Matthew 27:8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
KJV
διὸ ἐκλήθη ὁ ἀγρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἀγρὸς αἵματος ἕως τῆς σήμερον.
Greek NT
Propter hoc vocatus est ager ille, Haceldama, hoc est, Ager sanguinis, usque in hodiernum diem.
Vulgate
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
ASV
For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
σήμερον
semeron
adverb · 41×
ἀγρός
agros
noun · 36×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 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.