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

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feet beneath. From that l<strong>of</strong>ty pinnacle <strong>the</strong> priest<br />

each morning watched <strong>and</strong> announced <strong>the</strong> earliest<br />

streak <strong>of</strong> day. Passing alon i; <strong>the</strong> eastern<br />

colonnade, or Solomon's Porch, we would, if <strong>the</strong><br />

description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rabbis is trustworthy, have<br />

reached <strong>the</strong> Susa Gate, <strong>the</strong> carved representation<br />

<strong>of</strong> that city over <strong>the</strong> gateway reminding us <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Eastern Dispersion. Here^ <strong>the</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ard measures<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple are said to have been kept; <strong>and</strong> here,<br />

also, we have to locate <strong>the</strong> first or lowest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

three Sanhedrins, which,<br />

^8anh.zL9 according to <strong>the</strong> Mishnah,^ held <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

meetings in <strong>the</strong> Temple; <strong>the</strong> second, or<br />

intermediate Court <strong>of</strong> Appeal, being in <strong>the</strong> ^ Court<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Priests' (probably close to <strong>the</strong> Nicanor<br />

Gate); <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> highest, that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great Sanhedrin,<br />

at one time in <strong>the</strong> * Hall <strong>of</strong> Hewn Square Stones'<br />

(Lishkath ha-Gazith).<br />

Passing out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se * colonnades,' or * porches,'<br />

you entered <strong>the</strong>

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