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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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crested by that symmetrically proportioned<br />

building, which could hold within its gigantic<br />

girdle not fewer than 210,000 persons, his wonder<br />

might well increase at every step. <strong>The</strong> Mount itself<br />

seemed like an isl<strong>and</strong>, abruptly rising from out<br />

deep valleys, surrounded by a sea <strong>of</strong> walls,<br />

palaces, streets, <strong>and</strong> houses, <strong>and</strong> crowned by a<br />

mass <strong>of</strong> snowy marble <strong>and</strong> glittering gold, rising<br />

terrace npon terrace. Altoge<strong>the</strong>r it measured a<br />

square <strong>of</strong> about 1,000 feet, or, to give a more exact<br />

equivalent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> measurements furnished by<br />

■ It seems, however, that <strong>the</strong> Feast o{ than that <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Passover (oomp. Acts ii Pentecost would see<br />

even more pilgrims— 9-11). at IflMt from a<br />

distanoe—in JerosaleBi,<br />

FROM BETHLEHEM TO JORDAN.<br />

BOOK <strong>the</strong> Rabbis, 927 feet. At its north-western<br />

angle, <strong>and</strong> connected with U it, frowned <strong>the</strong> Castle<br />

<strong>of</strong> Antonia, held by <strong>the</strong> Roman garrison. <strong>The</strong>

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