Jerusalem, a memorial to the sin and its fallout, and a sobering sign of the moral cost surrounding Jesus’ condemnation.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

Verse 8 closes the narrative about Judas and the potter’s field (vv. 3–8). By naming the place, Matthew cements the story’s historical memory and prepares the reader for theological interpretation. It also transitions the scene from private tragedy to the public trial before Pilate that begins in the next verse.

v.7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

v.8This passage

v.9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel did price;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 1:19

    And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

  • Deuteronomy 34:6

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

  • Matthew 28:15

    So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.

  • Joshua 4:9

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

  • 2 Chronicles 5:9

    And the staves were so long 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.

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