There
were not three Magi. The number is not specified. It is only stated that they
brought three types of gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh. We can say with
near certainty that there were not three but many thousands! The answers are clear once we understand
the dilemma faced by the Roman State Church founded under Constantine in the
300s CE. It was excruciatingly
painful for the priests of the Roman ‘Mother Church’ to explain why the Magi of
Persia had worshiped the infant Jesus and the Roman Empire had destroyed
Jerusalem and the Temple. Parthia worshiped Jesus. Rome pillaged Jerusalem and destroyed
the Jews. How could Romans justify a Christian heritage? The Roman Mother
Church therefore blamed the Jews for the death of Jesus although the
crucifixion was conducted by Roman soldiers, under Roman imperial authority and
with Roman nails. Read the complete article at -- http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Truth-Beyond-Price/Why-the-Magi-got-a-bad-press-437132
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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