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The Herodian temple took forty-six years to build.<ref>John 2:20.</ref> In the time of Jesus, Antonia was a Roman fortress. Like the temple, it was destroyed in 70 AD.
The Herodian temple took forty-six years to build.<ref>John 2:20.</ref> In the time of Jesus, Antonia was a Roman fortress. Like the temple, it was destroyed in 70 AD.
==Dimensions==
===Dimensions===
Josephus states that the Temple Mount was "six furlongs around, including Fort Antonia."<ref>Flavius Josephus, ''The Wars of the Jews'', Book V, 5:2.</ref> The temple and Antonia were both squares with sides of 1 furlong. A biblical furlong is 606.75 modern feet (185 meters).<ref>"[https://www.internationalstandardbible.com/F/furlong.html fulong]," ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,'' 1939, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.<br/>"[http://eastonsbibledictionary.org/1397-Furlong.php furlong]," ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', 1897.</ref> So the dimensions Josephus gives correspond to 607 X 1,214 ft (185 X 370 m). The Temple Mount was enlarged by Hadrian in the second century. The modern dimensions are 1,020 ft (313 m) across the north, 1,530 ft (470 m) in the east, 910 ft (280 m) in the south, and 1,578 ft. (485 m) in the west.
Josephus states that the Temple Mount was "six furlongs around, including Fort Antonia."<ref>Flavius Josephus, ''The Wars of the Jews'', Book V, 5:2.</ref> The temple and Antonia were both squares with sides of 1 furlong. A biblical furlong is 606.75 modern feet (185 meters).<ref>"[https://www.internationalstandardbible.com/F/furlong.html fulong]," ''International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,'' 1939, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.<br/>"[http://eastonsbibledictionary.org/1397-Furlong.php furlong]," ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', 1897.</ref> So the dimensions Josephus gives correspond to 607 X 1,214 ft (185 X 370 m). The Temple Mount was enlarged by Hadrian in the second century. The modern dimensions are 1,020 ft (313 m) across the north, 1,530 ft (470 m) in the east, 910 ft (280 m) in the south, and 1,578 ft. (485 m) in the west.