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| | The Mount of Olives (Life in the Holy Land) |
 | | Immediately beyond the Kedron Valley, "before" or to the east of Jerusalem, is the Mount of Olives. |
 | | On one of these knolls, opposite Mount Moriah, and two hundred and twenty feet above the Temple Platform, are the Mosque and Church of the Ascension; on another, towards the north, a small ruin marks the spot where, according to tradition, the men of Galilee stood "gazing up into heaven" (Acts i. |
 | | The top of the Mount of Olives is the traditional scene of the Ascension, and a church was built over it in the fourth century, by Helena, the mother of Constantine. |
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