The Truth; a Companion to the Bible

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX. The following account of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem under Titus, was written by Rev. Israel P. Warren, D. D., of Boston, Mass., and is here inserted by the consent of his publishers: ? No possible prediction could have seemed to human view more unlikely of fultihnent than that which...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX. The following account of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem under Titus, was written by Rev. Israel P. Warren, D. D., of Boston, Mass., and is here inserted by the consent of his publishers: ? No possible prediction could have seemed to human view more unlikely of fultihnent than that which our Lord uttered just before his crucifixion, as to the speedy overthrow of Jerusalem. As he looked down upon it from the heights of Olivet, he beheld, perhaps, the most splendid city of the world, with its massive walls, its sumptuous palaces, the darkly frowning fortress of Antonia, and the glorious temple Mount, with its porches and courts and sanctuary, reflecting from their marble aud gold the afternoon rays of the sun too bright for the eye to bear. This was the sacred city of David, for a thousand years the capital of the nation which God had chosen for his own. The temple was his own dwelling-place, whereonce he had manifested his presence in the visible Shechi- uah, and which was the symbol of all that was holiest and most venerable on earth. We may well imagine, then, the wondering consternation of the disciples when they heard from the lips of their Master those fearful words, See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down. This generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled. The revolt of the Jews against Rome was occasioned by the intolerable cruelty of the Roman governors, which in turn was greatly inflamed and increased by the fierce turbulence of the Jews themselves. The first disturbances took place at Ctesarea (A. D. 65), where was a quarrel between the Syrians and Jews, as to which should have the supremacy in that city; a quarrel ultimately referred...