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Acts 1:19 KJV
Acts · chapter 1 · verse 19
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.Acts 1:19 · King James Version
Acts 1:19 in context
17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemierousalēmJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2419 →
- dwellerskatoikeōto dwell, settle, metaph. divine powers, influences, etc., are said to dwell in his soul…G2730 →
- AceldamaakeldamaAceldama = " Field of Blood" , a field purchased with Judas s betrayal money…G184 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- properidiospertaining to one s self, one s own, belonging to one s selfG2398 →
- tonguedialektosconversation, speech, discourse, language, the tongue or language peculiar to any peopleG1258 →
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The sin of Judas was not only his shame and ruin, but it made a vacancy in the college of the apostles. They were ordained twelve, with an eye to the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve patriarchs;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-26