{"id":2025118,"date":"2023-09-07T19:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proof-of-the-bible-excavation-reveals-steps-where-jesus-healed-blind-man-2000-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T19:40:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:40:31","slug":"proof-of-the-bible-excavation-reveals-steps-where-jesus-healed-blind-man-2000-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proof-of-the-bible-excavation-reveals-steps-where-jesus-healed-blind-man-2000-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Proof: Jesus Healed Blind Man on Ancient Steps."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproof-of-the-bible-excavation-reveals-steps-where-jesus-healed-blind-man-2000-years-ago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025118&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Excavation Unearths Steps Where Jesus Healed Blind Man 2,000 Years\u200c Ago<\/h2>\n<p>Steps leading to the Pool of Siloam, where the Bible explains that Jesus sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proof-of-the-bible-excavation-reveals-steps-where-jesus-healed-blind-man-2000-years-ago\/\" title=\"Bible Proof: Jesus Healed Blind Man on Ancient Steps.\">man born blind<\/a> \u2064to wash\u200d after he was healed, have been excavated \u200din an\u200d unfolding\u200d project\u200c to\u2064 unearth the pool and its surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Israel\u200d Antiquities Authority, the Israel\u200b National Parks\u2063 Authority, and the\u00a0City of\u00a0David Foundation began excavations to build \u200dupon discoveries made\u200b in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/archaeologists-excavate-highly-significant-site-one-jesus-miracles-affirms-scripture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archeologists<\/a> have \u200bnow revealed eight steps\u200b descending into the pool, according to \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/steps-where-jesus-walked-and-healed-a-blind-man-unearthed-for-first-time-in-2000-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ongoing excavations within\u200c the City of David \u2014 the historic site of Biblical Jerusalem \u2063\u2014 particularly of the Pool \u2064of Siloam and the\u200c Pilgrimage Road, serve as one of the \u2064greatest affirmations of\u200c that heritage and the millennia-old bond Jews and Christians have \u200cwith\u2062 Jerusalem,\u201d \u2063Ze\u2019ev Orenstein,\u200c director of International Affairs \u200bfor the City of David Foundation said, noting the excavations\u200b allow the Bible to be embraced \u201cnot simply \u200bas a matter\u2063 of faith, \u200cbut as a matter\u200b of fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pool of Siloam excavated in\u200c Jerusalem\u2013evidence\u200b of the scriptures where Jesus healed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-spy-agencys-sloppy-photoshop-makes-mockery-of-half-assed-performative-diversity-initiatives\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Spy Agency\u2019s Sloppy Photoshop Makes Mockery of Half-Assed Performative Diversity Initiatives\">blind man<\/a>. \u2062John \u20639.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nXebUlrLsR\">https:\/\/t.co\/nXebUlrLsR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 K Park (@KerryLPark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KerryLPark\/status\/1699866581353000997?\">September \u200b7,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Site of Historic Significance<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-colonial-site-in-maryland-discovered-after-90-year-search\/\" title=\"First Colonial Site In Maryland Discovered After 90-Year Search\">half-mile<\/a> running\u2062 through the City\u200c of David, from the Pool of \u2062Siloam in the\u200c south, continuing \u2062along \u200cthe Pilgrimage \u2062Road, up to\u200d the footsteps of the Western Wall, Southern Steps and Temple\u2064 Mount, represents \u200dthe most significant\u2064 half-mile \u2062on the planet,\u201d Orenstein said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is\u2063 no\u200c half-mile anywhere on \u200dEarth\u2064 which means more to more people \u2014 not to millions, \u2062but to \u2063billions \u2014 than \u200cthe half-mile that is the City of \u200bDavid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>American Pastor John Hagee,\u2062 the\u200c founder and chairman of Christians United for\u200d Israel, noted the significance of the pool, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/biblical-site-where-jesus-healed-blind-man-excavated-public-view-affirms-scripture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pool of Siloam\u2019s excavation is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-has-officially-gone-gender-crazy\/\" title=\"Congress Has Officially Gone Gender Crazy\">highly significant<\/a> to Christians \u200caround the world. \u2064It was at this site\u2064 that Jesus healed the \u2063blind man (John:9), and\u2062 it is \u2063at this site that, 2,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archaeologists-announce-discovery-of-new-dead-sea-scroll-fragments-near-jerusalem\/\" title=\"Archaeologists Announce Discovery Of New Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Near Jerusalem\">000 years ago<\/a>, \u2064Jewish pilgrims\u2064 cleansed themselves\u200d prior to \u2064entering the Second Temple. The\u200c Pool of Siloam and the \u2062Pilgrimage Road, both located within \u200dthe City of David, \u2064are among the most \u2062inspiring \u2062archeological \u200caffirmations of\u200d the Bible,\u201d \u00a0he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Pool of Siloam \u2062\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JewishPress?