◄ Acts 1:19 ►
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Good News Translation
All the people living in Jerusalem heard about it, and so in their own language they call that field Akeldama, which means "Field of Blood.")

New Revised Standard Version
This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

Contemporary English Version
When the people of Jerusalem found out about this, they called the place Akeldama, which in the local language means "Field of Blood."

New American Bible
This became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem, so that the parcel of land was called in their language ‘Akeldama,’ that is, Field of Blood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

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Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him, in the midst of you, as you also know:

Matthew 28:15 So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.

Aceldama.

2 Samuel 2:16 And every one catching his fellow by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called: The field of the valiant, in Gabaon.

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Context
Matthias Replaces Judas
…18And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out. 19And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. 20For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein. And his bishopric let another take.…
Cross References
Zechariah 11:13
And the Lord said to me: Cast it to the statuary, a handsome price, that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them into the house of the Lord to the statuary.

Matthew 27:8
For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, the field of blood, even to this day.

Acts 21:40
And when he had given him leave, Paul standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. And a great silence being made, he spoke unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying:

Acts 1:18
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