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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69598" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69598" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Aceldama]] (''a-sĕl'da-mah'' ), ''field of blood.'' Acts 1:19. [[A]] field said to have been intended for the burial of strangers, which the chief priests bought with the money returned by Judas, as the price of the Saviour's blood. Matthew 27:6-8. It was just without the wall of Jerusalem, south of Mount Zion, and is supposed to have been originally called the Potter's Field, because it furnished a sort of clay suitable for potter's ware. The "field of blood" is now shown on the steep southern face of the valley or ravine of Hinnom. It was believed in the middle ages that the soil of this place had the power of rapidly consuming bodies buried in it, and in consequence of this, or of the sanctity of the spot, great quantities of the earth were taken away. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15458" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15458" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_70988" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_70988" /> == | ||
<p> '''Acel'dama.''' ''(the field of blood).'' ( | <p> '''Acel'dama.''' ''(the field of blood).'' ([[Akeldama]] in the Revised Version), the name given by the Jews of [[Jerusalem]] to a field near Jerusalem purchased by Judas with the money which he received for the betrayal of [[Christ]] , and so called from his violent death therein. Acts 1:19. The "field of blood" is now shown on the steep southern face of the valley or ravine of Hinnom, "southwest of the supposed pool of Siloam." </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80139" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80139" /> == | ||
