Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Pool of Bethesda

The pool of Bethesda site is difficult to grasp.
There are so many different layers on top of each other.
There is evidence that there was already water here in the time of Isaiah.


Water ran from this site, in an open channel, to the Temple.

The Lord Jesus came here and healed a man who had been ill for 38 years.

The Romans built a cistern here
We took a peak into the old cistern

This man declared himself our guide.
When we were leaving he asked to be paid.
We walked to the Sheep Gate (now known as the Lion Gate or St. Stephen's Gate). The sheep destined for the Temple sacrifices would have come from this direction. Death comes from the North.

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