That is why the field is called to this day "The Field of Blood."
a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood.
So the soldiers took the money and followed their instructions; and this story has been disseminated among the Jews down to the present day.
So after consulting they bought with it the Potter's Field, to serve as a burying-place for strangers.