Gospel of John Passage Proven True

... This is also significant because it
is the first time that a well-identified biblical structure has been
subjected to extensive radiocarbon dating.

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

It turns out that a specific passage from the Gospel of John wasn't a
religious conceit, that is a kind of poetic license John took to prove
a
point. It's true. Now there is proof.

When the sewer line in the Old City of Jerusalem needed repairs in the
fall of 2004, the workmen made a historic discovery: the biblical Pool
of Siloam. The Gospel of John cites this as the place where Jesus cured

the blind man. Theologians have long thought the setting of the pool
was a "religious conceit" used by John to illustrate a point. Turns
out,
the place is real. And it's exactly where John said it is, reports The
Los Angeles Times of a new study published in the Biblical Archaeology
Review.

What's more, it is much grander than anyone ever realized with three
tiers of stone stairs on three sides that allow easy access to the
water.
Each group of steps is separated by narrow landings. The pool is about
225 feet long.

It was here that Jesus, as he was fleeing the Temple, encountered a
blind man. The disciples asked Jesus whether it was the man or his
parents
who had sinned and caused him to be born blind. Jesus replied that
neither had sinned. Instead, the man was born blind so God's work could
be
revealed through him. Jesus then spat in the dust to make mud and
rubbed the man's eyes with it. He told him to wash in the Pool of
Siloam.
After the man washed in the pool, he could see.

The Pool of Siloam is not only a holy site for Christians, but also
Jews. In ancient times, Jews who made their annual pilgrimages to
Jerusalem gathered at this very reservoir. Since Jesus was a Jew it
would have
been natural for him to have gone here, too. Scholars have long said
that the place didn't exist and was just created by John as the setting

for Jesus' miracle when he cured the blind man. A gospel that was
thought to be "pure theology is now shown to be grounded in history,"
New
Testament scholar James H. Charlesworth of the Princeton Theological
Seminary told the L.A. Times.

Less than 200 yards away from this newly-discovered pool that was built

in the 8th century BC by the Judean King Hezekiah is another pool of
water that is also called the Pool of Siloam. This one was built
sometime
between 400 and 460 AD by the Empress Eudocia of Byzantium, who
reconstructed several biblical sites. And just to confuse matters
thoroughly,
there is yet a third Pool of Siloam that predates the one visited by
Jesus; its whereabouts are still unknown.

Hezekiah built the pool to provide a safe water supply to the people of

Jerusalem in case they were attacked by the Assyrians. The workers also

built a tunnel measuring 1,750 feet under the City of David that
connected to the Gihon Spring in the adjacent and less vulnerable
Kidron
Valley. This pool was destroyed in 586 BC by Babylonian King
Nebuchadnezzar, but rebuilt in the 1st century BC before being
destroyed again in 70
AD by Titus, the man who would become the Roman emperor.

Fast forward to the fall of 2004: When the men repairing the sewer line

uncovered two steps, the work stopped so the antiquities' experts could

have a look. They didn't have to look long before they were "100
percent sure it was the Siloam Pool," Eli Shukron of the Israel
Antiquities
Authority told the L.A. Times. How could they be so sure? When the
workmen crafted the steps centuries ago, they buried four coins in the
plaster, all of which date from 103 to 76 BC. In addition, in the soil
in
one corner of the pool, the archaeologists found a dozen coins that
date
from 66 to 70 AD, indicating that the pool was being filled in at that
time.

The tunnel built by Hezekiah is also mentioned twice in the Old
Testament, specifically Kings 20:20 and 2 Chronicles 32:30. The
Associated
Press reports that several years ago, geologists from the Cave Research

Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem used radiocarbon testing to
analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of the Siloam
Tunnel
and plant material recovered from its plaster floor. The biblical
record and the tunnel's age have been confirmed, the researchers wrote
in
the journal Nature. The Siloam Tunnel, a popular modern-day tourist
site,
is the one built by King Hezekiah. This is also significant because it
is the first time that a well-identified biblical structure has been
subjected to extensive radiocarbon dating.

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

It turns out that a specific passage from the Gospel of John wasn't a
religious conceit, that is a kind of poetic license John took to prove
a
point. It's true. Now there is proof.

When the sewer line in the Old City of Jerusalem needed repairs in the
fall of 2004, the workmen made a historic discovery: the biblical Pool
of Siloam. The Gospel of John cites this as the place where Jesus cured

the blind man. Theologians have long thought the setting of the pool
was a "religious conceit" used by John to illustrate a point. Turns
out,
the place is real. And it's exactly where John said it is, reports The
Los Angeles Times of a new study published in the Biblical Archaeology
Review.

