Herod's Temple
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with
goodly stones and gifts, he said,...
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And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his
disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the
temple....
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And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the
Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder
and amazement at that which had happened unto him....
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And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and
breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with
gladness and singleness of heart,...
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IV. THE TEMPLE OF HEROD
I. Introductory.
1. Initiation of the Work:
Herod became king de facto by the capture of Jerusalem in 37
BC. Some years later he built the fortress Antonia to the
North of the temple (before 31 BC). Midway in his reign,
assigning a religious motive for his purpose, he formed the
project of rebuilding the temple it...
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HEROD THE GREAT'S TEMPLE
46 Years in building
Joh 2:20
Very beautiful stones of
Mr 13:1; Lu 21:5
Magnificence of
Mt 24:1
The Beautiful Gate
Ac 3:10
Solomon's Porch (portico)
Joh 10:23; Ac 3:11; 5:12
Treasury of
Mr 12:41-44
Zacharias, officiating priest in, has a vision of an
angel;
receives promise of a son
Lu 1:5-23; with 1:57-64
...
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TEMPLE OF HEROD. --Herod the Great announced to the people
assembled at the Passover, B.C. 20 or 19, his intention of
restoring the temple; (probably a stroke of policy on the
part of Herod to gain the favor of the Jews and to make his
name great.) if we may believe Josephus, he pulled down the
whole edifice to its foundations, and laid them a...
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The temple erected by the exiles on their return from
Babylon
had stood for about five hundred years, when Herod
the Great
became king of Judea. The building had suffered
considerably
from natural decay as well as from the assaults of
hostile
armies, and Herod, desirous of gaining the favour of
the Jews,
proposed to rebuild it. This offer...
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(See JERUSALEM; TABERNACLE.) David cherished the design of
superseding the tent and curtains by a permanent building of
stone (2 Samuel 7:1-2); God praised him for having the
design "in his heart" (1 Kings 8:18); but as he had been so
continually in wars (1 Kings 5:3; 1 Kings 5:5), and had
"shed blood abundantly" (1 Chronicles 22:8-9; 1 Chroni...
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Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?...
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