Index of Photos and Maps
This is an index to all the pictures used in the original print version of Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary—Volume 1: Matthew, Mark, Luke. Not all the pictures listed here will appear in this e-book volume; the page numbers of those that do appear are hyperlinked directly to the corresponding picture.
Alexander the Great, 115, 389
altar, of burnt sacrifice (model), 39
angel, appearing to Joseph (painting), 10
Antonia, Fortress of, model, 176, 271, 489
Antonia Pavement, 174, 490
Arch of Titus, 479
Augustus (see Caesar Augustus)
Bethlehem, 15, 342
shepherd near, 342
Bethsaida, 75
boat, fishing
found at Kinneret, 31, 368
mosaic at Beth Loya, 92
mosaic at Bethsaida, 61
bone, heel of a crucified man, 300
bread
round loaves of, 360
unleavened, 86
Caesar Augustus, 135, 340
Caesarea Philippi, 101, 205, 255
Caiaphas
home of, 159, 168, 170
ossuary of, 160
Capernaum, 365
basalt homes at, 214
house of Peter, 57, 214
synagogue at, 29, 57, 365
capstone, 472
catacomb, painting in, 100
Cenacle, 163, 286
centurion, Roman, 383
Chorazin, 75
Church of the Holy Sepluchre, 179, 185
artistic perspective (cutaway), 186
Church of St. Peter Gallicantu, 168, 170, 485
cloak, 41, 399
coins
bronze, 47
“Caesar”, 340
denarius, 115, 274, 389, 473
depicting captives of Julius Caesar, 340
drachma, 162
half-shekels, 109
“Judea”, 262
Judea Capta, 479
lepta, 276, 433
minted under Archelaus, 20
minted under Bar-Kochba, 128, 132
minted under Herod Antipas, 89, 439
minted under Herod Philip, 241
minted under Herod the Great, 17
minted under Pontius Pilate, 294
quadrans, 39
Selah, 132
shekels (Tyrian), 109, 270
with image of Alexander the Great, 115, 389
with image of Caesar Augustus, 135
with image of Nero, 274
with image of Tiberius, 221, 274, 473
courtyard, 485
crucifixion, heel bone from a, 300
cups, 144
curtain in the temple (model), 494
Dead Sea, 75
Dead Sea Scrolls, Isaiah Scroll, 362
denarius, 115, 274, 389
dishes, 144
donkey, 128
dove, 26
drachma, 162
earthquake, 147
emperors
Caesar Augustus, 135, 340
Tiberius, 221, 351, 473
farming implements, 84
fig tree, 152, 269
fish
from the Sea of Galilee, 111
mosaic at Tabgha, 91
fishermen, 31, 87
fishing boat, 31, 61, 92, 368
flogging strap, 176
flute, 387
frankincense, 17
Galilee, Sea of, 31, 33, 58, 83, 87, 233, 378
Garden of Gethsemane (see Gethsemane, Garden of)
garden tomb, 182, 493, 498
gate, of Megiddo, 385
Gehenna (see Hinnom, Valley of)
Genessaret, 93
Gergesa, 236
Gethsemane
cave in, 288
Garden of, 166, 485
goats, 157
gods, Pan, 101
grain storage bin, 428
grass, 49
goatskins, 65
Hakeldama, 172
harvest, 66
hoe, 84
Herodium, 21, 131
high priest (artistic representation), 292, 486
Hinnom, Valley of, 39, 172, 426
inscriptions
House of David, 476
Pontius Pilate, 171, 488
temple warning, 130
jars, 95, 161, 285, 389, 482
Jebel Quruntal, 209, 462
Jericho, 126, 462
Herod’s palace at, 126, 189, 462
Jerusalem, 146, 470
area east of toward Jericho, 319
artistic reconstruction of, 6, 320, 466–467
countryside near, 267
crowded street in old, 349
Damascus Gate, 52
Herodian era home in, 452
road from to Jericho, 415
