A Watchtower in a Field

Isaiah 5:1 Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 5:2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

Matthew 21:33 "Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower.

Mark 12:1 Then he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower...

You Might Also Like:

Photo Tour

A Threshing Floor near Bethlehem

Threshing Floors were used in the ancient world to separate grain from the chaff. This was usually a two step process. First, the cut stalks of grain were spread on the threshing floor and a threshing sledge was pulled over the stalks by oxen. The sledge was a simple wooden sled or heavy board with ...
Read More

Photo Tour

Olive Tree on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

This is an ancient olive tree standing in a garden surrounding a modern church on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. This hill lying east across the Kidron Valley from the Jerusalem Temple was named for the olive groves and olive presses located on its slopes. A section of the hill was known as Geths...
Read More