A
massive entranceway has been revealed at King Herod’s palace. Archaeologists
from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have been excavating the Herodian
Hilltop Palace over the past year. This entranceway is one of the most
impressive features found at the site so far. One of the most startling
features of the entryway is a corridor with complex systems of arches spanning
its width on three separate levels. The arches act as buttresses for the
corridor’s vast side walls; these would have allowed the King and his entourage
direct access to the Palace Courtyard. See
picture and read article at -- http://www.newhistorian.com/magnificent-entryway-king-herods-palace-revealed/2524/
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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