Difference between revisions of "The Beautiful Gate"

<p> ''''' bū´ti ''''' - ''''' fool ''''' ( ἡ ὡραία πύλη τοῦ ἱεροῦ , <i> ''''' hē hōraı́a púlē toú hieroú ''''' </i> ): This gate of Herod's temple is mentioned in the narrative of the healing of the lame man by Peter and John in &nbsp; Acts 3:2 , &nbsp;Acts 3:10 . Little dispute exists as to the identification of the [[Beautiful]] Gate with the splendid "gate of Nicanor" of the [[Mishna]] (Mid., i.4), and "Corinthian Gate" of [[Josephus]] ( <i> BJ </i> , V, v, 3), but authorities are divided as to whether this gate was situated at the entrance to the women's court on the East, or was the gate reached by 15 steps, dividing that court from the court of the men. The balance of recent opinion inclines strongly to the former view (compare Kennedy, "Problems of Herod's Temple," <i> The Expository </i> <i> Times </i> , XX, 170); others take the opposite view (Waterhouse, in <i> [[Sacred]] Sites of the [[Gospels]] </i> , 110), or leave the question open (thus G. A. Smith, <i> [[Jerusalem]] </i> , II, 212). See [[Temple]] , [[Herod]] 'S. The gate itself was of unusual size and splendor. It received the name "Nicanor" from its being the work, or having been constructed at the expense, of an [[Alexandrian]] Jew of this name. [[Lately]] an ossuary was discovered on Mt. [[Olivet]] bearing the Greek inscription: "The bones of [[Nicanor]] the Alexandrian, who made the doors." Its other name, "Corinthian," refers to the costly material of which it was constructed - C orinthian bronze. Josephus gives many interesting particulars about this gate, which, he tells us, greatly excelled in workmanship and value all the others ( <i> BJ </i> , V, v, 3). These were plated with gold and silver, but this still more richly and thickly. It was larger than the other gates; was 50 cubits in height (the others 40); its weight was so great that it took 20 men to move it ( <i> BJ </i> , VI, vi, 3). Its massiveness and magnificence, therefore, well earned for it the name "Beautiful." </p>

<p> ''''' bū´ti ''''' - ''''' fool ''''' ( ἡ ὡραία πύλη τοῦ ἱεροῦ , <i> ''''' hē hōraı́a púlē toú hieroú ''''' </i> ): This gate of Herod's temple is mentioned in the narrative of the healing of the lame man by Peter and John in &nbsp; Acts 3:2 , &nbsp;Acts 3:10 . Little dispute exists as to the identification of the [[Beautiful]] Gate with the splendid "gate of Nicanor" of the [[Mishna]] (Mid., i.4), and "Corinthian Gate" of [[Josephus]] ( <i> BJ </i> , V, v, 3), but authorities are divided as to whether this gate was situated at the entrance to the women's court on the East, or was the gate reached by 15 steps, dividing that court from the court of the men. The balance of recent opinion inclines strongly to the former view (compare Kennedy, "Problems of Herod's Temple," <i> The Expository </i> <i> Times </i> , XX, 170); others take the opposite view (Waterhouse, in <i> [[Sacred]] Sites of the [[Gospels]] </i> , 110), or leave the question open (thus G. A. Smith, <i> [[Jerusalem]] </i> , II, 212). See [[Temple]] , [[Herod]] 'S. The gate itself was of unusual size and splendor. It received the name "Nicanor" from its being the work, or having been constructed at the expense, of an [[Alexandrian]] Jew of this name. [[Lately]] an ossuary was discovered on Mt. [[Olivet]] bearing the Greek inscription: "The bones of [[Nicanor]] the Alexandrian, who made the doors." Its other name, "Corinthian," refers to the costly material of which it was constructed - C orinthian bronze. Josephus gives many interesting particulars about this gate, which, he tells us, greatly excelled in workmanship and value all the others ( <i> BJ </i> , V, v, 3). These were plated with gold and silver, but this still more richly and thickly. It was larger than the other gates; was 50 cubits in height (the others 40); its weight was so great that it took 20 men to move it ( <i> BJ </i> , VI, vi, 3). Its massiveness and magnificence, therefore, well earned for it the name "Beautiful." </p>

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