Showing posts with label denarius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label denarius. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 April 2025

Garden Arrest; Coins Earned: Jesus Betrayed (Edn 2)

 The final few minutes of Jesus' freedom were spent in a garden. It may have been hereabouts.
To east of Jerusalem city on the slope of the Mount of Olives

The location was known as Gethsemane.

Saturday, 5 April 2025

Jesus Shown Caesar's Coin (edited 4)

Give Caesar's to Caesar, and God's to God. 

This is a very early example depicting Julius Caesar. (All subsequent Caesars issued coins claiming divinity.)

Jesus wanted a Roman denarius. Why? But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it” (Mark 12:15 ESV).