The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE GOLDEN GATE

: that were built between the two walls
The rest of the city now heard the
loud cries of Hosanna; the people came
4 TO see what il was all about, and weni
into the temple with Jesus. This is {
I reasonable and natural account of the
4 occurrence
But If. en- the other hand, it is sup
/ posed that Jesus entered by the Hulda
gate. everything becomes unnatural
and forced. Even here the Kidron val
I ley had TO be crossed. But il was cen
I tainly easier there where it was not
! so deep, as lower down where 1t was
not only deeper, but also narrower and
{ sleeper. SeDp admits that Jesus went
by the southeTly path, but did not GO
as far as the Garden of Gethsemane
but turned OF westward into the valley
to shorten the route. y northerly short
cut would have led by the so-called
tomb Of Absalom into the valley TO the
lower bridge. But this road is very
steep, much sleeper than that which
| led TO the Golden Gate. In fact, in or
der TO ride to the western suburb COM
fortably on the ass, so as to pass
through Ophai. the route had to be fol-
LEVIED further in the valley, as far as
the Pool of Sloan. and then an ascent
of 800 feet 10 the threshold of the Hulda
Gate had TO be made. Besides the road
TO The Golden Gate was only one-fifth
as long as that to the other gate.
Therefore there can be no doubt that
Jesus entered by the eastern gate. All
subsequent historical notices agree
with this idea
That this eastern gate was partially
destroyed by the Romans is proven
by the discovery Of the ruins of the
lower section. 1t is possible that this
gate was partially restored by Hadrian
in the second century. but not prob
IL
achievements were chiefly in the city,
not in the temple. The real restoration
Of these gates only took place later.
Later History.
The fulda gate was rebuilt by Jus
tinian in the sixth century, as we know
from an inscription on stone used for
it. The gateway formed the foundation
for his Church OF ST Mary As to the
Golden gate, in the year 562, when
Justinian died, it had not been re-
stored, for a little later, between 570
and Geo, AntoniuS Martyr saw il still
in ruins. He says: From Gethsemane
we iascended many steps to the gate
of Jerusalem. This gate is connected
with that once beautiful gate of the
temple, whose threshold and posts still
stand
Here we have. mention Of two sep
arste gates: first the city gate, of
course, in the city wall; and near it,
but somewhat removed. were the ruins
of the former temple gate, which had
been part of the temple wall. The
steps that he mentions are those which
had been long used by foot travellers,
leading directly from the valley up 10
the gate from the south of the Garden
OF Gethsemane This has nothing 10
do with the path by which Jesus made
his festal entrance into the temple.
A little later the Persians. under
Chosroes. captured the city and de-
strOyed many buildings, especially
churches. among which were those that
had been in the valley of Jehosaphat
tKildrOn Valley. The eastern gate was
included in this destruction The Chris
tan emperor. Heraclius, besieged the
Persians and entered Jerusalem in CD
with the holy cross. which he had
recovered. He came in through this
eastern gate. l think that Heraclius
VINO wanted TO rebuild something in
Jerusalem. was the one, who under
took the reconstruction of the Golden
Sate en- its ancient foundations, but,
lccording 10 a new Byzantine plan. In
his way Il became monument of MS +
victorious entry into Jerusalem. and |
he bringing back of the holy cross, /