Acts 1:19

And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; since that field is called in their proper tongue, Akeldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
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John Chrysostom

AD 407
Now the Jews gave it this name, not on this account, but because of Judas; here, however, Peter makes it to have this reference, and when he brings forward the adversaries as witnesses, both by the fact that they named it, and by saying, in their proper tongue, this is what he means. God compelled them to call the field in Hebrew Aceldama.

Theophylact of Ochrid

AD 1107
For to this day, it says, that field is called "The field of blood," as a reminder to all that they murdered the Lord.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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