I have mentioned this several time before, but what really baffles me is how there is not enough level space
on the TEMPLE MOUNT, to accommodate a rather LARGE THRESHING FLOOR.
NOR a 600 Foot, two story double bridge called a CAUSEWAY, south of the Ancient City wall, verified by JOSEPHUS the Historian.
And Paul was almost beaten to death by the Temple Crowd, just outside the TEMPLE, and then the Commander of Cohort on Duty that DAY, had to run DOWN HILL, with is Soldiers and Centurions to SAVE PAUL in Acts.
Acts 21:27-40 (ESV)
27 When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,
28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
30 Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
31 And as
they were seeking to kill him (Paul), word came to the tribune of the cohort
(Commander) that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
32 He at once took soldiers and centurions and
ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.
34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, some another. And as he could not learn the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
35 And when he came to the steps, he was actually carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,
36 for the mob of the people followed, crying out, “Away with him!”
37 As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the tribune, “May I say something to you?” And he said, “Do you know Greek?
38 Are you not the Egyptian, then, who recently stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?”
39 Paul replied,
“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.”
40 And when he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great hush,
he addressed them in the Hebrew language, saying:
And still the JEWS do not want to believe it.
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That image on the right, is where the ROMAN TENTH LEGION was Barracks with 10,000 Troops and Support Personnel stayed. Most people do not know this, but no soldier was ever to spend money downtown. So 4000 of those Support Personnel were to man the shops on Post where they were allowed to spend money any what they wanted, 6000 were Soldiers. I colored in the Triple Gate as is was walled up when Turkey was in control of Jerusalem. I think at least one of those three door ways only went up to the second floor while the other two, went to the TOP Floor. "Herod Rebuilds Temple According to Jewish historian Josephus, the Judean king of Idumean descent, Herod the Great (74/73 BC-4 BC) decided to build a magnificent temple of God in the 18th year of his reign (listed as 20 BC on the Biblical Timeline)." In blue print, I pointed out the FORESTED HILL that is described in Jer. 26:18, that sits on Mt. ZION, the center mount on the Mt. Moriah RIDGE. YES, Mt. Moriah is the Name of the WHOLE RIDGE. So YES the BIBLE IS 100% ACCURATE, when it says Solomon built the Temple on Mt. Moriah, and Herod Rebuilds Temple According to Jewish historian Josephus, the Judean king of Idumean descent, Herod the Great (74/73 BC-4 BC) decided to build a magnificent temple of God in the 18th year of his reign (listed as 20 BC on the Biblical Timeline). on the Earth, they are BOTH the SAME PLACE.
Psalm 9:11 (NASB)
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Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds.
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