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Bible Passages Proven TrueBible Passages Proven TrueGospel 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. For full article http://netscape.compuserve.com/wh...=fte/siloam/siloam&floc=wn-cx ---------------------------------------- Inspirational, New Testament Discovery Vatican archaeologists have dug up a stone coffinburied underneath Rome's second largest basilica that they believe containsthe remains of the Apostle Paul. For full article http://netscape.compuserve.com/wh...=fte/siloam/siloam&floc=wn-cx ------------------------ Tomb Found: Father of John the Baptist? Standing 60 feet high, the funerary monument was likely constructed around the time of Jesus for the aristocracy of Jerusalem. Located in the Kidron Valley between Jerusalem's Old City and the Mount of Olives, it has long been in plain view. What hasn't been easily visible is the worn inscription on it. The Associated Press reports that thanks to the lightof the setting sun that hit the ancient tomb at just the right angle, the47 Greek letters inscribed in the stone that went unnoticed for centuries suddenly came to life: "This is the tomb of Zachariah, martyr, very pious priest, father of John." That would be John as in John the Baptist. For full article http://netscape.compuserve.com/wh...ah/tombofzachariah&floc=wn-cx -------------------------------------------- Ancient Biblical Treasure Found in Desert It has all the makings of a movie: A secret desertencounter. A robber. The black market. An ancient Biblical scroll. But it'sreal. Archaeologist Chanan Eshel, who works as a professor at Tel Aviv'sBar Ilan University in Israel, had a secret encounter with a Bedouin in 2004in an abandoned police station a desert valley near the Dead Sea. The Bedouinshowed Eshel a 2,000-year-old treasure: An inscription from the Old TestamentBook of Leviticus on two small pieces of brown animal skin. For full article http://netscape.compuserve.com/wh...w/default.jsp?story=20061225-0630 |