Pompey


Pompey the Great

(106-48 B.C.)

A Roman Empire general who subdued pirates and settled troubles in the eastern region of the Mediterranean.

In 64 B.C., Pompey attacked Syria and made it into a Roman providence. While acting to quell unrest and civil war in Judea, the Romans were attacked by fanatical Jews who were ultimately slaughtered on the Temple mount. The Romans kept a garrison in Jerusalem thereafter and incorporated Judea into the newly fashioned province of Syria. The control and governance of Judea were then delegated to the Herodian dynasty, which ruled under the oversight of the Roman Empire."

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. Old Testament and New Testament Apocrypha by R. K. Harrison, Page 80-81)

Pompey was the second non-Jew to enter the Temple after Alexander the Great. He took a small amount of the Temple wealth for Rome.

(Hillsdale College - Ancient Christianity)