Widow's Mite, ancient coin. 163 BC. BYZANTINE OIL LAMP When at rest the tabernacle

When at rest the tabernacle was set up and the holy Ark was placed in it under the veil of the covering

Size: 40x32 cm

the Resurrection of Righteous Lazarus is laconically presented in the form of two figures

between 126 BC and 56 AD

Some art historians prefer a date of about 1300

Widow's Mite, ancient coin. 163 BC. BYZANTINE OIL LAMP When at rest the tabernacleSize: diameter= 1cm. (0. 3) inch. As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. "Truly I tell you," he said, "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Luke 21: 1 4 The coin referred to in this passage was the "half prutah," also