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Acts 1:19

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KJV ORIGINAL

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.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Word spread to everyone living in Jerusalem about what happened. They even started calling that field 'Aceldama' in their own language — which literally means 'the field of blood.'

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Some stories are so intense that they permanently change what we call a place.

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