Study it in the app“And it became known to all those who live in Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.”
Andκαὶit becameἐγένετοknownγνωστὸνto allπᾶσιthose who liveτοῖς κατοικοῦσινin Jerusalem,Ἰερουσαλήμso thatὥστεthatἐκεῖνοfieldτὸ χωρίονwas calledκληθῆναιin their ownτῇ ἰδίᾳ αὐτῶνlanguageδιαλέκτῳAkeldama,Ἁκελδαμάχthat is,τοῦτ’ ἔστινFieldΧωρίονof Blood.Αἵματος
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “egeneto” appearsknown
Something everyone is aware of.
Where else “gnōston” appearsdwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikousin” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “Ierousalēm” appearsso that
So much that, to the point that.
Where else “hōste” appearsplot of land
A piece of land that someone owns and can sell or give.
Where else “chōrion” appearscall
To give someone a name.
Where else “klēthēnai” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiai” appearslanguage
Language, the speech of a people; also manner of speaking.
Where else “dialektōi” appearsAkeldama
Akeldama, an Aramaic word meaning "Field of Blood".
Where else “Hakeldamach” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “Haimatos” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
18Now this man acquired a field with the wages of his unrighteousness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle, and all his bowels poured out.
19 · This verse (above)
20For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘Let his dwelling become desolate, and let there be no one living in it’; and, ‘Let another take his office.’
1. What it says
What does Jesus tell the apostles they will receive, and what will they be, before he is taken up? (v. 8)
2. What it means
Why do you think Jesus does not answer their question about the timing and speaks instead of being witnesses? (vv. 6-8)
3. How I live it
The disciples waited together in prayer (v. 14). What helps you hold steady when you wait for something and do not know when it will come?
