¹⁹ Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language^(A) Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

⁴⁰ After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned^(A) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic^[a]:^(B)

²² “Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth^(A) was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs,^(B) which God did among you through him,^(C) as you yourselves know.

¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

¹⁶ Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger^(A) into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.^[a]