A
1,500-year-old fragment of Greek papyrus with writing that refers to the
biblical Last Supper and "manna from heaven" may be one of the oldest
Christian amulets, say researchers. The
fragment was likely folded up and worn inside a locket or pendant as a sort of protective charm, according to Roberta
Mazza, who spotted the papyrus while looking through thousands of papyri kept
in the library vault at the John Rylands Research Institute at the University
of Manchester in the United Kingdom. See pictures and read complete article -- http://www.livescience.com/47705-last-supper-papyrus-discovered.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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