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Along the southern wall of
the Temple Mount, the excavations revealed a
paved Herodian street, one of the most important
findings in the Jerusalem excavations, which serve
as a time machine (bringing us back to the days
of the second temple and the destruction of
Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 A.D.). The excavators
cleared out the high rubble and the large
stones that covered the
area since then. A magnificent paved road came
back to life after almost 2,000 years. Jesus
walked this street when entering the temple.
The photo shows the paved street. On top
of this street the excavators found a number of
large stones which were thrown from the temple
above into the street by the Roman soldiers,
during the leveling of Jerusalem, after it was
captured and burnt. The photo shows an
amazing record of the history: the street was
damaged by the stones that toppled from the
Temple Mount down into the street.
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Jn 8:3-14:
"And the scribes and Pharisees
brought unto him a woman taken in
adultery; and when they had set
her in the midst, They say unto
him, Master, this woman was taken
in adultery, in the very act. Now
Moses in the law commanded us,
that such should be stoned: but
what sayest thou?
This they said, tempting him, that
they might have to accuse him. But
Jesus stooped down, and with his
finger wrote on the ground, as
though he heard them not. So when
they continued asking him, he
lifted up himself, and said unto
them, He that is without sin among
you, let him first cast a stone at
her. And again he stooped down,
and wrote on the ground. And they
which heard it, being convicted by
their own conscience, went out one
by one, beginning at the eldest,
even unto the last: and Jesus was
left alone, and the woman standing
in the midst. When Jesus had
lifted up himself, and saw none
but the woman, he said unto her,
Woman, where are those thine
accusers? hath no man condemned
thee? She said, No man, Lord. And
Jesus said unto her, Neither do I
condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
Then spake
Jesus again unto them, saying, I
am the light of the world: he that
followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light
of life. The Pharisees therefore
said unto him, Thou bearest record
of thyself; thy record is not
true. Jesus answered and said unto
them, Though I bear record of
myself, yet my record is true: for
I know whence I came, and whither
I go; but ye cannot tell whence I
come, and whither I go. Ye judge
after the flesh; I judge no man.
And yet if I judge, my judgment is
true: for I am not alone, but I
and the Father that sent me. It is
also written in your law, that the
testimony of two men is true. I am
one that bear witness of myself,
and the Father that sent me
beareth witness of me".
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Jesus forgives a woman caught in adultery, even though the Pharisees
wanted to
wanted to stone her
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