Albert Barnes on Acts 1:19
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Acts1:19
It was known, etc. Mt 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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