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11 maj 2022 · Pompeii is not mentioned in the Bible in any way. Most of the New Testament had been written by 79, and there are no prophecies that predicted the destruction of Pompeii. However, some Christians at the time compared the destruction of Pompeii to that of Sodom and Gomorrah.
21 mar 2024 · On the wall of House 26, an ancient observer, viewing the aftermath of the eruption, scratched the words “Sodom and Gomor rah”—a poignant Biblical reference to God’s vengeance on the two sinful cities of Genesis 19.
21 mar 2024 · Pompeii, an ancient Roman city, holds no direct mention in Biblical texts; however, its historical and cultural context during the 1st century AD provides a valuable backdrop for understanding the broader Roman world that intersects with the New Testament narrative.
12 gru 2023 · The ancient city of Pompeii, located in modern-day Italy, is not directly mentioned in the Bible. However, there are some passages in the Bible that may relate to the destruction of Pompeii in 79 AD. The Destruction of Pompeii. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy.
It seems fitting that a growing number of scholars believe the Bible contains another account of Pompeii. The eighteenth chapter of Revelation describes God’s sudden annihilation of a “great city” by “fire” and “dust” because of its great “wealth,” “excessive luxuries” and carnal “sins.”
Nine years, almost to the day, after Roman legionaries destroyed God’s house in Jerusalem, God destroyed the luxurious watering holes of the Roman elite. Was this God’s revenge? That’s not exactly the question I want to raise, however. Rather, did anyone at the time see it that way?
If the first meaning of cherem with a het was intended, this inscription, too, could refer to the destruction of Pompeii as God’s absolute condemnation of Pompeii for the prior Roman destruction of his Temple.
