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Mary, Simeon or Anna: Who First Recognized Jesus as Messiah? Who first recognized Jesus as the Messiah—Mary, Simeon, or Anna? Explore Luke’s narrative to see how prophetic insight, not proximity, revealed the Christ child, with Anna emerging as the first to fully understand and proclaim the good news
Anna in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology Society Anna is one of the Bible’s most unusual women Introduced at the end of the Birth Narrative (Luke 1:1-2:40), Anna concludes the sextet of named, pious Israelites surrounding the miraculous births of John and Jesus The others are Zechariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph and Simeon Anna arrives at the purification of Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the Temple, 40 days after Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:22-38
Modi’in: Where the Maccabees Lived - Biblical Archaeology Society Where is Modi’in, hometown of the Maccabees? Excavations conducted at Umm el-‘Umdan within the modern Israeli city of Modi’in have uncovered evidence of an ancient Jewish village Pictured is a Herodian-period synagogue, beneath which lies a structure dated to the time of the Maccabean revolt—when the Maccabees led a rebellion against the Seleucid king Photo: Skyview
Where Did the Temple Menorah Go? - Biblical Archaeology Society The only time the Temple Menorah reappears in our records (after it had been portrayed on the Arch of Titus in Rome in c 81 C E ) is when a second-century rabbi Simeon ben Yohai travels to Rome, where he reportedly sees the Menorah Where precisely? Presumably in the Roman Temple of Peace This temple then burned down around 192 C E