I Appeal To Caesar!

praising God, and having favor with all the people, … the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.’” (p. 37)

P. 5 The Western Gate. As Alec Garrard points out in The Splendor of the Temple, p. 28, there are a total of twenty-seven principal gates into the Temple (of different shapes and sizes). The Western Gate that we are discussing in the text is sometimes called Robinson’s Arch, and it was the main entrance into the Royal Porch or Stoa — as well as being the most direct route to the meeting for our characters. As impossible as it seems in our story, the time and place available could be accomplished, but it would have been a daunting effort! P. 5 The Royal Porch . Josephus the famous Jewish Historian said when describing the magnificent Royal Porch: “… a structure more noteworthy than any under the sun. For where the depth of the ravine was great … the height of the portico standing over it was so very great that if anyone looked down from its rooftop he would become dizzy and his vision would be unable to reach the end of so measureless a depth.” Antiquities 15.412 P. 8 The two priests were easing their way down the single central walkway which ran the length of the Royal Porch. There were 162 pillars (each fifty feet high) in four rows. Each column had a large circumference, illustrated by the fact that it took three men with outstretched arms to encircle any given pillar. Plenty of room to hide if you wanted to! P. 10 The Healing of the Blind Beggar. The Gospel of John, Chapter 9. The Reaction of Elias to his healing in our text is similar to a Scriptural example, Acts 6:3-9. Endnotes for Chapter 1, A Nefarious Plan Pp. 1-6 Annas and Caiaphas. A major discussion on Annas and Caiaphas is given by Ramond E. Brown, The Death of the Messiah, Vol. 1, “The High Priests Annas and Caiaphas,” pp. 404-411. Brown makes these sobering comments about Annas: “… is it accidental that Jesus, Stephen (the first martyr), and James the brother of the Lord were all put to death during the tenure of priests of the house of Annas?” And another comment: “… every famous Christian that died violently in Judea before the Jewish Revolt suffered in the tenure of a priest related to Annas.” Ibid., p. 409. P. 11 Isaiah 35:1, 5-6.