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Aceldama (or Akeldama)

In the New Testament, the field bought by Judas (Acts 1:19), or by the chief priests, ‘to bury strangers in’ (Matthew 27:7). It is also called the ‘potter's field’ (Matthew 27:7, 10). By tradition this field is situated south of the lower part of the Vale of Hinnom.



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Stashed within the so-called Akeldama chambers were ornately inscribed vaults of the dead, plus pottery vessels, gold jewelry, glass bottles and other objects thousands of years old.
 
 
 
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