Jesus prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem

Holy Week... Jesus was very busy the entire week. Every day he went to the temple and every night he went out to the Mount of Olives to pray. The city wall of Jerusalem was only half a mile from the Garden of Gethsemane, which is at the foot of Mount Olivet. The mountain was a Jewish cemetery with gardens, as it continues to be today. It is from the Mount of Olives that Jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem, and wept over the city. And it is also from the Mount of Olives that Jesus ascended to heaven, 40 days after the events of Holy Week.

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