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

It turns out that a specific passage from the Gospel of John wasn't a
religious conceit, that is a kind of poetic license John took to prove
a
point. It's true. Now there is proof.

When the sewer line in the Old City of Jerusalem needed repairs in the
fall of 2004, the workmen made a historic discovery: the biblical Pool
of Siloam. The Gospel of John cites this as the place where Jesus cured

the blind man. Theologians have long thought the setting of the pool
was a "religious conceit" used by John to illustrate a point. Turns
out,
the place is real. And it's exactly where John said it is, reports The
Los Angeles Times of a new study published in the Biblical Archaeology
Review.

What's more, it is much grander than anyone ever realized with three
tiers of stone stairs on three sides that allow easy access to the
water.
Each group of steps is separated by narrow landings. The pool is about
225 feet long.

It was here that Jesus, as he was fleeing the Temple, encountered a
blind man. The disciples asked Jesus whether it was the man or his
parents
who had sinned and caused him to be born blind. Jesus replied that
neither had sinned. Instead, the man was born blind so God's work could
be
revealed through him. Jesus then spat in the dust to make mud and
rubbed the man's eyes with it. He told him to wash in the Pool of
Siloam.
After the man washed in the pool, he could see.

The Pool of Siloam is not only a holy site for Christians, but also
Jews. In ancient times, Jews who made their annual pilgrimages to
Jerusalem gathered at this very reservoir. Since Jesus was a Jew it
would have
been natural for him to have gone here, too. Scholars have long said
that the place didn't exist and was just created by John as the setting

for Jesus' miracle when he cured the blind man. A gospel that was
thought to be "pure theology is now shown to be grounded in history,"
New
Testament scholar James H. Charlesworth of the Princeton Theological
Seminary told the L.A. Times.

Less than 200 yards away from this newly-discovered pool that was built

in the 8th century BC by the Judean King Hezekiah is another pool of
water that is also called the Pool of Siloam. This one was built
sometime
between 400 and 460 AD by the Empress Eudocia of Byzantium, who
reconstructed several biblical sites. And just to confuse matters
thoroughly,
there is yet a third Pool of Siloam that predates the one visited by
Jesus; its whereabouts are still unknown.

Hezekiah built the pool to provide a safe water supply to the people of

Jerusalem in case they were attacked by the Assyrians. The workers also

built a tunnel measuring 1,750 feet under the City of David that
connected to the Gihon Spring in the adjacent and less vulnerable
Kidron
Valley. This pool was destroyed in 586 BC by Babylonian King
Nebuchadnezzar, but rebuilt in the 1st century BC before being
destroyed again in 70
AD by Titus, the man who would become the Roman emperor.

Fast forward to the fall of 2004: When the men repairing the sewer line

uncovered two steps, the work stopped so the antiquities' experts could

have a look. They didn't have to look long before they were "100
percent sure it was the Siloam Pool," Eli Shukron of the Israel
Antiquities
Authority told the L.A. Times. How could they be so sure? When the
workmen crafted the steps centuries ago, they buried four coins in the
plaster, all of which date from 103 to 76 BC. In addition, in the soil
in
one corner of the pool, the archaeologists found a dozen coins that
date
from 66 to 70 AD, indicating that the pool was being filled in at that
time.

The tunnel built by Hezekiah is also mentioned twice in the Old
Testament, specifically Kings 20:20 and 2 Chronicles 32:30. The
Associated
Press reports that several years ago, geologists from the Cave Research

Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem used radiocarbon testing to
analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of the Siloam
Tunnel
and plant material recovered from its plaster floor. The biblical
record and the tunnel's age have been confirmed, the researchers wrote
in
the journal Nature. The Siloam Tunnel, a popular modern-day tourist
site,
is the one built by King Hezekiah. This is also significant because it
is the first time that a well-identified biblical structure has been
subjected to extensive radiocarbon dating.

Gospel of John Passage Proven True

It turns out that a specific passage from the Gospel of John wasn't a
religious conceit, that is a kind of poetic license John took to prove
a point. It's true. Now there is proof.

When the sewer line in the Old City of Jerusalem needed repairs in
the fall of 2004, the workmen made a historic discovery: the biblical
Pool of Siloam. The Gospel of John cites this as the place where