gate likely was destroyed during the events of A.D. 66–70.12 Yet this may extract more from the present tense form than is warranted (Blomberg 2002: 43; Carson 1991: 241; Bultmann 1971: 240 n. 4; contra Wallace 1990: 197–205). Questions also extend to the precise nature and location of the “Sheep Gate” (cf. Neh. 3:1, 32; 12:39), in part due to the elliptical reference involving the adjective προβατικῇ (probatikē, pertaining to sheep) without accompanying substantive.13 In Jesus’ day, this