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Christians Help Solve 2,000-Year-Old Murder Mystery of Rebel Jews: Solved with Secret Burial Ceremony"The Evangelicals involved in the study were absolute professionals in their fields, but it was very touching how they also understood the urgency of the mitzvah to bury the dead." -Yaakov Ehrlich (Israel)—[Breaking Israel News] A Christian archaeologist's discovery of ancient bones in a cave in Samaria unraveled a 2,000-year-old murder mystery, and led to the local Jews performing a rare and powerful Torah commandment they believe will help bring the Third Temple. The moving story brought Jews and Christians together, emphasizing how the roots of both religions are inextricably intertwined in the Holy Land. (Photo: The 2,000-year-old bones discovered at Ofra/Courtesy Yaakov Ehrlich/via BIN) Dr. Scott Stripling, an archaeologist and provost of The Bible Seminary in Texas, was exploring a cave complex at Khirbet el-Maqatir near the city of Ofra in Samaria in 2013 when he discovered a jumble of bones. Dr. Stripling has been the co-director of the dig for 20 years on behalf the Associates for Biblical Research. "I have no doubt that these people were murdered in the first revolt in 69 AD at the hands of the Romans," Dr. Stripling told Breaking Israel News. "It was a 2,000-year-old mass-murder mystery that..." Click here to continue reading.
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