John Chrysostom

"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." 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. …

Homily on Acts 3 ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

The Jews gave the village the name "Akeldama" on account of what happened with Judas. Peter brings up this fact here, presenting as witnesses the enemies who gave this land such a name.

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Oecumenius

And the place called Akeldama was not named by Judas, but by the Jews. For he says, in their own dialect, the Jews bearing witness to the lawlessness.

Commentary on Acts ↗

Bede

And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama. It says in their language who were inhabitants of Jerusalem, because certainly, even though both spoke Hebrew, the propriety of the language of Jerusalem differed from that of the Galileans, from whom were the apostles, which we learn in the story of the Lord's passion, where Peter, even against his will, was revealed by his speech to be a Galilean.

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