The
Copper Scroll is part of the extraordinary cache of 1st Century documents first
discovered in caves at Qumran, popularly known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. As
Professor Richard Freund stated, the copper scroll is “probably the most
unique, the most important, and the least understood.” The corroded metal could
not be unrolled by conventional means, so in 1955, the scroll was cut into 23
strips and then pieced back together. It
was no ordinary list, rather it contained directions to 64 locations where
staggering quantities of treasure could be found. Sixty-three of the locations
refer to treasures of gold and silver, which have been estimated in the tons.
Tithing vessels are also listed among the entries, along with other vessels,
and three locations featured scrolls. One entry apparently mentions priestly
vestments. In total, over 4,600 talents of precious metal are listed on the
scroll, making the total haul worth in excess of a billion dollars. See picture
and read article at -- http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/751313-the-lost-treasure-of-the-copper-scroll/
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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