ANY important events in the life of The city as it then stood was entirely destroyed about forty years after His death. But afterwards a new city was built on its site, and a great mosque now stands on the foundations of the Temple. It was of Jerusalem that Jesus said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" |