This
past Sunday, which was both the Christian Pentecost and the Jewish Shavuot, Jewish
protesters tried to prevent the Christians from worshipping in the Upper
Room–which just happens to be over the so-called “Tomb of David.” Israeli police say they forcibly
removed dozens of Jewish protesters trying to prevent a Christian ritual from
taking place at a holy site revered in both religions. Police spokeswoman Luba
Samri says the skirmish took place Monday at a site revered by Jews as the tomb
of the biblical King David and by Christians as the site of Jesus’ Last Supper.
Read the complete article at -- http://jamestabor.com/2015/06/02/riots-on-mount-zion-christians-and-jews-in-conflict/
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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