An
intriguing find consisting of an impressive pyramid-shaped staircase
constructed of large ashlar stones was uncovered in an archaeological
excavation currently conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The
excavation is located in the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the City of
David, site of ancient Jerusalem, and is being carried out in cooperation with
the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation. This
structure, situated alongside the 2,000 year old Second Temple stepped street,
which carried pilgrims on their way from the Shiloah (Siloam) Pool to the
Temple, which stood atop the Temple Mount.
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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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