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To whom did Peter deliver his speech describing the fate of Judas?
“Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples” ([Acts i, 15]).
Is it not reasonable to suppose that the alleged information conveyed in his speech was as familiar to the disciples whom he addressed as to himself? Regarding this De Wette aptly says: “In the composition of this speech the author has not considered historical decorum.”
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What did Peter say in regard to the name of the field?
“And it was known unto all the dwellers of Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood” ([Acts i, 19]).
Here Peter is represented as interpreting in Greek a Jewish word to his Jewish brethren.