Jeremiah Johnston
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1,943 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 16 Jun
Jeremiah Johnston’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So I want to show you something really cool.
I'm really into ancient coins because Christ,
Coins are the social media of the first century world.
So I want you to hold this one.
This is the Justinian Roman Solidus.
And if you look on the front of it, you're gonna see an image of Jesus.
That's Justinian on the back.
But if you look on the front, you're going to see an image of Jesus.
Now, this is the late 7th century, okay?
This is the 600s.
Justinian does something really, really important.
This is the first time that we have, and this is all in my book, but this is the first time we have coinage with Jesus' image imprinted on it.
And this was an act of faith and defiance against Islam, by the way, because the caliphate was crouching at the door.
That's crazy.
And my friend gives me this coin.
I was showing him my Herod the Great coin, if you want to see it.
And he's like, well, I've got this coin.
I was buying gold during COVID and I bought this coin.
And I said, well, look at the face.
Well, the face, according to Alan Wegner, a Duke professor,
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