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Aceldama

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(field of blood). A field near Jerusalem purchased with Judas’ betrayal money, and in which he violently died (Acts 1:19¹⁹And 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. (Acts 1:19)). But bought by the priests as a potters’ field (Matt. 27:7⁷And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. (Matthew 27:7)).

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