Matthew 27:8

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For this reason, that field has been called 'The Field of Blood' to this day.

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  • Acts 1:19 : 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their own language, Akeldama, which means 'Field of Blood.'
  • Matt 28:15 : 15 So they took the silver coins and did as they were instructed. This story has been spread among the Jews to this very day.
  • Deut 34:6 : 6 He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is.
  • Josh 4:9 : 9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, under the place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.
  • Judg 1:26 : 26 The man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day.
  • 2 Chr 5:9 : 9 The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from the outside. They remain there to this day.

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  • Acts 1:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18 (With the reward he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.)

    19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their own language, Akeldama, which means 'Field of Blood.'

  • Matt 27:1-7
    7 verses
    85%

    1 When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

    2 They tied Him up, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

    3 Then Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned. Feeling remorse, he returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.

    4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.'

    5 Then, throwing the silver pieces into the temple, he left. He went and hanged himself.

    6 The chief priests picked up the silver pieces and said, 'It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.'

    7 So they consulted together and used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.

  • Matt 27:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9 Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: 'They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,'

    10 'and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.'

  • 72%

    14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

    15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him over to you?" So they counted out thirty pieces of silver for him.

    16 And from that moment, he sought an opportunity to betray Him.

  • 72%

    12 I said to them, 'If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.' So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver.

    13 Then the LORD said to me, 'Throw it to the potter—the splendid price at which they valued me!' So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the LORD to the potter.

  • 8 So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

  • 33 When they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

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    24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.'

    25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'

  • 3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

  • 37 sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

  • 15 So they took the silver coins and did as they were instructed. This story has been spread among the Jews to this very day.

  • 20 saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to follow.'

  • 5 They were glad and agreed to give him money.

  • 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

  • 12 The chief priests met with the elders, and after consulting together, they gave the soldiers a large amount of silver money.

  • 35 When they had crucified Him, they divided His garments among them, casting lots. This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: 'They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.'

  • 24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

  • 40 The entire valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, will be holy to the LORD; it will never again be uprooted or demolished.

  • Lev 27:19-22
    4 verses
    67%

    19 If the person who dedicated the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to the valuation price, and the field will be theirs again.

    20 If they do not redeem the field, or if they have sold it to someone else, it can no longer be redeemed.

    21 When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy to the LORD, like a field devoted to Him. It will belong to the priest as their possession.

    22 If someone dedicates a field they purchased, one that is not part of their ancestral inheritance, to the LORD,

  • Ezek 24:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7 For the blood she has shed is inside her; she placed it on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

    8 To stir up wrath and bring vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so it would not be covered.

  • Jer 32:8-9
    2 verses
    67%

    8 Then Hanamel, my cousin, came to me in the courtyard of the guard, just as the LORD had said. He told me, 'Please buy my field at Anathoth, in the territory of Benjamin, because it is your right to redeem it and take possession of it.' At that point, I knew this was indeed the word of the LORD.

    9 So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out the payment for him—seventeen shekels of silver.

  • 10 You build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

  • 18 This is why even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

  • 53 So from that day on, they plotted to kill him.

  • 8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.

  • 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • 22 They brought Him to the place called Golgotha, which is translated as Place of the Skull.

  • 28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

  • 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.

  • 26 'Surely I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, and I will repay you in this plot of land, declares the LORD. Now then, throw him on that plot of land, just as the word of the LORD declared.'

  • 28 In this way, the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'He was numbered with the transgressors.'

  • 17 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, 'Whom do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Christ?'

  • 17 So the field of Ephron in Machpelah near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees within its borders—was legally transferred.