ACELDAMA
“field of blood.”
A small piece of land in Jerusalem, which before the death of Christ was called “Potter’s Field” (Jer. 19), bought by the priests with the money returned by Judas, who used it as a cemetery for foreigners, since, considering it ” price of blood” and, therefore, contaminated, it could not be dedicated to the burial of Jews (Mt. 27:7; Acts 1:19).
The popular voice, remembering the origin of said cemetery, made an easy play on words and turned its name into “akeldama”, “field of blood.” It can almost certainly be located on the south side of the Hinnom Valley, where there are many Crusader tombs.