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Beautiful Gate (2)

Holman Bible Dictionary

The scene of the healing of a lame man by Peter and John (Acts 3:2 ,Acts 3:2,3:10 ). Neither the Old Testament nor other Jewish sources mention a “Beautiful Gate.” Christian tradition has identified the gate with the Susa (or Shushan) or Golden Gate on the east side of the Temple leading from outside into the Court of the Gentiles. Modern scholars, however, identify the gate as the one on the east side of the Court of Women leading from the Court of the Gentiles. Others place it east of the Court of the Men. Josephus, a Jewish historian in the first century, described a gate of “Corinthian bronze” outside the sanctuary. Jewish sources refer to this gate as Nicanor's Gate. See Jerusalem; Temple.