I goes to show us the Bible is not theory in anyway but litteral.

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Christ is either Lord of all or he is not Lord at all.
Karen Carter '74



> The Day, Connecticut
> Tuesday, August 09, 2005
>
> Workers Find Biblical Site In Jerusalem
>
> By LOS ANGELES TIMES
>
> Workers repairing a sewage pipe in the old city of Jerusalem have discovered
> the biblical Pool of Siloam, a freshwater reservoir that was a major
> gathering place for ancient Jews making religious pilgrimages to the city
> and the reputed site where Jesus cured a man blind from birth, according to
> the gospel of John.
>
> The pool was fed by the now famous Hezekiah's Tunnel and is "a much grander
> affair" than archeologists previously believed, with three tiers of stone
> stairs allowing easy access to the water, according to Hershel Shanks,
> editor of Biblical Archeology Review, which reported the find Monday.
>
> "Scholars have said that there wasn't a Pool of Siloam and that John was
> using a religious conceit" to illustrate a point, said New Testament scholar
> James H. Charles-worth of the Princeton Theological Seminary. "Now we have
> found the Pool of Siloam ... exactly where John said it was."
>
> A gospel that was thought to be "pure theology is now shown to be grounded
> in history," he said.
>
> The discovery puts a new spotlight on what is called the pilgrimage to
> Jerusalem, a trip that religious law required ancient Jews to make at least
> once a year, said archeologist Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa, who
> excava-ted the pool.
>
> "Jesus was just another pilgrim coming to Jerusalem," he said. "It would be
> natural to find him there."
>
> The newly discovered pool is less than 200 yards from another Pool of
> Siloam, this one a reconstruction built between A.D. 400 and 460 by the
> empress Eudocia of Byzantium, who oversaw the rebuilding of several Biblical
> sites.
>
> The site of yet another Pool of Siloam, which predated the version visited
> by Jesus, is still unknown.
>
> That first pool was constructed in the 8th century B.C. by the Judean King
> Hezekiah, who foresaw the likelihood that the Assyrians would lay siege to
> Jerusalem and knew that a safe water supply would be required to survive it.
>
> http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=4A56AB24-2C0C-4EFE-BA3B-3984FDCBA6
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