Aceldama

Aceldama (Aramaic for field of blood) was the name the Jerusalem residents gave to the potter's field purchased with the thirty pieces of silver returned by Judas Iscariot after the betrayal of Jesus. Matthew 27:6–8 records that the chief priests, unable to return the blood-money to the temple treasury, used it to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners. Acts 1:18–19 offers a complementary account in which Judas himself acquired the field, which became associated with his death.

The site lies on a narrow terrace on the south face of the Valley of Hinnom, where it meets the Kidron Valley. Its modern Arabic name is Hak ed-Damm.