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Aceldama [Aram.,=field of blood], according to the Gospel of St. Matthew, the chief priests bought the potter's field with Judas' 30 pieces of silver as a place to bury foreigners. However, according to the Acts of the Apostles, Judas bought the field himself and met his death in it.

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Aceldama in the New Testament, a field near Jerusalem purchased with the blood money given to Judas for his betrayal of Jesus, the Potter's field.

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Aceldama. ‘The field of blood’, a piece of land near Jerusalem, so named (1) according to Mt. 27: 8, because it was bought with the price of the Lord's blood; but (2) according to Acts 1: 18 f., because it was the scene of Judas Iscariot's end.

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