The Temple - Its Ministry and Services as they were at the time of Jesus Christ (Illustrated)

Each portico hosted a double row of Corinthian columns, each column a monolith cut from one block of stone and rising to more than thirty-seven feet. This is also where Peter and John, after performing a miracle at the gate of the Temple, drew a large crowd and preached, calling the people to repentance for denying and killing the Holy One; here they were arrested by Temple police and Sanhedrin officials.

View of the Temple from the northeast corner of the outer wall: This rectangular public hall with colonnaded aisles had a total of Corinthian columns. At its foot were ramps leading onto the Temple courtyard from the south. Court of the Gentiles. This is where people gathered to buy and sell oxen, sheep, and doves for use in Temple sacrifice and where money changers busily changed currency with pagan symbols and likenesses of polifical rulers into Temple coinage.

Of course, the Court of the Gentiles is where Jesus cast out the merchants and the money changers.

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Surrounding the Temple proper, separating it from the Court of the Gentiles, was a balustrade soreg in Hebrew —a stone railing about four and a half feet high, with posted inscriptions in Greek and Latin warning Gentiles not to pass within. Court of the Women. Through the balustrade and up a level from the Court of the Gentiles is the Court of the Women, the easternmost portion of the Temple proper, where Israelites—both men and women—were permitted to enter.

At this gate, Peter and John, on their way to Temple worship, stopped to hear the petition of a lame man. A fortified inner wall with towers, gates, and porticoes surrounded this court. The court itself was a large space, nearly two hundred feet square.

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In the four corners were chambers that served various functions. One eastern chamber served the Nazarites; those who had made special vows could prepare sacrifices there. The other eastern chamber was used for storing wood. One western chamber was used for storing olive oil. The other was a private ritual bath for purification of lepers.

It was perhaps to this Court of the Women that Joseph and Mary brought the infant Jesus five to six weeks forty days after his birth so that he, as a firstborn, could be redeemed and so that Mary could be ceremonially cleansed. Here Jesus later taught during the Feast of Tabernacles see John 7: In this court, angry Jews again tried to stone him. View of the inner Temple from its southeast corner: Nicanor was a wealthy Jew from Alexandria, Egypt, who donated the ornate doors of the gate. This door opened into the innermost court of the Temple, which was actually a double court.

Only priests and other authorized persons could enter this latter court. Another view of the Nicanor Gate and the steps leading to it. On these stairs, Levites performed devotional music. Stephen was transfigured before the Sanhedrin here see Acts 6: Within this inner court were the Place of Slaughtering and the giant brass washbasin the Laver supported on the backs of twelve lions.

It measured 40 feet by 40 feet by 15 feet high. Some believe that the huge rock inside the Dome of the Rock, which now measures approximately 40 feet by 50 feet by 7 feet high, once formed the base of the altar of sacrifice. It is clear that King David purchased the rock in order to build an altar to the Lord.

The altar was made of whitewashed unhewn stone. A ramp 48 feet long and 24 feet wide led up to it from the south. The altar stood off-center in the court so that the priest sacrificing the red heifer across the valley on the Mount of Olives could see straight into the giant entryway of the holy sanctuary, which stood 66 feet high and 33 feet wide 20 by 10 meters. The Sanctuary itself was made of marble. Inside the Holy Place was the veil leading to the most sacred chamber, the Holy of Holies. In this chamber the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias to announce the impending birth of John the Baptist.

This is where the veil hung that was torn from top to bottom at the death of Jesus. Thus, the Temple area consisted of a series of rising platforms. From the Court of the Gentiles, one ascended stairs to the Court of the Women. From there, one ascended the fifteen curved stairs, possibly singing the fifteen Psalms of Ascent see Ps. Finally, one made another ascent of twelve steps to the Holy Place itself. The three courtyards surrounding the holiest place where the Divine Presence could be manifest may be compared to the three degrees of glory: How to Teach the Bible.

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