Matthew 27:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this cause that field was named, The field of blood, to this day.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 1:19 : 19 And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)
  • Matt 28:15 : 15 So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.
  • Deut 34:6 : 6 And the Lord put him to rest in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor: but no man has knowledge of his resting-place to this day.
  • Josh 4:9 : 9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.
  • Judg 1:26 : 26 And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.
  • 2 Chr 5:9 : 9 The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 1:18-19
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    85%

    18(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

    19And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)

  • Matt 27:1-7
    7 verses
    85%

    1Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.

    2And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

    3Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,

    4Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

    5And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

    6And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.

    7And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.

  • Matt 27:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel;

    10And they gave them for the potter's field, as I had word from the Lord.

  • Matt 26:14-16
    3 verses
    72%

    14Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,

    15What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.

    16And from that time he was watching for a chance to give him into their hands.

  • Zech 11:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12And I said to them, If it seems good to you, give me my payment; and if not, do not give it. So they gave me my payment by weight, thirty shekels of silver.

    13And the Lord said to me, Put it into the store-house, the price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty shekels of silver and put them into the store-house in the house of the Lord.

  • Mark 12:8
    71%

    8And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

  • Matt 27:33
    70%

    33And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

  • Matt 27:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

    25And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.

  • Ps 79:3
    69%

    3Their blood has been flowing like water round about Jerusalem; there was no one to put them in their last resting-place.

  • Acts 4:37
    69%

    37Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.

  • Matt 28:15
    68%

    15So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

  • Heb 9:20
    68%

    20Saying, This blood is the sign of the agreement which God has made with you.

  • Luke 22:5
    68%

    5And they were glad, and undertook to give him money.

  • Matt 23:35
    68%

    35So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

  • Matt 28:12
    68%

    12And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,

  • Matt 27:35
    68%

    35And when they had put him on the cross, they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.

  • Mark 14:24
    67%

    24And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.

  • Jer 31:40
    67%

    40And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.

  • Lev 27:19-22
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    67%

    19And if the man who has given the field has a desire to get it back, let him give a fifth more than the price at which it was valued and it will be his.

    20But if he has no desire to get it back, or if he has given it for a price to another man, it may not be got back again.

    21But the field, when it becomes free at the year of Jubilee, will be holy to the Lord, as a field given under oath: it will be the property of the priest.

    22And if a man gives to the Lord a field which he has got for money from another, which is not part of his heritage;

  • Ezek 24:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;

    8In order that it might make wrath come up to give punishment, she has put her blood on the open rock, so that it may not be covered.

  • Jer 32:8-9
    2 verses
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    8So Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, came to me, as the Lord had said, to the place of the armed watchmen, and said to me, Give the price and get my property which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for you have the nearest relation's right to the heritage; so get it for yourself. Then it was clear to me that this was the word of the Lord.

    9So I got for a price the property in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and gave him the money, seventeen shekels of silver;

  • Mic 3:10
    67%

    10They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

  • Heb 9:18
    67%

    18So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.

  • John 11:53
    67%

    53And from that day they took thought together how to put him to death.

  • Hos 6:8
    67%

    8Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood.

  • Matt 21:39
    67%

    39And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

  • Mark 15:22
    67%

    22And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

  • Matt 26:28
    66%

    28Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

  • Num 35:33
    66%

    33So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

  • 2 Kgs 9:26
    66%

    26I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.

  • Mark 15:28
    66%

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  • Matt 27:17
    66%

    17So when they came together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you have? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is named Christ?

  • Gen 23:17
    66%

    17So Ephron's field at Machpelah near Mamre, with the hollow in the rock and all the trees in the field and round it,