The Mount of Olives from the Jericho Road
The Mount of Olives from the Jericho Road This view was taken by our artist after his return from Jericho on Friday, April 26, 1894. We have left Bethany. We shall soon turn around the brow of Olivet and see the Holy City before us. The lofty dome of the Russian church crowns the summit of Olivet. After the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his visit to the temple Jesus returned to Bethany. The next morning as He went into the city again He pronounced a ban upon the fig tree, and it withered. Having cleansed the temple, He returned to Bethany. This, if our chronology be correct, was on Friday, March 31, A. D. 30. On Saturday, the 1st of April, He was anointed by Mary; on Sunday, April 2nd, He entered triumphantly into Jerusalem, visited the temple and returned to Bethany. It was on Monday, April 3rd, that the barren fig tree was cursed and the temple cleansed, and on Friday, April 4th, that the fig tree was found withered on the Mount of Olives. Let us move on toward the Ho...