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Akeldama

Also called: Aceldama, Hakeldama, Field of Blood
Name means “Field of Blood”Explained in Acts 1:19
First named: Matthew 27:8
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Disputed identification: Its location is disputed; scholars have proposed several different modern sites for it.
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Named in Scripture, but with no story of its own here — kept for the connections graph.

References: Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19

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