Bloodfield
The blood field ( Hebrew : Akeldamach , Hakeldama ; also pottery field ) is an ancient cemetery near Jerusalem , where Judas Iscariot is said to be buried.
Mentioned in the New Testament
The churchyard was bought from the 30 pieces of silver ( Judas silver pieces ) of Judas Iscariot . Judas had received the money from the local high priests for his betrayal of Jesus . However, Judas later threw them into the temple.
The blood field includes various attributes; so the field is soaked in the blood of a traitor and a place despicable from a Christian point of view.
The high priests and elders took the silver pieces to buy a piece of property because they did not want the blood-soaked money in their property ( “When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that he was sentenced to death, he regretted it And he brought the thirty pieces of silver back to the chief priests and elders, and said, "I have done wrong in betraying innocent blood. They said," What is it of any business? See you! And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple , went away and hanged himself. But the chief priests took the silver pieces and said, It is not right for us to put them in the chest of God, for it is blood money. But they decided to buy the pottery field from it for burial for strangers this field of blood to this day ” - Mt 27.3-8 EU ).
According to Acts 1,18-19 EU , it was Judas himself who had acquired the property ( “He has acquired a field with the wages for his injustice. But he fell forward and split in two, so that all his bowels oozed out. And it is became known to all who live in Jerusalem, so that this field is called in their language: Hakeldamach, which means blood field ” ).
So the prophecy of Jeremiah (32.9 EU ) and Zechariah was fulfilled and the money was given to the potter:
- “And the Lord said to me: Throw it down, that it may be given to the potter! Oh, a fine sum, to which I am respected by them! And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord to be given to the potter ” ( Zech 11:13 EU )
According to tradition, it is located on the northern slope of today's Jebel Dêr Abu Tôr near Gehinnom (south of Jerusalem ), about 100 meters south of the so-called first wall. What is meant is the first of the three ancient Jerusalem city walls.
The blood field has belonged to the ununited Armenian Church since the 16th century and was used for foreigners' burial until the 19th century.
Potters field
The term “blood field” is mentioned in Mt 27 : 7–8 EU in the same context: 7 And they decided to use the money to buy the pottery field as a burial place for the strangers. 8 That is why this field is still called the blood field today . The "pottery field" or "pottery field" got its name from the fact that the field belonged to a potter before Judas bought it. Another interpretation says that the name "pottery field" comes from the fact that this field was not suitable for growing crops, but was visited by potters to mine the clay there.
In the English-speaking world, the term potter's field ( potter's field ) generally refers to poor cemeteries and graves where strangers, suicides and children who died unbaptized were buried. A well-known cemetery of this type is located on Hart Island , an island in the Long Island Sound belonging to the New York borough of Bronx .
literature
- Karen Armstrong : Jerusalem, the holy city. btb, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-424-01176-2 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barnabas Meistermann: Haceldama . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 7, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1910.
- ↑ a b Thomas Bahde: The Common Dust of Potter's Field. New York City and its bodies politic, 1800-1860. In: www.common-place.org. July 2006, accessed January 6, 2018 .
Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′ 5.6 " N , 35 ° 13 ′ 59.8" E