So they took counsel and used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
Matthew 27:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Therefore that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 took counsel and used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners.
So they took the money and did as they had been instructed. And this story is still being spread among the Jews today.
This became known to all who were dwelling in Jerusalem, so that in their language the field was called Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)