Quote:Well, from what I've heard, remarks about the destruction of the Temple places the origin of Mark around 70 AD.
What 'jesus' supposedly said in Matthew 24 is:
Quote:The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times
1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
This did not happen in 70. The temple was burned along with other large parts of the city but it was assuredly not leveled. Josephus tells us that and he was there. For 60 years the Xth Legion used Jerusalem as its base.
In 135 the Emperor Hadrian decided to embark on a little urban renewal project and decided to level the city and built a new Roman city called Aelia Capitolina on the site. It was THEN that the ruins were "leveled" and so at that point it can be said that the 'prophecy' really came true.
This provoked yet another Jewish rebellion (the bar Kochba revolt ) and when this was crushed Jews were thrown out of Judaea. It is only after these events that we start to see Roman writers paying attention to xtians.
