Numismatists widely agree this Alexander Jannaeus coin is the exact coin known in the Gospels as the Widow's Mite. While the wealthy gave heavy silver out of their surplus, a poor widow gave two of these tiny coins, offering everything she had with a pure heart.
The story of money in Jerusalem is a fascinating journey. But the most spiritually valuable coin ever dropped on the Temple Mount wasn't a heavy silver shekel. It was a nearly worthless piece of bronze. Here is the true story of the Widow's Mite.
Because Jannaeus minted these bronze coins in massive volumes, they stayed in circulation for over a century. By the final days of the Second Temple, these tiny, corroded bronze coins were the everyday pocket change of the poorest people in Jerusalem.
Missiles over Jerusalem tonight. We're still standing, still preserving history. Pray for peace: "שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם" - Psalm 122:6. United States of America & Israel, together. 🇺🇸🇮🇱
**HELP PRESERVE WHAT WAS NEARLY LOST FOREVER**
After 2,000 years buried beneath Jerusalem, the Pilgrimage Road just opened to the public following 13 years of careful excavation.
Not all Temple Mount archaeology has been this careful.
November 1999: The Waqf illegally removed 400 truckloads of Temple Mount soil and dumped it in the Kidron Valley. Three thousand years of artifacts destroyed in a single night.
For 25 years, archaeologists Dr. Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira have been recovering what they can. Over 500,000 finds saved from erasure.
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Full story in my documentary at the end of February.
For centuries, we could only imagine the Temple courts where Jesus walked.
But archaeologist Assaf Avraham did something extraordinary that changed everything.
He solved a 2,000-year-old puzzle using fragments from the soil we rescue.
These aren't artistic guesses.
They're verified reconstructions of the actual floor.
When you see these patterns today, you're looking at what Jesus saw when He walked through Solomon's Colonnade (John 10:23) or sat watching offerings at the treasury (Mark 12:41).
@4thletterThe David's victories in 1 Chronicles 18 show God's provision everywhere. Arrowheads and weights from that United Monarchy era in our sifting affirm the biblical context. As 1 Chronicles 18:11 notes, 'King David dedicated these articles to the Lord'
This isn't about owning a relic. It's about custodianship. You become part of a global community preserving biblical history that was nearly lost forever. Every purchase directly supports ongoing archaeological research. You're not just buying soil. You're funding discovery.
This bronze coin was minted in Jerusalem in 30 CE by Pontius Pilate. The same year. The same city. The same authority that condemned Jesus to crucifixion. Let me show you why this coin is one of the most significant Christian artifacts ever recovered.
Temple Mount Soil offers something unprecedented: certified, authenticated soil from the very ground where these biblical events unfolded. Each bottle is individually numbered. Each comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the project archaeologists.