The Last Days of Judas Iscariot The Last Days of Judas Iscariot The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a play by American playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis first staged Off-Broadway at The Public Theater on March 2, 2005 directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" tells the story of a court case over the ultimate fate of Judas Iscariot. The play uses flashbacks to an imagined childhood, and lawyers who call for the testimonies of such witnesses as Mother Teresa, Caiaphas, Saint Monica, Sigmund Freud, and Satan. The original production premiered Off-Broadway in a Labyrinth Theatre Company production at the Public Theatre
Coins in the Bible Coins in the Bible A number of coins are mentioned in the Bible, and they have proved very popular among coin collectors. Specific coins mentioned in the Bible include the widow's mite, the tribute penny and the thirty pieces of silver, though it is not always possible to identify the exact coin that was used. The coin referred to in the lesson of the widow's mite was a "lepton", the smallest and least valuable coin in circulation in Palestine. The tribute penny was the coin that was shown to Jesus when he made his famous speech "Render unto Caesar..." It