• Luke 1

  • Video Introduction to the Book of Luke

  • Gospel of Luke—Some Major Events

  • Approaching the Entrance to Herod’s Temple

  • Symmachus’ Greek Translation Containing the Hebrew Tetragrammaton

  • Writing Tablets

  • Luke 2

  • Caesar Augustus

  • Winter in Bethlehem

  • Jesus in the Manger

  • Turtledove and Pigeon

  • View of the Valley of Jezreel

  • Luke 3

  • Tiberius Caesar

  • Coin Made by Herod Antipas

  • The Wilderness

  • Sandals

  • Threshing Tools

  • Luke 4

  • The Wilderness of Judea, West of the Jordan River

  • The Wilderness

  • Battlement of the Temple

  • The Great Isaiah Scroll

  • Synagogue in Capernaum

  • Luke 5

  • Remains of a Galilean Fishing Boat

  • Fish of the Sea of Galilee

  • First-Century Fishing Boat

  • Luke 6

  • North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, Looking Northwest

  • Upper Fold of a Garment

  • Fig Tree, Grapevine, and Thornbush

  • Luke 7

  • Royal Houses

  • The Marketplace

  • Bone Flute

  • Alabaster Jar

  • Luke 8

  • Domestic Lampstand

  • First-Century Fishing Boat

  • Remains of a Galilean Fishing Boat

  • Cliffs on the Eastern Side of the Sea of Galilee

  • Jesus Heals a Woman

  • Luke 9

  • Staff and Food Pouch

  • Coin Made by Herod Antipas

  • Baskets

  • Mount Hermon

  • Mount Hermon As Seen From the Hula Valley Nature Reserve

  • Foxes’ Dens and Birds’ Nests

  • Plowing

  • Luke 10

  • Wolf

  • Staff and Food Pouch

  • Capernaum, Chorazin, and Bethsaida

  • The Road From Jerusalem to Jericho

  • From Olive to Oil

  • Luke 11

  • Scorpions

  • Domestic Lampstand

  • Rue

  • The Marketplace

  • Luke 12

  • Modern-Day Valley of Hinnom

  • Raven

  • Lilies of the Field

  • “Your Clothing Has Become Moth-Eaten”

  • Luke 13

  • Coin Made by Herod Antipas

  • A Hen Gathering Her Chicks

  • Luke 14

  • Prominent Places at Evening Meals

  • Salt on the Shore of the Dead Sea

  • Luke 15

  • The Shepherd and His Sheep

  • Carob Pods

  • Luke 16

  • Written Agreement Acknowledging a Debt

  • Purple Dyes

  • Luke 17

  • Upper and Lower Millstones

  • Black Mulberry Tree

  • Luke 19

  • Sycamore Tree

  • Bethphage, the Mount of Olives, and Jerusalem

  • Colt, or Young Donkey

  • Stones From the Temple Mount

  • Luke 20

  • The Front Seats in the Synagogue

  • Prominent Places at Evening Meals

  • Luke 21

  • The Treasury Chests and the Widow

  • Stones From the Temple Mount

  • Judea Capta Coin

  • Roman Sword

  • The Arch of Titus in Rome

  • Luke 22

  • Upper Room

  • Vine

  • The Sanhedrin

  • Luke 23

  • Nail in a Heel Bone

  • Tomb Chamber

  • Luke 24

  • Nail in a Heel Bone

The items shown in the illustrations and 3-D video footage in the Media Gallery are based on extensive research. However, they are artists’ renditions and, at times, depict only one of several possibilities.

Roman Sword

Roman Sword

Jesus foretold that the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea would “fall by the edge of the sword.” (Lu 21:24) The 2,000-year-old sword shown in the photograph likely belonged to a soldier serving in the Roman infantry that was stationed in Jerusalem in 66 C.E. when the revolt against the Romans erupted. The sword is about 60 cm (24 in.) long, and the remains of its leather scabbard, or sheath, are still attached. This sword was recently found (reported in 2011) when archaeologists were excavating a drainage channel between the City of David and the archaeological garden near the Western Wall in Jerusalem. This channel evidently served as a hiding place for residents of Jerusalem during the turbulent time preceding Jerusalem’s destruction in 70 C.E.

Photo Clara Amit, Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Related Scripture(s)

Lu 21:24
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