\">@JewishPress<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGgJdmTPdO\">https:\/\/t.co\/UGgJdmTPdO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8DQht5wEQj\">pic.twitter.com\/8DQht5wEQj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JewishPress.com (@JewishPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JewishPress\/status\/1698719040724750392?\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A \u200cReservoir of\u2063 History<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/israel\/2022\/december\/jerusalem-rsquo-s-biblical-pool-of-siloam-to-be-excavated-opened-to-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBN<\/a>, the pool was a reservoir \u200cfor water from the Gihon\u200b Spring that was developed under the reign of \u200bKing Hezekiah, which dates back about 2,700\u200b years. \u200dDuring the Second Temple period, the pool\u2064 served as a ritual bath for \u2063pilgrims going \u2062to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/archaeologists-make-lifetime-discovery-biblical-era-carvings-jerusalem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">temple<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to excavate the site began in 1880, \u200dafter an inscription\u200c concerning\u2062 Hezekiah was found in the water\u200d tunnel. Later excavations\u2063 expanded\u200c the site. In 2004, an\u200d infrastructure project uncovered\u200d some steps to the \u2062pool.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, part of the pool area has \u2062been open\u2064 to \u200cthe public. The goal of the \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israeli-archaeologists-discover-3000-year-old-inscription-confirms-part-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new project<\/a> \u2064 is to open the full area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the\u2062 Pool of Siloam, we find \u2064evidence of history preserved for us, revealed at just the right\u200d time,\u201d \u2062Rev.\u200d Johnnie Moore, president of \u200cthe Congress of Christian Leaders, told Fox News earlier this year as work on the latest phase of the project was beginning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheologically, it affirms Scripture, geographically it affirms\u2064 Scripture, and politically it \u200baffirms Israel\u2019s unquestionable and unrivaled link to Jerusalem. \u200cSome\u200c discoveries are \u2063theoretical. This \u200cone is \u200can undeniable. It is proof of the story of\u200d the Bible and of its people, Israel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Additional\u200b info on the Pool of Siloam <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zE87JJoK8I\">https:\/\/t.co\/zE87JJoK8I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 HistoryandBeauty (@education_fun1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/education_fun1\/status\/1699857341787648308?\">September 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Site of International Significance<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Pool of Siloam\u2062 in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem is a site\u2064 of historic, national and international significance.\u2062 After many years of\u2064 anticipation,\u200d we will soon \u200cmerit being able to uncover this important \u2064site and make it accessible to\u2062 the millions\u2064 of visitors visiting Jerusalem \u2062each year,\u201d Moshe \u2063Lion, \u200bthe mayor\u200c of Jerusalem, said, according to\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/article-725901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerusalem Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post\u200c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/proof-bible-excavation-reveals-steps-jesus-healed-blind-man-2000-years-ago\/\">Proof of the Bible: Excavation Reveals Steps Where Jesus Healed Blind Man 2,000 Years Ago<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority, Israel National Parks Authority, and City of David Foundation are uncovering the Pool of Siloam. These steps, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Jesus healed a blind man, are being revealed as part of an ongoing project to explore the pool and its surroundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2025119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}