Douggg
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Hadrian had the city of Jerusalem plowed under with plans of creating a Roman city in its place called Aelia Capitolina. Also, around that time the Jews were banned from entering Jerusalem.You are ignoring what Jesus said in Luke 19:41-44 about the whole city being destroyed, and you are ignoring the word "castle" in the Book of Acts.
G3925
παρεμβολή
parembolē
par-em-bol-ay'
From a compound of G3844 and G1685; a throwing in beside (juxtaposition), that is, (specifically) battle array, encampment or barracks (tower Antonia): - army, camp, castle.
Total KJV occurrences: 10
Act_21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
Act_21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Act_22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Act_23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
Act_23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
Act_23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
Where is this "castle" now located?
The modern model does not match what Josephus said about the size of Fort Antonia.
You are also creating a term known as "the temple mount platform", which is not found in the Bible, or in the writings of Josephus. It is a modern invention which attempts to turn Fort Antonia into the site of the temple.
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The issue is not where Paul was taken. There was a citadel (castle) structure in the corner of the temple mount, later called fort Antonia under Herod the Great's time that served as a a ready to defend the Temple and its other buildings, regiment of soldiers.
The issue is where did Jesus stand trial before Herod Antipas and Pilate.
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