84. See Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book XII, chaps. 6 and 7; and II Maccabees 2:19; 10:1-8; see also John 10:22. 85. See Matt. 2:1-10, 16-18. "A little child made the great Herod quake upon his throne. When he knew that the magi were come to hail their King and Lord, and did not stop at his palace, but passed on to a humbler roof, and when he found that they would not return to betray this child to him, he put to death all the children in Bethlehem that were under two years old. The crime was great; but the number of the victims, in a little place like Bethlehem, was small enough to escape special record among the wicked acts of Herod from Josephus and other historians, as it had no political interest."--Smith's Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, art. "Jesus Christ," page 466. 86. John 2:20. 87. See John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12. 88. Matt. 21:12-13; see also Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45; John 2:14. 89. See Acts 3:2, 10. 90. See Mark 12:41-44. 91. Compare Exodus 20:26. 92. See Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., art. "Temple." 93. Matt. 21:12; compare Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45. 94. See Luke 2:22-38. 95. Luke 2:42-50. See also John 2:13-23; 5:1; 12:12-20. 96. Luke 19:47; John 10:22-39. 97. Matt. 27:51; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45. 98. John 2:19-22; see also Matt. 26:61; 27:40; Mark 14:58; 15:29. 99. Acts 6:13. 100. See Acts 21:26-40. 101. Mark 13:1, 2. See also Matt. 24:1, 2; Luke 21:5, 6. 102. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, Book VI; 4:5, 8. For a detailed and graphic account of the destruction of the Temple see chapters 4 and 5 in their entirety. 103. "He actually began excavations, but his workmen were driven in great panic from the spot, by terrific explosions and bursts of flame. The Christians regarded the occurrence as miraculous; and Julian himself, it is certain, was so dismayed by it that he desisted from the undertaking."--P. V. N. Meyers, General History, page 334. CHAPTER III NEED OF TEMPLES IN THE PRESENT DISPENSATION