According to 'Acts', what peak was the location of the 'Ascension of Jesus'?
"after the death and resurrection of Jesus, early Christians began gathering in secret to commemorate his Ascension at a small cave on the Mount of Olives. The issuance of the Edict of Milan by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 313 made it possible for Christians to worship overtly without fear of government persecution. By the time of the pilgrim Egeria's travels to Jerusalem in 384, the spot of veneration had been moved to the present location, uphill from the cave, which had been integrated into the Constantinian Church of Eleona, dedicated by then just to Jesus' teachings about good"
"appearances reported by Matthew, contradicts him regarding an appearance at the tomb (Luke 24:24), and replaces Galilee with Jerusalem as the sole location. In Luke, Jesus appears to Cleopas and an unnamed disciple on the road to Emmaus, to Peter (reported by the other apostles), and to the eleven remaining disciples at a meeting with others. The appearances reach their climax with the ascension of Jesus before the assembled disciples on a mountain outside Jerusalem. In addition, Acts has appearances to Paul on the road to Damascus, to the martyr Stephen, and to Peter, who hears the voice of Jesus."
"earth and commissions the disciples to preach the gospel to the whole world. Luke does not mention any of the appearances reported by Matthew, and replaces Galilee with Jerusalem as the sole location. In Luke, Jesus appears to Cleopas and an unnamed disciple on the road to Emmaus, to Peter (reported by the other apostles), and to the eleven remaining disciples at a meeting with others. The appearances reach their climax with the Ascension of Jesus before the assembled disciples on a mountain outside Jerusalem. In addition, Acts has appearances to Paul on the Road to Damascus, to the martyr"
"century ""Transitus Beatae Mariae Virginis"". Mount Hermon (2814 metres or 9,232 feet high), was suggested by R. H. Fuller and J. Lightfoot for two reasons: It is the highest in the area (and the Transfiguration took place on ""an high mountain"" (Matthew 17:1)), and it is located near Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), where the previous events reportedly took place. Other locations which have been proposed include: one of the Horns of Hattin by R.W. Stewart (1857), Gebel Germaq (1208m) 5 km SW of Safed, by W. Ewing (1906), Tel El-Ahmar (1452m) on Jabal al-Druze by Gustav Dalman (1924), and Mount"
"Dome of the Ascension The Dome of the Ascension ( ""Qubbat al-Miraj""; ""Kippat Ha'Aliyah"") is a small, free-standing domed structure built by Crusaders that stands just north the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Although called ""Dome of the Ascension"" in Arabic, and said by Arabic tradition to mark the spot from which Muhammad ascended to Heaven during his ""Night Journey,"" it is understood by scholars as having been built as part of the Christian ""Templum Domini"", probably as a baptistry. An Arabic inscription dated to 1200-1 describes it as rededicated as a waqf. The structure"
"they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead."" (Matthew 17:1–9, KJV) Several candidates for this mountain have been suggested: Mount Tabor (575 metres or 1,886 feet high) is the traditional location. The earliest identification of the Mount of Transfiguration as Tabor is by Origen in the 3rd century. It is also mentioned by St. Cyril of Jerusalem and St. Jerome in the 4th century. The Church of the Transfiguration is located atop Mount Tabor. It is later mentioned in the 5th"
"Mount of Beatitudes The Mount of Beatitudes (Hebrew: ""Har HaOsher"" הר האושר) is a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau. It is where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount. The traditional location for the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and Gennesaret (Ginosar), on the southern slopes of the Korazim Plateau. Its highest point is 58 metres (190 ft) below sea level, which is approximately 155 metres (509 ft) above the surface of the lake. The actual location of the Sermon on the Mount"
"rest (Luke 21:37, and John 8:1 in the additional section of John's Gospel known as the ""Pericope Adulterae""), and also coming there on the night of his betrayal. At the foot of the Mount of Olives lies the Garden of Gethsemane. The New Testament tells how Jesus and his disciples sang together – ""When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives"" Gospel of Matthew 26:30. Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives according to Acts 1:9–12. Landmarks on the top of the Mount of Olives include the Augusta Victoria Hospital with the"
"the Gospel of Matthew, noted that Mount Hermon was a possible location of the Transfiguration of Jesus. Various Temples of Mount Hermon can be found in villages on the slopes. There is a sacred building made of hewn blocks of stone on the summit of Mount Hermon. Known as Qasr Antar, it is the highest temple of the ancient world and was documented by Sir Charles Warren in 1869. An inscription on a limestone stele recovered by Warren from Qasr Antar was translated by George Nickelsburg to read ""According to the command of the greatest a (nd) Holy God, those"
