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Major Archaeological Finds relating to the New Testament

SITE OR ARTIFACT

LOCATION

RELATING SCRIPTURE

Israel

Herod's temple

Jerusalem

Lk 1:9

Herod's winter palace

Jericho

Mt 2:4

The Herodium
(possible site of Herod's tomb)

Near Bethlehem

Mt 2:19

Masada

Southwest of Dead Sea

cf. Lk 21:20

Early
synagogue

Capernaum

Mk 1:21

Pool of Siloam

Jerusalem

Jn 9:7

Pool of
Bethesda

Jerusalem

Jn 5:2

Pilate
inscription

Caesarea

Lk 3:1

Inscription:
Gentile
entrance of temple sanctuary

Jerusalem

Ac 21:27-29

Skeletal remains of crucified man

Jerusalem

Lk 23:33

Peter's
house

Capernaum

Mt 8:14

Jacob's well

Nablus

Jn 4:5-6

Asia Minor

Derbe
inscription

Kerti Huyuk

Ac 14:20

Sergius Paulus
inscription

Antioch in Pisidia

Ac 13:6-7

Zeus altar (Satan's throne?)

Pergamum

Rev 2:13

Fourth century BC walls

Assos

Ac 20:13-14

Artemis temple
and altar

Ephesus

Ac 19:27-28

Ephesian
theatre

Ephesus

Ac 19:29

Silversmith shops

Ephesus

Ac 19:24

Artemis
statues

Ephesus

Ac 19:35

Greece

Erastus
inscription

Corinth

Ro 16:23

Synagogue
inscription

Corinth

Ac 18:4

Meat market
inscription

Corinth

1 Co 10:25

Cult dining
rooms
(in Asklepius and Demeter temples)

Corinth

1 Co 8:10

Court
(bema)

Corinth

Ac 18:12

Marketplace (bema)

Philippi

Ac 16:19

Starting gate for races

Isthmia

1 Co 9:24, 26

Gallio
inscription

Delphi

Ac 18:12

Egnatian Way

Kavalla (Neapolis), Philippi, Apollonia,
Thessalonica

Cf Ac 16:11-12, 17:1

Politarch
inscription

Thessalonica

Ac 17:6

Italy

Tomb of Augustus

Rome

Lk 2:1

Mamertime Prison

Rome

2 Ti 1:16-17, 2:9, 4:6-8

Appian Way

Puteoli to Rome

Ac 28:13-16

Golden House of Nero

Rome

Cf Ac 25:10; 1 Pe 2:13

Arch of Titus

Rome

Cf Lk 19:43-44, 21:6, 20

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