A
wall painting, dating back over 4,300 years, has been discovered in a tomb
located just east of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The painting shows vivid scenes
of life, including boats sailing south on the Nile River, a bird hunting trip
in a marsh and a man named Perseneb, a priest, who's shown with his wife and
dog. While Giza is famous for its pyramids, the site also contains fields of
tombs that sprawl to the east and west of the Great Pyramid. These tombs
were created for private individuals who held varying degrees of rank and power
during the Old Kingdom (2649-2150 B.C.), the age when the Giza pyramids were
built. The tomb is just 1,000 feet from the Great Pyramid at Giza in
Egypt. See pictures & read complete article at -- http://www.livescience.com/46806-tomb-painting-discovered-near-great-pyramid.html
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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