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Acts 1:19

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.

KJV

ὃ καὶ γνωστὸν ἐγένετο πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν Ἱερουσαλήμ, ὥστε κληθῆναι τὸ χωρίον ἐκεῖνο τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν Ἀχελδαμάχ, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν, χωρίον αἵματος.

Greek NT

Et notum factum est omnibus habitantibus Jerusalem, ita ut appellaretur ager ille, lingua eorum, Haceldama, hoc est, ager sanguinis.

Vulgate

And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch that in their language that field was called Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)

ASV

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so that the same field was called in their tongue, Haceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
γνωστός
gnostos
adjective · 15×
διάλεκτος
dialektos
noun · 6×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
κατοικέω
katoikeo
verb · 45×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
χωρίον
chorion
noun · 10×
Ἀκελδαμά
akeldama
noun · 1×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἴδιος
idios
adjective · 114×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὥστε
oste
conjunction · 85×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ἰδίᾳ | Treg/NA/RP: ἰδίᾳ
  • ἰδίᾳSBLGNT
  • ἰδίᾳTregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up int
  • Matt 27:8 — Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.