Talk:Akeldama

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In Acts 1:25 it says "which Judas by his transgression fell" referring to Matthew 27 where Judas hanged himself. The field of potters was bought with the silver he betrayed Jesus.

There are explanations for this apparent discrepancy: 1. Please check http://lukehistorians.com/?p=51. Judas hung himself (Matthew's account) while the person who actually bought the field for Judas, accidentally fell on the field and burst open (Luke's addendum in parenthesis). or 2. Please see http://www.gotquestions.org/Judas-die.html. Judas did hang himself and then later (after decomposing), fell from the tree (either cut down or the branch broke) onto the field, coincidentally purchased by the scribes on his behalf with the money he left at the temple. either way, you can view this as either an elaborate attempt to fit events to prophecy (non-believer) or an extraordinarily amazing prophecy (believer).203.45.91.227 (talk) 06:53, 12 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Who cares but the field of life 2607:FB91:616:D45A:C0B4:E4DA:973D:FBB9 (talk) 05:21, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Location of the NT field
A thousand years passed between the days of Jesus and the era of the Crusades, and the current place name doesn't seem to have any continuous pedigree beyond the setting up of the monastery/hospital and its potter's field. Or are there any reliable traditions to bridge this gap of a millennium and link the name to this actual location for the 1st (or even 3rd) century AD? As far as I can see it's like with Golgotha, or still worse: there are a couple of places in Jerusalem now being pointed out as Golgotha but no real corroboration for any of them, although the tradition for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is at least fairly old.

If you look at the article it's plain that the oldest non-biblical discussions of the name are contradictory on where the field was supposed to be: "In his Onomasticon (ed. Klostermann, p. 102, 16), Eusebius says the "field of Haceldama" lies nearer to "Thafeth of the Valley of Ennom". But under the word "Haceldama" (p. 38, 20) he says that this field was pointed out as being "north of Mount Sion". St. Jerome changed this to "south of Mount Sion"" Nortth or south? And the name "Aceldama" would have been a fitting one to use for a hospital set up to assist strangers in this specific area by priests and knights in the 12th century, whether there was any local tradition for this place or not. 83.254.151.33 (talk) 02:41, 7 February 2014 (UTC)