"Mount of Temptation The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil (). The exact location is unknown and impossible to determine. It is generally identified with Mount Quarantania, Arabic name: Jabal al-Qarantal, a mountain approximately high, towering from the northwest over the town of Jericho in the West Bank. According to the public domain ""Catholic Encyclopedia"" (1907-1914), Quarantania is ""a limestone peak on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho"". Halfway up to the top of the mount is the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation or ""Deir"
"Mount Judi Mount Judi ( ', ', , """", ), also spelled Guti and Kutu, according to very Early Christian and Islamic tradition (based on the Qur'an, Hud:44), is Noah's apobaterion or ""Place of Descent"", the location where the Ark came to rest after the Great Flood. The Quranic tradition is similar to the Judeo-Christian legend. The identification of Mount Judi as the landing site of the ark persisted in Syriac and Armenian tradition throughout Late Antiquity but was abandoned for the tradition equating the biblical location with the highest mountain of the region, Mount Ararat. Jewish Babylonian, Syriac, and"
"the Mount of Olives, and in the Acts of the Apostles it is described as the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven. Because of its association with both Jesus and Mary, the mount has been a site of Christian worship since ancient times and is today a major site of pilgrimage for Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants. Much of the top of the hill is occupied by At-Tur, a former village and now a neighbourhood of East Jerusalem with a majority-Muslim population. The Mount of Olives is one of three peaks of a mountain ridge which runs for"
"Galerius Peak Galerius Peak (, ‘Vrah Galerius’ \'vr&h ga-'le-riy\) is the ice-covered peak rising to 1000 m and forming the north extremity of Lassus Mountains, northern Alexander Island in Antarctica. It surmounts Iliev Glacier to the west, Palestrina Glacier to the north and McManus Glacier to the east. The feature is named after the Thracian-born Roman Emperor Galerius, 293-311 AD, who issued in Serdica (present Sofia) the Edict of Toleration legitimizing Christianity in the Roman Empire in 311 AD. Galerius Peak is located at , which is 3.28 km east-northeast of Vittoria Buttress, 7.4 km southeast of Mount Holt, 6"
"Mount Precipice Mount Precipice (, """"Har HaKfitsa""""; , """"Jebel al-Qafzeh"""", ""Mount of the Leap""), also known as Mount of Precipitation, Mount of the Leap of the Lord and Mount Kedumim is located just outside the southern edge of Nazareth, 2.0 km southwest of the modern city center. It is believed by some to be the site of the Rejection of Jesus described in the Gospel of Luke (). According to the story, the people of Nazareth, not accepting Jesus as Messiah tried to push him from the mountain, but ""he passed through the midst of them and went away."" Archaeological"
"Ladder of Divine Ascent (icon) The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a late 12th century icon at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. The icon represents the theological teachings of John Climacus, also known as ""John of the Ladder"", as represented in the ascetical treatise ""The Ladder of Divine Ascent"", written c. AD 600. The treatise has been influential in Eastern Christianity. The icon depicts monks ascending the ladder towards Jesus in Heaven, at the top right of the image with John Climacus at the top of the ladder, being welcomed by Jesus. The ladder has 30 rungs representing the 30"
"accordance to the biblical event celebrated here. However, the alabaster roof could not be made watertight and had to be covered over with a common, non-translucent roof. The Transfiguration of Jesus is an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus is transfigured upon a mountain (, , ). Jesus becomes radiant, speaks with Moses and Elijah, and is called ""Son"" by God. The transfiguration put Jesus above Moses and Elijah, the two preeminent figures of Judaism. Several mountains have been identified as the site of the Transfiguration; for example, the tallest mountain in Israel, Mount Hermon. Mount Tabor"
"Ascension of Jesus The ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin section title: ""Ascensio Iesu"") is the departure of Christ from Earth into the presence of God. The biblical narrative in Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Apostles takes place 40 days after the resurrection: Jesus is taken up from the disciples in their sight, a cloud hides him from view, and two men in white appear to tell them that he will return ""in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."" In the Christian tradition, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements,"
"the mound where the prehistorical and biblical towns once stood, to the level of the monastery, in preparation for the year 2000 when large numbers of tourists were expected. The Mount of Temptation is mentioned in a poem of the Temptation event by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Mount of Temptation The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil (). The exact location is unknown and impossible to determine. It is generally identified with Mount Quarantania, Arabic name: Jabal al-Qarantal, a mountain approximately high, towering from the northwest over"
