SLIDE 13 13 Sean Harrison Paper or Pixels? BibleTech, May 1, 2015
K i d r
V a l l e y Temple
see pg xxx
The Fortress Antonia
Acts 21:34; 23:10, 16, 32
Pool of Bethesda
John 5:2
Garden Tomb
(alternate site of Jesus’ crucifixion)
Traditional Site of Jesus’ crucifixion Xystus
(Greek exercise hall) Damascus Gate
Hasmonian Palace
Second Wall
(built by the time of Herod the Great)
Huldah gates and stairways
Mount of Olives
Zech 14:4; Matt 21:1; 24:3; 26:30; Luke 19:37; Acts 1:12
City of David
(Lower City)
Pool of Siloam
Luke 13:4; John 9:7 Ashpot Gate / Tekoa Gate (?)
Neh 2:13; 3:13
Mount Zion
(Upper City)
Essene Gate
Herod’s Towers
Herod’s Royal Palace
Traditional Upper Room (?) House of Caiaphas the high priest
H i n n
V a l l e y
H i n n
V a l l e y
First Wall
(probably bult in the time of Nehemiah)
Gethsemane
Matt 26:36; Mark 14:32; John 18:1
Palace of Annas and Caiaphas
Matt 26:57; Luke 3:2; John 18:13, 24; Acts 4:6
1st Century Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem plays a crucial but ambivalent thematic role throughout Luke and Acts. On the one hand, Jerusalem was the city of God—his presence dwelt there in his Temple. God accomplished salvation in Jerusalem and the Good News went out from there (as recorded in Acts). At the same time, Jerusalem symbolically represented God’s rebellious people Israel, who had persecuted God’s prophets in the past and were now rejecting his Son, the Messiah. This rejection would result in judgment against Jerusalem and its utter destruction by the Romans in AD 70 (Luke 13:33-35; 19:41-44; 21:20). Jerusalem also plays a key geographi- cal role in the structure of Luke–Acts. The Gospel narrative begins in the Temple at the heart of Jerusalem, the most sacred place in the world, and Jesus’ ministry culminated with his death and resurrection in Jerusalem. All this confjrms that salvation emerged from Israel, fulfjlling the promises made to Israel in the OT. The church then moved out- ward, taking the message of salvation from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
Neh 3:1-32 Neh 1:2-4 2:10-20; 4:1-23; 6:1-16 Ps 51:16-18 Isa 22:5; 26:1-3 Rev 21:10-27
FIRST-CENTURY JERUSALEM (Neh 3:1–7:15)
At the time of Jesus and the apostles, Jerusalem was glorious and
- strong. Herod the Great (37–4 BC) had built extensively; his most
prominent project was rebuilding the Temple (see illustration). Many events in the lives of Jesus and the apostles took place in
- Jerusalem. • Josephus described Jerusalem’s three walls at the
time of the Jewish rebellion (AD 66–70; see Josephus, War 5.4.1-4), with the “First Wall” being the oldest, and the “Third Wall” never reaching completion. Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70 by the Roman general Titus. Later, Emperor Hadrian razed it completely in AD 135. • Buildings, streets, and roads are artist’s concept only, unless otherwise named and located.
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K I D R O N V A L L E Y Herod’s Temple Temple Mount Upper City L
e r c i t y Herod’s Fortress 250 m City of David Bezetha (New City) Aqueduct H I N N O M V A L L E Y Antonia’s Fortress
F i r s t w a l l F i r s t w a l l Second wall T h i r d w a l l Third wall Third wall
Aerial view of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus
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