southeast pinnacle of east wall of, 360
ruins from the destruction, 283
temple (see temple, Jerusalem)
Jonah, 100, 422
Jordan River, 24, 101, 205, 255, 353
Judas Iscariot, home village of, 377
Judea
hill country of, 334
wilderness, 23, 359
Kerioth-Hezron, 377
key, 103
king’s game, 177, 297
Kinneret boat, 31, 365
Kursi, 236
lamps, oil, 36, 109, 155, 231, 423
lance, 70
latrine, 246
leaven, 86
Legio X Fretensis, 148, 282, 480
lepta, 276, 433
lightning, 151
lithostratos, 174, 490
lilies, 429
locust, 23
Machaerus, 242
Magdala, 253
Mammon, 47
Masada, 27, 280
Megiddo, 385, 428
menorah, 36, 43
millstone, 261, 453
Miqveh, 189
Moses, seat of, 140
Mount Hermon, 403
Mount Meron, 107
Mount of Beatitudes, 3, 33, 378, 429
Mount of Olives, 146, 166, 468
Mount of Temptation, 209, 462
Mount Tabor, 107, 257, 403
mustard plants, 232, 436
Nain, 385
narrow gate, 52, 437
Nazareth, 88
Church of the Annunciation, 22
needles, 120
net, fishing, 87
olive press, 261, 453
ossuary, 144, 160
palm branches, 128
papyrus plants, 72
papyri, 
(fragment of Matthew), 5
passover scene, 285
pearl, 87
penny, Roman, 39, 433
perfume jars, 161
Peter’s house, 57, 214
plow, 410
Pontius Pilate, inscription, 171, 488
potter’s field, 172
pottery, 144
“Prison of Christ”, 117
Qumran
cave 4, 338
scriptorium, 338
reeds, 72
ring, 103, 120
road from Jerusalem to Jericho, 415
rock of agony, 166
roof
sod, 456
tiled, 371
wattle and mud, 218
Samaritans, modern, 408
scales, 50
scroll
Dead Sea, 362
Torah, 37
Sea of Galilee (see Galilee, Sea of)
seat of Moses (see Moses, seat of)
Sebaste, 408
Sepphoris, 88
theater, 348
sheep, 113, 157
shepherd, 342
shekels, 109, 270
shofar, 43, 44, 152
sickle, 84
Sidon, 75
Sodom, 75
soil, rocky, 391
standard, Roman, 148, 480
statue
of Caesar Augustus, 340
of Tiberius, 351
storeroom, 44
sword, 70, 167
sycamore tree, 463
synagogue
at Capernaum, 29, 57, 365
at Chorazin, 75, 140
at Delos, 140
Tabgha, 91, 378
temple, Jerusalem
altar of burnt sacrifice (model), 39, 285
artistic perspective of within Jerusalem, 6, 466–67
artistic reconstruction, 206
artistic reconstruction (cutaway), 78, 329
artistic size comparison with modern building, 329
court of priests (model), 8, 285
court of the Gentiles (model), 470
depicted on a coin, 132
diagram of the sanctuary and courts, 278
entrance (model), 327
East Gate (model), 129
massive stones of the, 279
model of, 132, 277, 345, 346, 470, 478
warning inscription, 130
western wall, 279
theater, at Sepphoris, 348
Tiberius, 221, 351, 473
tomb, 144
artistic reconstruction of Jesus’, 186, 306, 496
Garden, 182, 493, 498
Maccabean era, 60
of Joseph and the Edicule, 306
of Queen Helena of Adiabene, 497
of the Prophets, 424
rolling stone, 305, 497
Transfiguration, Mount of, 107, 257, 403
trumpet (see shofar)
tunic, 399
Tyre, 75, 98, 251
utensils, eating, 95, 144
unleavened bread, 86
Upper Room, 163, 286
veil of the temple (model), 494
Via Dolorosa, 177, 492
village, 240, 390
vineyard, 122, 133, 273, 471
Wadi Kelt, 415
watchtower, 133, 273
wheat, 66, 224, 374
wilderness, Judean, 23, 27, 359
wildflowers, 49
wineskins, 65, 223
winnowing fork, 26, 356
yoke of oxen, 443