Pictured Above: The Scorpion, a Roman Siege Machine
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. Revelation 9:10
The siege of Jerusalem lasted exactly five months.
"And yet to smite with the tail — which tail will be whatever is prolonged from the hindmost part of the body, and scourges — is the one movement which they all use when making an assault. Wherefore that succession of knots in the scorpion, which in the inside is a thin poisoned veinlet, rising up with a bow-like bound, draws tight a barbed sting at the end, after the manner of an engine for shooting missiles. From which circumstance they also call after the scorpion, the warlike implement which, by its being drawn back, gives an impetus to the arrows." - Tertullian, Scorpiace, 1.1.1-2.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. Revelation 9:10
The siege of Jerusalem lasted exactly five months.
"And yet to smite with the tail — which tail will be whatever is prolonged from the hindmost part of the body, and scourges — is the one movement which they all use when making an assault. Wherefore that succession of knots in the scorpion, which in the inside is a thin poisoned veinlet, rising up with a bow-like bound, draws tight a barbed sting at the end, after the manner of an engine for shooting missiles. From which circumstance they also call after the scorpion, the warlike implement which, by its being drawn back, gives an impetus to the arrows." - Tertullian, Scorpiace, 1.1.1-2.
Forwarded from 70 A.D.
The third oldest Bible in the world features the four Gospels written in Koine Greek. It is known as the Codex Washingtonianus, the Codex Freerianus or the Washington Gospels, and is over 1,600 years old.
What makes this Codex special, is the passage inserted at the end of the gospel of Mark, known as the "Freer Logion".
In this passage, Jesus tells the disciples that the term of years of satan's power has been fulfilled, but that other terrible things draw near.
St. Jerome not only quoted this passage, but also reported that the Freer Logion appeared in the Gospel of Mark after 16:14 “especially in Greek codices.”
The number of these manuscripts that exist today and which are known to contain this interpolation is exactly one: Codex Washingtonianus
"Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out."
(John 12:31)
What makes this Codex special, is the passage inserted at the end of the gospel of Mark, known as the "Freer Logion".
In this passage, Jesus tells the disciples that the term of years of satan's power has been fulfilled, but that other terrible things draw near.
St. Jerome not only quoted this passage, but also reported that the Freer Logion appeared in the Gospel of Mark after 16:14 “especially in Greek codices.”
The number of these manuscripts that exist today and which are known to contain this interpolation is exactly one: Codex Washingtonianus
"Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out."
(John 12:31)
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And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise. Daniel 7:24
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:12
Did you know that there were ten Zealot leaders listed by Josephus who were appointed to rule over the various provinces of Israel in November of A.D. 66 at the start of the Judean Revolt?
1) Joseph b. Gorion
2) Ananus II
3) Jesus b. Sapphias
4) Eleazar b. Ananias
5) Niger
6) Joseph b. Simon
7) Manasseh
8) John the Essene
9) John b. Matthias (or son of Ananias?)
10) Josephus b. Matthias.
Josephus, Wars of the Judeans, 2.20.3-4.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. Revelation 17:12
Did you know that there were ten Zealot leaders listed by Josephus who were appointed to rule over the various provinces of Israel in November of A.D. 66 at the start of the Judean Revolt?
1) Joseph b. Gorion
2) Ananus II
3) Jesus b. Sapphias
4) Eleazar b. Ananias
5) Niger
6) Joseph b. Simon
7) Manasseh
8) John the Essene
9) John b. Matthias (or son of Ananias?)
10) Josephus b. Matthias.
Josephus, Wars of the Judeans, 2.20.3-4.
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