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1. Two strangers came to the home of Abraham’s nephew Lot and nearly became victims of a mob from the City. Who were the strangers?
2. Strangers dressed in ragged clothes persuaded Joshua that making peace with their people meant befriending a distant nation. Where did the come from?
3. Name the stranger who was compelled to carry Jesus’ cross.
The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance
Bruce M. Metzger (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987) 336 pp., $55.00
H. Neil Richardson, biblical scholar and archaeologist, died on December 19, 1988, after a brief period in the hospital, following a long illness.
1This is what [the Lord] Yahweh showed me:
Lo, he was forming a swarm of locusts When the second crop was beginning to come up
cruciarius (KROO-see-ARE-ee-us): the crucified person.
crurifragium (KROO-ri-FRAJ-ee-um): the act of breaking the legs of a person on the cross.
flagrum (FLAY-grum): a whip having metal weights or bone at the tips of multiple leather tails.
patibulum (pa-TIB-you-lum): the horizontal bar of a cross.
praetorium (pree-TOHR-ee-um): the residence or palace of a Roman provincial governor.
