Matthew 27:8

8 (For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.)

Matthew 27:8 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 27:8

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 ( Acts 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. Jerom ^F24 says, that in his time this field was shown on the south side of Mount Sion.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 De locis Hebraicis.

Matthew 27:8 In-Context

6 But the chief priests took the silver coins [and] said, "It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is {blood money}."

7 And [after] taking counsel, they purchased {with} them the Potter's Field, for a burial place for strangers.

8 (For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood until today.)

9 Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, [on] whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel,

10 and they gave them for the potter's field, just as the Lord directed me."