The metaphor of Hebrews 12:1, referring to “witnesses” is comparing saints in heaven to spectators in an arena. This photograph is from StockSnap (taken on 30 May 2014) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** The following exchanges occurred underneath my post, Dialogue on Praying to Abraham (Luke 16). Protestant commenter Jim Drickamer (his words will be in blue) raised some issues that I briefly addressed (my words are in green). Catholic commenter Anthony Zarrella (words in regular black), a lawyer who... Read more