A
translucent orange gem engraved with an image of a goddess of hunting has been
found near a mausoleum built by Herod the Great, the king of Judea who ruled
not long before the time of Jesus. The carnelian
gem shows the goddess Diana (or
her Greek equivalent, Artemis) with a sumptuously detailed hairstyle and
wearing a sleeveless dress, with a quiver behind her left shoulder and the end
of a bow protruding from her right shoulder. Both Diana and Artemis were goddesses of hunting and childbirth. See
pictures and read complete article at -- http://www.livescience.com/50156-engraved-gem-herod-mausoleum.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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