King James Version
Acts 1:19 in the King James Version says “And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, ...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Acts 1:19 · KJV
For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
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.
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein : and his bishoprick let another take. bishoprick: or, office, or, charge
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“it was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“insomuch as”
G5620so too, i.e., thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow)
“is called”
G2564to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
“in their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“of blood”
G129blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of christ); by implication, bloodshed, also k
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