Acts 1:18 meaning and explanation
(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
Acts 1:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Luke, the narrator, pauses to explain how the field called Akeldama, Field of Blood, got its name. Judas received payment for betraying Jesus and the field was bought with that money; Luke says Judas bought it, while Acts 1:19 and Matthew 27:7 describe the priests purchasing it in his name.
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