rome. so the romans burned the temple to the ground, and titus and his men seized the spoils of war. the gold was melted down. the silver was melted down, and these precious metals were actually used in the facing of the coliseum, to adorn the coliseum. as all conquerors do, they took the wealth for themselves. the destruction of the temple was devastating and symbolic, further dividing jews and christians. jesus had prophesied the end of the temple. truly i tell you, he said to his disciples, not one stone will be left here upon another. all will be thrown down. for the christians, the destruction of the temple was punishment on the jews for their rejection of jesus.
mistake of all assembling in jerusalem around that temple. and the worst thing happened, they started to fight among themselves, about what to do, how to defend themselves. that s when, according to the jewish historian joseiphus, the roman general titus surrounded jerusalem. titus, a brutal warrior, cut off the city s food and water in order to starve the people out. to defeat jewish faction. he let the internal revolutionaries fight the battle for him. titus and his troops then breached the walls of jerusalem. they attacked the temple, slaughtering more than half a million jews with sword, fire, and crucifixion.
that s when, according to the jewish historian joseiphus, the roman general titus surrounded jerusalem. titus, a brutal warrior, cut off the city s food and water in order to starve the people out. to defeat jewish faction. he let the internal revolutionaries fight the battle for him. titus and his troops then breached the walls of jerusalem. they attacked the temple, slaughtering more than half a million jews with sword, fire, and crucifixion.
so the romans burned the temple to the ground, and titus and his men seized the spoils of war. the gold was melted down. the silver was melted down, and these precious metals were actually used in the facing of the coliseum, to adorn the coliseum. as all conquerors do, they took the wealth for themselves. the destruction of the temple was devastating and symbolic, further dividing jews and christians. jesus had prophesied the end of the temple. truly i tell you, he said to his disciples, not one stone will be left here upon another. all will be thrown down. for the christians, the destruction of the temple was punishment on the jews for their rejection of jesus. some jewish rebels managed to escape and made their way to a
football fields inside the temple mount within the walls. much of it was plated with gold and with fine wood, and so from a distance, it would sparkle. every single jew had an obligation to make three pilgrimages a year to the temple in jerusalem, and people who lived in judea felt that obligation very seriously. the idea of pilgrimage was central to a jew s identity. the temple s majesty and its importance to the jews made it the perfect target for the romans to make clear exactly who was the king of the jews. rome. so the romans burned the temple to the ground, and titus and his