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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: BETTER ONE DAY IN HIS COURTS Eliezer and the two sisters, and several other sympathizers gathered with Jesus very early the next morning to walk with him into the Temple courts. Word got out that he was on the way, and several of the authorities scrambled to come up with a way…

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: BACK TO BETHANY The journey to Jerusalem this time had been relatively uneventful. Jesus was able to travel faster because he was alone. He had longed to spend some more time with Eliezer, Martha and Mary, and also to do some more teaching in the Temple. When he arrived in Jerusalem this…

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: TWO BY TWO The ministry of Jesus had gone on now for well over a year and a half, and there had been many ups and downs, surprises and delights, good times and bad times. None of the disciples could ever have imagined in advance all that had now transpired, but to…

In the world of the ANE, weights and measures were crucial, not least because ancient economies were mostly barter economies, not money economies. The way the value of some goods was estimated in antiquity was by putting them on a scale, and putting weights in the other pan of a two pan scale until a…
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