Chapter
and verse markers act like stop and yield signs for Bible readers. They play
major roles in creating the contexts in which readers view the words of their
Bibles. As we have pointed out before, if they are inserted in the wrong place
they can literally destroy a context and change the way the words are
understood. Who decided to insert chapter and verse dividers in the biblical
texts? Read complete article at -- http://bhcbiblestudies.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-insertion-of-chapter-and-verse.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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