"at this site in March 2000. The Jesus Trail pilgrimage route connects the Mount to other sites from the life of Jesus. Mount of Beatitudes The Mount of Beatitudes (Hebrew: ""Har HaOsher"" הר האושר) is a hill in northern Israel, in the Korazim Plateau. It is where Jesus is believed to have delivered the Sermon on the Mount. The traditional location for the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and Gennesaret (Ginosar), on the southern slopes of the Korazim Plateau. Its highest point is 58 metres (190 ft) below sea level,"
"Sanctuary of Most Holy Mary of the Height The Sanctuary of the Most Holy Mary of the Height (called also the Sanctuary of “Maronna di l'avutu"" by people from Alcamo) is a place of Marian devotion, located on the top of Mount Bonifato, in Alcamo in the province of Trapani. A 16th century legend tells that an old icon of the Virgin, dating back to a previous period and later lost, had been found, nearly painted on the ground and covered with earth among the walls of the castle on the Bonifato; as a devout man wanted it to rise"
"at the Temple Court, chasing various traders out of the sacred precincts (Mark , see also Mark 11). At the end of each of the gospels, there are accounts of Jesus' Last Supper in an ""Upper Room"" in Jerusalem, his arrest in Gethsemane, his trial, his crucifixion at Golgotha, his burial nearby and his resurrection and ascension and prophecy to return. The Acts of the Apostles and Pauline epistles show James the Just, the brother of Jesus, as leader of the early Jerusalem church. He and his successors were the focus for Jewish Christians until the destruction of the city"
"Mount Lykaion Mount Lykaion (, ""Lýkaion Óros""; ) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece. Lykaion has two peaks: ""Stefani"" to the north and St. Ilias (, ""Agios Īlías"") to the south where the altar of Zeus is located. The northern peak is higher, 1,421 m, than the southern, 1,382 m (). Mount Lykaion was sacred to Zeus Lykaios, who was said to have been born and brought up on it, and was the home of Pelasgus and his son Lycaon, who were said to have founded the ritual of Zeus practiced on its summit. This seems to have involved a"
"according to tradition, climbed the mountain to agree to settle the limit. Tossal dels Tres Reis Tossal dels Tres Reis () or Tossal del Rei ('Peak of the King') is a mountain of the Ports de Tortosa-Beseit massif, Spain. It has an elevation of 1,350 metres above sea level. This mountain is one of the Emblematic Summits of Catalonia. Its name means 'Peak of the Three Kings' and it is located where the borders of the ancient Kingdoms of Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon meet. On the summit there is a cairn marking the place said to have been the meeting"
"Gethsemane Gethsemane (, ""Gethsemane""; , ""Gat Shmanim""; , ""Gaḏ Šmānê"", lit. ""oil press"") is an urban garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, most famous as the place where Jesus prayed and his disciples slept the night before his crucifixion; i.e. the site recorded as where the agony in the garden took place. ""Gethsemane"" appears in the Greek original of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark as Γεθσημανή (""Gethsēmanē""). The name is derived from the Aramaic ܓܕܣܡܢ (Gaḏ-Šmānê), meaning ""oil press"". and call it χωρἰον (18:1), meaning a place or estate. The Gospel"
"wall. On the floor, inside a stone frame, is a slab of stone called the ""Ascension Rock"". The octagonal ædicule surrounds the Ascension rock, said to contain the right footprint of Christ. The section bearing the left footprint having been taken to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Middle Ages. The faithful believe that the impression was made as Jesus ascended into Heaven and is venerated as the last point on earth touched by the incarnate Christ. The mosque that stands southwest of the former Church of the Ascension, known as the ""zawiya"" of Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, consists of two edifices: the"
"2670 ft. above sea level and whose highest point is 6400 ft. Its highest peak may be the ""Hill of Basan"" referred to in Psalm 68:15. In the 1st century BCE the land was acquired by Herod the Great, and on his death in 4 BCE passed to his son Philip as part of his inheritance. In some sources Philip is referred to as ""Tetrarch of Batanea"" with the capital at Caesarea Philippi, though his lands were more extensive than this. On his death in 34 CE Batanea became briefly part of the Roman province of Syria, but in 37"
"chase him to the top of a hill and try to throw him off, but Jesus slips away. There are many hills in and around Nazareth, although the Upper Galilee region, further to the north, is more mountainous. Traditionally this event has been associated with Mount Precipice (also known as the Mount of Precipitation), some 2km from Nazareth, but scholars now argue that this is unlikely to have been the venue because it is further than a Sabbath day's walk from the city. The event is perhaps also depicted, though not word for word, in Mark 6:1-6 and Matthew 13:53-58."
