Few
readers of the English Bible realize that the name “James” actually comes from
the Hebrew name Jacob or Yaaqov, which adds to the confusion over the various
“Jameses” mentioned in the New Testament. There is, of course, Jacob the
Patriarch, grandson of Abraham; James the Apostle, the fisherman brother of
John and one of the two sons of Zebedee (Mark 4:21); “James the Less,” and
several others. Ironically, the most obscure, and surely the most important
James as “James the brother of Jesus,” known subsequently as “James the Just.” takes
a bit of analysis. Read James Tabor’s complete blog at --
https://jamestabor.com/jesus-his-brother-james-and-peter-when-a-picture-is-worth-more-than-a-thousand-words/
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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