Over
the past 2000 years there have been many opinions about Yeshua, but I believe
almost everyone will agree that he was a good teacher. His followers were known
as “disciples,” which Dr. Ike
Tennison likes to call “learners.” “Go and learn what this means” has to be
a clue about something that was very important to Yeshua, and something he wanted
his disciples to learn. What did he want them to learn? Was it the meaning of
this – “I desire mercy
and not sacrifice?” Click here to find out -- http://www.biblicalheritage.org/go_and_learn_01.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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