"Queen Mary's Peak Queen Mary's Peak is the summit of the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It has an elevation of 2,062 metres (6,765 ft) above sea level. It is named after Mary of Teck, the Queen consort of King George V. It is the highest point of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The mountain is the peak of the massive shield volcano which forms the island. A wide summit crater caps the peak, and it contains a heart-shaped crater lake. This lake is normally frozen during the"
"a prophecy of Isaiah as foretelling this very murder."" That Hegesippus made this connection from Isaiah is undisputed; however, Whiston's identification of Hegesippus as an Ebionite, while common in 18th and 19th century scholarship, is debatable. The other popularly proposed connection is that the ""Ascents of James"" in the Pseudo-Clementine literature are related to the Ebionites. The Book of Acts begins by showing Peter as leader of the Jerusalem church, the only church in existence immediately after the ascension, though several years later, Paul lists James prior to ""Cephas"" (Peter) and John as those considered ""pillars"" (Greek ""styloi"") of the"
"and John his brother into a high mountain apart, and that Jesus became radiant there. However, none of these accounts identifies the ""high mountain"" of the scene by name. The earliest identification of the Mount of Transfiguration as Tabor is by Origen in the 3rd century. This early speculation is recounted by St. Cyril of Jerusalem and St. Jerome in the 4th century. It is later recounted in the 5th century ""Transitus Beatae Mariae Virginis"". Mount Hermon is an alternative site according to tradition. Due to the importance of Mount Tabor in Christian tradition, from the 4th century onward it"
"astonished to hear these untaught fishermen speaking praises to God in their alien tongues (Acts of the Apostles ). Jesus had gone with his disciples (later called apostles) Peter, James, and John (also called John the Evangelist) to Mount Tabor. Christ's appearance was changed while they watched into a glorious radiant figure. There appeared Elijah and Moses, speaking with Jesus. The disciples were amazed and terribly afraid. This event shows forth the divinity of Christ, so that the disciples would understand after his Ascension that He was truly the radiant splendor of the Father, and that his Passion was voluntary."
"Mount Scopus Mount Scopus ( ', ""Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels""; ', lit. ""Mount Lookout"", or """" ""Mount of the Scene/Burial Site"", or is a mountain (elevation: 2710 feet or 826 meters above sea level) in northeast Jerusalem. In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Mount Scopus became a UN-protected Israeli exclave within Jordanian-administered territory until the Six-Day War in 1967. Today, Mount Scopus lies within the municipal boundaries of the city of Jerusalem. The ridge of mountains east of ancient as well as modern Jerusalem offers the best views of the city, which it dominates. Since the main"
"be seen from the summit. Taygetus The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus () is a mountain range in the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as the ""Profitis Ilias"", or ""Prophet Elias"". The name is one of the oldest recorded in Europe, appearing in the Odyssey. In classical mythology, it was associated with the nymph Taygete. During Byzantine times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as Pentadaktylos (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for ""five-fingered"", a common name during that period). The Taygetus Massif is about long, extending from"