Matthew 27:8
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Wherefore that field was called, *The field of blood vnto this day.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceActs. 1.19.
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19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
19And it was knowen vnto all the dwellers at Hierusalem, insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
- Matthew 28:15Rank 2 from verse 8
- 2 Chronicles 5:9Rank 3 from verse 8
9And they drew out the staves of the ark, 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.
9And they drew out the staues of the Arke, that the ends of the staues were seene from the Arke before the Oracle, but they were not seene without. And there ‖it is vnto this day.
- Deuteronomy 34:6Rank 4 from verse 8
- Joshua 4:9Rank 5 from verse 8
9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
9And Ioshua set vp twelue stones in the midst of Iordan, in the place where the feet of the Priests which bare the Arke of the Couenant, stood: and they are there vnto this day.
- Judges 1:26Rank 6 from verse 8
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Matthew 27:8
1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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7And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
7And they tooke counsell, and bought with them the potters field, to burie strangers in.
8Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
8Wherefore that field was called, *The field of blood vnto this day.
Selected passage9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
9(Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Ieremie the Prophet, saying, *And they tooke the thirtie pieces of siluer, the price of him that was valued, ‖whom they of the children of Israel did value: