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Field of Blood

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Matthew 27:8 records that the field is called this to this day. At Acts 1:16–19 Peter says of Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus, that this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out, and that it became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood’; this collection keeps that field and the field Matthew 27:8 calls “The Field of Blood” as one entry.

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ACT 1:15–26, engwebp
¹⁵In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
¹⁶“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
¹⁷For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
¹⁸Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.
¹⁹It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’
²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
²¹“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
²²beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
²³They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
²⁴They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
²⁵to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
²⁶They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
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MAT 27:1–10, engwebp
¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
²They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
³Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
⁴saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
⁷They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in.
⁸Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
¹⁰and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Who bought the field of blood, and what happened to Judas: Matthew 27:3–8 and Acts 1:16–19

Matthew 27:3–8 says that Judas, who betrayed Jesus, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, departed, and went away and hanged himself; the chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood,” took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in; therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
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- MAT 27:1–10, engwebp
  ¹Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
  ²They bound him, led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
  ³Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
  ⁴saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”
  ⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.
  ⁶The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
  ⁷They took counsel, and bought the potter’s field with them to bury strangers in.
  ⁸Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.
  ⁹Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
  ¹⁰and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”
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At Acts 1:16–19 Peter says of Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus, that this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out; it became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’
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- ACT 1:15–26, engwebp
  ¹⁵In these days, Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
  ¹⁶“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus.
  ¹⁷For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
  ¹⁸Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness; and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out.
  ¹⁹It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’
  ²⁰For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his habitation be made desolate. Let no one dwell in it;’ and, ‘Let another take his office.’
  ²¹“Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
  ²²beginning from the baptism of John to the day that he was received up from us, of these one must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”
  ²³They put forward two: Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.
  ²⁴They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
  ²⁵to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”
  ²⁶They drew lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was counted with the eleven apostles.
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Matthew says that the chief priests bought the field with the silver, and Acts that Judas (“this man”) obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and the two books tell differently what happened to Judas. This collection keeps the field Matthew calls “The Field of Blood” and the field Acts calls “Akeldama,” that is, “The field of blood,” as one entry, and leaves who bought the field and what happened to Judas as each book tells it, without making the two accounts one.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Akeldama” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Akeldama (confidence 456 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

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Akeldama
OpenBible.info confidence 456 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.76841, 35.23288
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Akeldama” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (1) — Handed to Pilate; Judas dies; the field is named

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Therefore that field has been called “The Field of Blood” to this day.

Acts 1:19 Open that verse

It became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood.’

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Entry: Field of Blood (place-field-of-blood)
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Current wording: Matthew 27:8 records that the field is called this to this day. At Acts 1:16–19 Peter says of Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus, that this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines gushed out, and that it became known to everyone who lived in Jerusalem that in their language that field was called ‘Akeldama,’ that is, ‘The field of blood’; this collection keeps that field and the field Matthew 27:8 calls “The Field of Blood” as one entry.
Cited evidence: ACT 1:15–26, engwebp / MAT 27:1–10, engwebp
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