The Mocking of the Messiah

The Roman general Pompey laid siege to Jerusalem in 63 B.C. Having made Syria a Roman province the preceding year it was now Judea’s turn to be conquered. Twelve thousand Jews died in the ensuing melee. Few Romans perished. When the struggle ended, Pompey marched into the most sacred room of the Temple, the Holy of Holies. Then, to his credit, he withdrew from the Temple, leaving its treasures i