The Life of CHRIST… seeing the LORD through Luke’s eyes! Temple Baptist Church December 3, 2017 Part 72 Camel It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Early Phrygian iron needles, some melted together, from Gordion 18:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Egyptian needles, bronze, Middle Kingdom 18:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Jaffa Gate Jaffa Gate closed, showing the alleged “Needle’s Eye” 18:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Jaffa Gate Jaffa Gate closed, showing the alleged “Needle’s Eye” 18:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Jaffa Gate closed, showing the alleged “Needle’s Eye” 18:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Jaffa Gate, view looking out from the alleged “Needle’s Eye” 18:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle . Jaffa Gate, view looking out from the alleged “Needle’s Eye” 18:25 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Peter’s house in Capernaum 18:28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Peter’s house in Capernaum 18:28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Peter’s house in Capernaum 18:28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Peter’s house in Capernaum 18:28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Fishermen letting down their nets 18:28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Fishermen mending their net 18:28 Peter said, “Look, we have left our own things, and followed You” Fishermen mending their net 18:28 No one who has left houses or wife or siblings or parents or children Roman funerary relief with man, wife, and sons, 2nd–3rd centuries AD 18:29 He took the Twelve aside and said to them . The Twelve Christ and the Twelve Apostles, by Taddeo di Bartolo, ca. 1400 18:31 Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives 18:31 He will be delivered up to the Gentiles The Pilate Stone Limestone dedicatory inscription with name of Pontius Pilate, AD 26–36 18:32 And they will scourge and kill Him Scourging pillar of Caiaphas in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher 18:33 And they will scourge and kill Him Altar of Nails of the Cross in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher 18:33 And the third day He will rise again Garden Tomb 18:33 He took the Twelve aside and said to them . Jesus was preparing the Apostles Luke 9:22-23 He would be rejected by the Jewish leaders Luke 9:44-45 He would be betrayed by one of His own Luke 17: 24-25 He would be rejected by this generation Christ and the Twelve Apostles, by Taddeo di Bartolo, ca. 1400 18:31 Jordan River Tell Jericho Herod’s palaces Ascent of Adummim Wadi Qilt Jericho… How Many? Jericho… The Place of Fragrance Balm of Gilead Commiphora Opobalsamum “Balm of Mecca” Tell el-Sultan, OT Jericho Jerusalem in Winter Jerusalem 1940 Winter Herod’s palaces Cypros Ascent of Adummim NT Jericho NT Jericho Herod’s Palace And hearing a crowd going by . Crowds gathered at Saint Stephen’s Gate for Nebi Musa procession 18:36 And they told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by” Nazareth Church of the Annunciation (aerial view from the west) 18:37 He cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Synagogue pavement depicting David, from Gaza, 508 AD 18:38 The Blind Man The Two Blind Men Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has made you well” Ivory plaque with healing of the blind, 5th century AD 18:42 A certain blind man was sitting by the road, begging Blind man begging in Jerusalem 18:35 And everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man -The Complete Isaiah Scroll – All 66 Chapters The Great Isaiah Scroll (all 66 chapters, 54 columns) 18:31 Tell es-Sultan (OT city) Herodian hippodrome And it came about as He drew near to Jericho Herodian hippodrome (from the south) 18:35 Northern Palaces Wadi Qilt Southern Palaces Cypros Press NT:3793 ochlos (okh'los); a throng (as borne along); by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot: KJV - company, multitude, number (of people), people, press. Sycomore (Fig) Zacchaeus Next Week: Parable of the Pounds! .