Acts 1:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Their proper tongue; the Syriac language then in use after the Babylonish captivity. The field of blood; as bought with the price of Christ's blood, and sprinkled with his own blood.

Acts 1:19

19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.