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Judas Hangs Himself

Matthew 27:8

In 9 translations

BSB
That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
KJV
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
WEB
Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
ASV
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
LSV
therefore that field was called, “Field of Blood,” to this day.
YLT
therefore was that field called, 'Field of blood,' unto this day.
DBY
Wherefore that field has been called Blood-field unto this day.
DRC
For this cause the field was called Haceldama, that is, The field of blood, even to this day.
GNV
Wherefore that field is called, The field of bloud, vntill this day.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
διὸ ἐκλήθη ὁ ἀγρὸς ἐκεῖνος Ἀγρὸς Αἵματος ἕως τῆς σήμερον.
RP2018
Διὸ ἐκλήθη ὁ ἀγρὸς ἐκεῖνος Ἀγρὸς Αἵματος, ἕως τῆς σήμερον.
TR-Boyd
Διὸ ἐκλήθη ὁ ἀγρὸς ἐκεῖνος Ἀγρὸς Αἵματος, ἕως τῆς σήμερον.
SCR1894
διο εκληθη ο αγρος εκεινος αγρος αιματος εως της σημερον

Who and where

📍 Akeldama◆ Holy Week◆ Judas' Suicide

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 1:19This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
  • Matthew 28:15So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
  • 2 Chronicles 5:9The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
  • Judges 1:26And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
  • Deuteronomy 34:6And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
  • Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

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