PLACE WHERE JUDAS DIED
Potter's field is "Akeldama" in Aramaic meaning field of blood,
which was purchased with the thirty coins paid to Judas Iscariot for identifying Jesus Christ. This has a reference to Zechariah 11:12-13 of the Old Testament. Mathew 27:1-10 says that after learning that Jesus was to be crucified, Judas attempted to return the money he had been paid for his betrayal to the chief priests and committed suicide by hanging. Scholars traced back the writing of Zechariah to 6th century BC. This clearly indicates that six hundred years prior to the actual happening, the betrayal was in the scriptures of the Bible. The Acts 1:18-19 narrates the death of Judas. "With the price of his treachery this man came into possession of a field; and afterwards, when he fell from a height, and his belly burst open so that he was disembowelled, all Jerusalem heard of it, and the field came to be called, in their language, Haceldama, that is, the field of blood."
The exact location of the place where Judas killed himself could not be identified. Catholic Church has built a monastery in this area. It can be seen from the above photograph that the land remains to be barren one. May be because it was purchased with the price of the blood of Jesus Christ.
KV George
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