Acts 1:19 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 1:19

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Bede

Retractions on Acts (735)

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama. It says in their language who were inhabitants of Jerusalem, because certainly, even though both spoke Hebrew, the propriety of the language of Jerusalem differed …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

In their own tongue - This expression, That is, the field of blood, St. Luke seems to have added to the words of St. Peter, for the use of Theophilus and other readers who did not understand Hebrew.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

It was known ... - , Mat 27:8. The scene in the temple; the acts of the priests in purchasing the field, etc., would make it known; and the name of the field would preserve the memory of the guilt of Judas. Their proper tongue - The language spoken by the Jews the Syro-Chaldaic. Aceldama - This is composed of two Syro-Chaldaic words, and means literally, the field of blood.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
γνωστὸν	gnōston	known	G1110 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	it became	G1096 →
πᾶσιν	pasin	to all	G3956 →
τοῖς	tois	those	G3588 →
κατοικοῦσιν	katoikousin	dwelling	G2730 →
Ἰερουσαλήμ,	Ierousalēm	in Jerusalem,	G2419 →
ὥστε	hōste	so that	G5620 →
κληθῆναι	klēthēnai	to call	G2564 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
χωρίον	chōrion	field	G5564 →
ἐκεῖνο	ekeino	that [one]	G1565 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ἰδίᾳ	idia	in [their] own	G2398 →
διαλέκτῳ	dialektō	language	G1258 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
Ἁκελδαμάχ	Hakeldamach	Akeldama	G184 →
τοῦτ᾽	tout᾽	That	G3778 →
ἔστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
χωρίον	chōrion	Field	G5564 →
αἵματος.	aimatos	of Blood.	G129 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
leads to
- John 3:2
  He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were…
- Luke 11:20
  But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Matthew 12:28
  But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Acts 4:10
  then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from…
- John 14:10–11
  Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father…
Through
Acts 21:40
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
leads to
- Acts 12:17
  Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for…
Through
Matthew 28:15
So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 6:10
  For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- Matthew 27:8
  That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day.