Ruins of the archaeological site of Machaerus (33)

Mohammad hajeer · file-level dates · Wikimedia Commons — Real-world location photos (cc_by_sa_4.0)

A photograph of the ruins of the fortress of Machaerus, as Herod himself had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her (Mark 6:17).

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