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Quotes About Jerusalem

Thus the body opens with a vision of the heavenly Bridegroom, the Son of Man, and it closes with a vision of the heavenly bride, the new Jerusalem. Toward the end of the body are the contrasting visions of the judgment of the harlot Babylon (17:1-19:111) and the joy of the bride Jerusalem (21:9-22:9). Thus 22:6-9 is the climax of the body and the opening of the epilogue-a literary interweaving of themes characteristic of Revelation elsewhere.
~ Dennis E. Johnson
In John's version of the Temple incident, Jesus anticipates the time when there will no longer be a need for vendors, for every house not only in Jerusalem but in all of Judea shall be like the Temple itself. The sacred nature of the Temple will spread through all the people.
~ Amy-Jill Levine
15 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands before they eat." 3 He answered them, "And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, * 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.
~ Amy-Jill Levine
one always goes "up" to Jerusalem; one could be on the moon and still go "up" to Jerusalem
~ Amy-Jill Levine
This was not a decision made with the Israelis. This was a decision by the president for the American people. And so, it was a decision that we all said Jerusalem should be the capital and the embassy should be there. This decision should not weigh in on the peace process.
~ Nikki Haley
Israel's capital will never again be a divided city, a city with a wall at its center, a city in which two flags fly. This city, will, in its entirety, absorb immigrants, welcome pilgrims and be the eternal capital of Israel forever.
~ Yitzhak Shamir
When I visited Jerusalem and the West Bank back in 2008, I was shocked by how individual Palestinians and whole Palestinian communities were treated by the Israeli government. From the illegal settlements to daily humiliations at checkpoints, the evidence of gross injustice and the human suffering it brings is indisputable.
~ Ed Davey
Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Acting on a tip, Israeli soldiers stormed the house where he was based, minutes too late. They found his food still warm on the table.
~ Ronen Bergman
I've often made critical comments about settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and in east Jerusalem, and my position hasn't changed. At the same time, it's equally important to me that the two sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, work towards a durable peace settlement: that's to say a viable two-state solution.
~ Angela Merkel
In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu.
~ Benjamin Netanyahu
I traveled with then-Senator Obama to Israel in 2008. I will never forget our time in the holy city of Jerusalem and following behind him as he approached the Western Wall - and even in the dark hours of that very early morning, it was a place bustling with energy afforded by one's faith.
~ Denis McDonough
I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
~ Yair Lapid
I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.
~ Reuven Rivlin
Vilnius was once known as 'The Jerusalem of Lithuania' because of the number of prayer houses and scholars there; in the first half of the 20th century, it became a center of Yiddish-language scholarship.
~ Elizabeth McCracken
Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and the modern presence there just cements this.
~ Erin O'Toole
I think you have to look at the fact that every presidential candidate, Republican or Democrat, has all said that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and the embassy should be moved. President Trump's the only one that had the courage to actually do that.
~ Nikki Haley
Jerusalem is a golden bowl full of scorpions.
~ Laurie R. King
Zion is in ruins, Jerusalem lies in the dust. All week there is only hope of redemption. But when the Sabbath is entering the world, man is touched by a moment of actual redemption; as if for a moment the spirit of the Messiah moved over the face of the earth.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
THE EXILE AND AFTER This renewed catastrophe was a key event in the history of the people of Israel. Maybe if the exile in Babylon had lasted more than half a century, the impetus to preserve and enhance a Jewish identity might have been lost, but as it was the exiles who returned were able to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem; it was reconsecrated in 516 BCE.
~ Diarmaid MacCulloch
We know of the tensions between the first Church in Jerusalem and Churches in which Paul of Tarsus became the prominent teacher .. The Jerusalem Church remained closer to the parent Judaism than other Churches did, that secondary grouping of other Churches revered the ministry and then the memory of Paul, who suffered the potential handicap of never having met the lord in his public ministry unlike his contemporaries in the Jerusalem leadership who included relatives of the lord.
~ Diarmaid MacCulloch
Jesus goes on before to Jerusalem and to the cross, and they are filled with fear and amazement at the road he calls them to follow.
~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
34 ¡Oh Jerusalén, Jerusalén, que matas a los profetas, y apedreas a los que a ti son enviados! ¿Cuántas veces quise recoger a tus hijos, a la manera que el ave cubre su nidada debajo de sus alas, y tú no has querido? 35 ¡Pueblo ingrato! He aquí que su morada va a quedar desierta. Y les declaro que ya no me verán más, hasta que llegue el día en que digan: Bendito sea el que viene en nombre del Señor. 14
~ Don Félix Torres Amat
Jerusalén: He aquí que a ti vendrá tu Rey el Justo, el Salvador: Él vendrá pobre, y montado en un asna y su pollino.
~ Don Félix Torres Amat
24 Entre tanto la palabra de Dios hacía grandes progresos, y se propagaba más y más cada día. 25 Bernabé y Saulo, acabada su comisión de entregar las limosnas, volvieron de Jerusalén a Antioquía habiéndose llevado consigo a Juan, por sobrenombre Marcos. 13
~ Don Félix Torres Amat