Matthew 27:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Acts 1:19 : 19 And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their {G2398} language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)
Matt 28:15 : 15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, [and continueth] until this day.
Deut 34:6 : 6 And he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Josh 4:9 : 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Judg 1:26 : 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day.
2 Chr 5:9 : 9 And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is unto this day.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Acts 1:18-19
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85%
18(Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their {G2398} language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)
Matt 27:1-7
7 verses
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1Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
2and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor.
3Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
4saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it].
5And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
6And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.
7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.
Matt 27:9-10
2 verses
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9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom [certain] of the children of Israel did price;
10and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Matt 26:14-16
3 verses
72%
14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty pieces of silver.
16And from that time he sought opportunity to deliver him [unto them].
Zech 11:12-13
2 verses
72%
12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.
13And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.
Mark 12:8
71%
8And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
Matt 27:33
70%
33And they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, The place of a skull,
Matt 27:24-25
2 verses
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24So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it].
25And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
Ps 79:3
69%
3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.
Acts 4:37
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37having a field, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Matt 28:15
68%
15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, [and continueth] until this day.
Heb 9:20
68%
20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.
Luke 22:5
68%
5And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
Matt 23:35
68%
35that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
Matt 28:12
68%
12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers,
Matt 27:35
68%
35And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments among them, casting lots;
Mark 14:24
67%
24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the {G2537} covenant, which is poured out for many.
Jer 31:40
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40And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto Jehovah; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Lev 27:19-22
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67%
19And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
20And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more:
21but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
22And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession;
Ezek 24:7-8
2 verses
67%
7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.
8That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
Jer 32:8-9
2 verses
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8So Hanamel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Jehovah, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of Jehovah.
9And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
Mic 3:10
67%
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Heb 9:18
67%
18Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood.
John 11:53
67%
53So from that day forth they took counsel that they might put him to death.
Hos 6:8
67%
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
Matt 21:39
67%
39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
Mark 15:22
67%
22And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
Matt 26:28
66%
28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.
Num 35:33
66%
33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
2 Kgs 9:26
66%
26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of Jehovah.
Matt 27:17
66%
17When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?
Gen 23:17
66%
17So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure