Dictionary of Bible Themes: 7469 temple, Herod's

7469 temple, Herod's

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Herod's temple, familiar to Jesus Christ and his disciples and frequented by the first Christians, was destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70.

The building of Herod the Great's temple

Jesus Christ visited the temple and taught in its courts

He was taken there as a baby

He stayed in the temple courts after his parents had returned home from the Passover Feast

He cast out of the temple court those who used it for material profit

He taught in the temple

The temple guards ignored instructions to arrest him because they were impressed by his teaching:

The religious leaders challenged his authority

He foretold the complete destruction of the temple buildings

The crucifixion and the temple

One of the charges against Jesus Christ was that he had said he would destroy the temple

The curtain of the temple was torn in two at Jesus Christ's death

Matthew 27:51 The curtain symbolised the barrier between God and his people caused by their sins.

Believers in Jerusalem met in the temple courtyards

See also

Acts 2:46; Acts 5:12 Solomon's Colonnade was on the east side of the temple courtyard.

Apostles taught and healed in the temple courtyards

Stephen was stoned for allegedly speaking against the temple

Paul was accused of taking Gentiles into temple courtyards forbidden to them

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