Bible Strands
Matthew 27:8
That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator addresses the reader immediately after the chief priests complete their purchase of the potter’s field to serve as a burial ground for foreigners.
The words — The text uses ἐκλήθη (eklēthē), meaning “was called,” and ἕως (heōs), meaning “until,” to state that the location bears the designation Field of Blood up to the present.
The thread — The naming convention echoes Acts 1:19, where Jerusalem residents identify the same plot as Akeldama, and mirrors Deuteronomy 34:6’s formula for a location known “to this day.”
Why it lands — The verse records a lasting geographical designation resulting from the silver transaction, directing the reader to recognize the purchase’s tangible and permanent impact.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Cross-references
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Judges 1:26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
- 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.