So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy ‘The Potter’s Field’ with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.
Matthew 27:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) So, that field is called, ‘The Field of Blood’ to this day. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore that piece of ground has been called the Field of Blood to the present day. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. Common English Bible That’s why that field is called “Field of Blood” to this very day. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, that field is called Haceldama, that is, 'The Field of Blood,' even to this very day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of blood, even to this day. |
So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy ‘The Potter’s Field’ with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.
So, they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story [i.e., that Jesus’ body had been stolen by His disciples] was told widely among the Jews, and continues to be told to this day.
This incident became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem so that the [burial] field purchased with the reward money became known, in their own [i.e., the Jewish] language, as “Akeldama” [an Aramaic word], which means “Field of Blood.”)