main trade corridor between asia and africa
has a central geographical position
has a good strategic position
greeks → jews → romans (63BC)
wailing wall / western wall - after being released from egypt, jews built a movable temple. once king david took over israel and built a permanent temple. the temple was destroyed 70AD and there was only one wall left standing
dome on the rock mosque - muslims believe that it is part of solomon’s temple, where abraham prepared to sacrifice ishmael and where muhammad ascended to heaven on his night journey
the church of the nativity - place of jesus’ birth
the garden of gethsemane - place of jesus’ betrayal
golgatha - place of jesus’ crucifixion
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the main who is said to have presided over jesus’ trial and ordered his crucifixion
famous for this action : ‘washing my hands’
famously said in john 18:8 ‘what is truth?’
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arson → burning
murder → crucifixion (beheading for Roman citizen)
treason → crucifixion
bearing false witness → being thrown form the Tarpein Rock
disobeying a parent → strangulation
debt → enslavement
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crucifixion - cruel from of death, nailed to a cross, after a while soldiers broke their legs, then they couldn’t breathe and would die
tattoo - given to slaves and criminals, mark of disgrace, ‘stop me, i’m a runaway’
cat of nine tails - leather thongs with bones, nails and stones at the end
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sadducees - kept a good relationship with the romans, didn’t believe in a messiah and the oral law
pharisees - lived by the oral law, were jesus’ enemies, believed in a messiah
high priest - only person allowed in the holy of holies, was in charge of the sanhedrin
zealots - hated the romans, didn’t pay taxes, used violence against the romans
the essenes - believed the world was corrupt, cut themselves off, devoted their lives to god
scribes - in charge of copying the scriptures
superhero - would have special abilities and free them of the romans
warrior - would lead the jews in battle against the romans and drive them out of israel
king - king of the jews, rules the kingdom of heaven
warrior - fighting sin in a sense
superhero - preformed miracles as a sign of god
teacher - spoke about god, used parables to explain
earthly story with a heavenly meaning
to illustrate stories, drive home an important message, information was passed by word of mouth, information had to be easy to remember
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people could not write down things that were said so information was passed by word of mouth
a man owed the king money that he could not pay, so the king cancelled his debt. later the man met with a fellow servant that owed him money. the servant could not pay so the man has him sent to jail. the king found out and said to him, “shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as i had on you?” then sent him to be tortured
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jesus said “this is how god will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart”
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forgiveness should be without a limit