Parallel Verses New International Version So they decided to use the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. King James Bible And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. Darby Bible Translation And having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter for a burying-ground for strangers. World English Bible They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in. Young's Literal Translation and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers; Matthew 27:7 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleTo bury strangers in - Τοις ξενοις, the strangers, probably meaning, as some learned men conjecture, the Jewish strangers who might have come to Jerusalem, either to worship, or on some other business, and died there during their stay. See here, the very money for which the blessed Jesus was sold becomes subservient to the purpose of mercy and kindness! The bodies of strangers have a place of rest in the field purchased by the price at which his life was valued, and the souls of strangers and foreigners have a place of rest and refuge in his blood which was shed as a ransom price for the salvation of the whole world. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Matthew 27:8 For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Library The Blind Watchers at the Cross'And sitting down they watched Him there.' --MATT. xxvii. 36. Our thoughts are, rightly, so absorbed by the central Figure in this great chapter that we pass by almost unnoticed the groups round the cross. And yet there are large lessons to be learned from each of them. These rude soldiers, four in number, as we infer from John's Gospel, had no doubt joined with their comrades in the coarse mockery which preceded the sad procession to Calvary; and then they had to do the rough work of the executioners, … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Crucifixion The Eloi. Third Stage of Jewish Trial. Jesus Formally Condemned by the Sanhedrin and Led to Pilate. Cross References Matthew 27:6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, "It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money." Matthew 27:8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. Jump to Previous Belonging Bought Burial Bury Buy City Conferred Consulting Counsel Countries Dead Decided Decision Field Foreigners Money Potter Potter's Purchase Silver Spent Strangers Together UseJump to Next Belonging Bought Burial Bury Buy City Conferred Consulting Counsel Countries Dead Decided Decision Field Foreigners Money Potter Potter's Purchase Silver Spent Strangers Together UseLinks Matthew 27:7 NIVMatthew 27:7 NLT Matthew 27:7 ESV Matthew 27:7 NASB Matthew 27:7 KJV Matthew 27:7 Bible Apps Matthew 27:7 Biblia Paralela Matthew 27:7 Chinese Bible Matthew 27:7 French Bible Matthew 27:7 German Bible Matthew 27:7 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |