Akeldama
Akeldama, also known as the Field of Blood or Potter's Field, was purchased with the money Judas received for betraying Jesus and used as a burial place for foreigners.
PlaceNew Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location near Jerusalem first mentioned at Matthew 27:7; referred to as Akeldama (Ἀκελδαμά), Field of Blood (αἷμα ἀγρός, αἷμα χωρίον), or Potter (κεραμεύς χωρίον).
Location
- Certainty
- Possible (46% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.768° N, 35.233° E
Glossary entries
Potter’s Field Field of Blood Aceldama Akeldama Field of Blood
Alternative names
- αἷμα+G0068H«G0068=ἀγρόςField of Blood
- ἈκελδαμάAkeldama
- κεραμεύς+G5564H«G5564=χωρίονPottersField
Mentions
- Matthew 27:7κεραμεύς+G5564H«G5564=χωρίον · PottersFieldAfter conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
- Matthew 27:8αἷμα+G0068H«G0068=ἀγρός · Field of BloodThat is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.
- Matthew 27:10κεραμεύς+G5564H«G5564=χωρίον · PottersField…and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”
- Acts 1:19Ἀκελδαμά · Akeldama; αἷμα+G0068H«G0068=ἀγρός · Field of BloodThis became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)