The
world’s oldest bible – dating back to the 4th century AD – is to go on display
at the British Museum. The Codex Sinaiticus, which is handwritten in Greek,
will be part of an exhibition called 'Egypt: faith after the Pharoahs' from
October to February, The
Guardian reported. It is normally kept
at the British Library and has only been lent out once before – also to the
British Museum in 1990 – since it was bought from the Soviet Union in 1933. See
picture and read article at -- http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/worlds-oldest-bible-codex-sinaiticus-to-go-on-display-at-british-museum-10473944.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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