Matthew 27:8

8 That is why it has been called The Field of Blood to this very day.

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 The chief priests picked up the coins. They said, "It's against the law to put this money into the temple fund. It is blood money. It has paid for a man's death."

7 So they decided to use the money to buy a potter's field. People from other countries would be buried there.

8 That is why it has been called The Field of Blood to this very day.

9 Then the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet came true. He had said, "They took the 30 silver coins. That price was set for him by the people of Israel.

10 They used the coins to buy a potter's field, just as the Lord commanded me."(Zechariah 11:12,13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9)