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After the Ephesian had been swept in with his own corims,

he saw that which even few of the new-coate was laid waste Up Mount Zion opposite

Hippicus and along the in of the Tyropean Valley where the

Herodian and Sadducean palaces had seereat blackened shells of walls and leaning pillars, partly buried in

ruin and rubbish Far and wide the streets were littered with debris

and charred fragments of burned timbers At another place on the

breast of Zion was a chaos of rock where a mansion had been literally

pulled down Soent, wind-blown

smoke still rose from a colossal heap of fused matter that the

Ephesian could not identify About it were neglected houses; not a

sign of festivity was apparent; s hung open carelessly; the

hangings in colonnades were stripped away entirely or whipped loose

fros and abandoned to the winds Nus

appeared to have been sacked; others were so closely barred and

fortified that their exteriors appeared as inhospitable as jails

Confusion prevailed on the s down from the Temple Here those who held fast to the

Law met and contested for their old exclusiveness ild heathen

Idue wo crowds, surly, defiant,