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What is Mark saying in 15:38?

... This is the only point in Josephus where he writes about visions, hallucinations, revelations à la Paul. It's surprising that it seems that Josephus links all these things with the prophet Jesus ben Ananias by a kind of relation of cause-effect. A question: can the original Greek for "Woe,...

The Praetorium is the residence of the Roman Governor and one would expect this building to be named in its Roman form for a direct understanding of the narrative. The Roman Governor Palace in Cologne seem to retain the original Roman name just as it does in the Greek of Mark. http://www.museenkoel...

The Praetorium is the residence of the Roman Governor and one would expect this building to be named in its Roman form for a direct understanding of the narrative. The Roman Governor Palace in Cologne seem to retain the original Roman name just as it does in the Greek of Mark. http://www.museenkoeln...

As soon as the coin in the coffer rings... Which coin? Mark 12:42 And one poor widow came and put in two lepta (1) Footnotes (1)-- two lepta . Whichever is the equivalent local coin currently in use, as in these translations of the same offering: Mark 12:42 42 και ελθουσα μια χηρα πτωχη εβαλεν λεπτα...

I'm fairly confident Mark was written in Italy, which accounts for explanations such as two leptas being (equivalent to) a quadrans (Mk 12:42), but you'd think such an explanation would discount the substitution theory. Why Rome only? Couldn't these coins be in use also in a Roman colony, such as C...

... The Australian Numismatic Society Library The Denarius in Mark 12:15 By Peter Lewis http://the-ans.com/library/2012PeterLewis.html First, sorry, but I do not understand why you are responding to my information about the quadrans and the lepton with information about the denarius. My post was ab...

I'm fairly confident Mark was written in Italy, which accounts for explanations such as two leptas being (equivalent to) a quadrans (Mk 12:42), but you'd think such an explanation would discount the substitution theory. Why Rome only? Couldn't these coins be in use also in a Roman colony, such as C...

Thank you for providing these links, Mr Criddle. https://archive.org/details/p1testimoni00harruoft https://archive.org/details/testimonies00harruoft TESTIMONIES, by RENDEL HARRIS with the assistance of VACHER BURCH PART I Cambridge :at the University Press 1916 CHAPTER II FURTHER PROOFS OF THE ANTIQ...

Nice post, spin. I love it. Perfect!