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The Lithostrotos (Chapter 57 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 by Mike Mason

Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic is Gabbatha). –John 19:13

At this point in our story, the trail of stones that Jesus actually saw and touched begins to grow cold, buried beneath twenty centuries of urban development.

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The Ecce Homo Arch (Chapter 56 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 by Mike Mason

When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” –John 19:5

The Ecce Homo Arch marks the beginning of Jerusalem’s Via Dolorosa.

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Pontius Pilate (Chapter 55 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 by Mike Mason

The chief priests of the Jews protested to Pilate, “Do not write ‘The King of the Jews,’ but that this man claimed to be king of the Jews. Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” –John 19:21-2

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The Sacred Pit (Chapter 54 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 by Mike Mason

You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths. –Psalm 88:6

The night Jesus was arrested He was taken to Caiphas, the high priest, where He was tried summarily and beaten.

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Holy Steps (Chapter 52 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on May 30, 2016May 30, 2016 by Mike Mason

Having finished praying, Jesus left with His disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. –John 18:1

Here is where this book began, at this ancient Roman stairway known as the Holy Steps. Standing beside these steps on a hot Jerusalem afternoon, it suddenly struck me:  Jesus walked here.

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The Rock of the Agony (Chapter 51 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on May 23, 2016May 23, 2016 by Mike Mason

He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed. –Luke 22:41

If this book were about the trees of the Bible, rather than the rocks, we would now be at the heartwood of our story: the Garden of Gethsemane, home to an ancient grove of olive trees, some of which may be two thousand years old.

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The Stele of Bethphage (Chapter 48 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 by Mike Mason

See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. –Mt 21:5

When I first heard about the “Stele of Bethphage,” I laughed.

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The Stones Cry Out (Chapter 47 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on May 9, 2016May 9, 2016 by Mike Mason

I tell you, if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out. –Luke 19:40

What is more inert, more inanimate, more incapable of voice than a stone?

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The Destruction of Jerusalem (Chapter 46 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 by Mike Mason

Do you see all these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down. –Mark 13:2

Jesus could be such a killjoy. One of His band of Galilean rustics, agog with wonder at the sights of the big city, exclaims, “What magnificent buildings!”

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Christ the Cornerstone (Chapter 45 of Jesus: His Story In Stone)

Posted on April 18, 2016April 26, 2016 by Mike Mason

The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. -Mt 21:42

Here we come to one of the central messianic images in the Bible.

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