When Jesus fed the multitude he broke barley bread. There was also wheat bread. Peter, Andrew, James, and John caught many fish on Lake Tiberias (Sea of...
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James Shelton
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Dec 17, 2011 3:26 pm
Many decades ago being new to the South (southern USA) we invited a couple to eat with us but did not cook any bread that is biscuits. The “gentlemen” made...
Mr.Shelton from Mr. Skelton Interesting story about the Southerner! You should have offered him some "Johnnycake" (cornbread). He would have deemed you a...
THank you all for the input. And, my study class thanks you. I think next week more will be opened to us on this subjest. It help to better understand...
The value of a denarius changed over time as did the value of silver with the output of mines in Spain. The value of wheat and barley fluctuated with changes...
Thanks David In Revelation 6:6 we have of course a visionary picture of famine conditions and would not expect it to reveal the normal price of wheat and...
Bill, If you look deeper into early church history you might find the "Ecclesiastical History" of Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea (c. 324 AD). Eusebius...
John 1:14 American Standard Version (ASV) -- Public Domain 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only...
Davis, how much a sparrow sold for was not the question I asked. I asked " One of the participants in my Bible Study class asked about the value of "two...
Emory, We have the parable of the vineyard owner who hired people to work in his vineyard for a denarius a day. Harvest labor was hard to come by as the...
A denarius in the time of Jesus was a day's wage for a soldier or a poor worker, essentially subsistence wage, unless I am mistaken. It was a silver coin about...
All The Denarius was a silver coin the size of a dime but about twice as thick with much more relief. The Denarius remained a laborer’s day’s wage (as...
Emory, You may find it of interest that the feeding of the 5000 occurred on the Solar Passover one year before Jesus celebrated the Last Supper again on the...
This article explains the global median income per personis about $1255.00/year. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/half-worlds-richest-1-live-103700781.html...
Y'all, Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you continue in My word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will...
Matt, if you are out there just wanted to say Hello after all this time. The Cokesbury Lessons for this coming Quarter are deaing with the 4G starting with,...
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house were where the disciples met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus...
Bill, Peace be to you also on this blessed day! I wanted to respond via gmail bit the group didn't recognixe my email. I tried to change it but I missed a...
According to the testimony of Solzhenitsyn more people perished in Stalin's (USSR) prison labor/concentration camps than in Hitler's death camps. Jesus...
