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Matthew 27:8

Akeldama

6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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

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

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;

10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
KJV
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
WEB
Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
ASV
Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.
DARBY
Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.
BLB
Therefore that field was called Field of Blood until this day.
ÅB
Derfor heter denne åker Blodåkeren den dag idag.
OTB
Derfor har den åkeren blitt kjent som Blodåkeren til denne dag.
B1930
Derfor heter denne aker Blodakeren den dag idag.

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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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  • 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.

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  • 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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