The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 27:8

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The field of blood. Aceldama (Acts 1:19), the Syriac name. It was so called ( διο Ì) from the circumstances attending its purchase, which gave it an evil notoriety, and which the priests must have divulged.

"This also," says Chrysostom, taking the blood to be that of Jesus, "became a witness against them, and a proof of their treason. For the name of the place more clearly than a trumpet proclaimed their blood guiltiness."

Unto this day. Until the time when this Gospel was published, the new appellation obtained. It is implied that a considerable interval had elapsed. Such chronological hints are often found in the Old Testament (cf.

Genesis 19:37, Genesis 19:38; Joshua 4:9, etc.).

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