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# When the British General Allenby accepted the surrender of Jerusalem in December 1917, he entered the city on foot through the Jaffa Gate, saying that he would not ride his horse into a city into which the Lord had ridden on a donkey
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/kogda-britanskii-general-allenbi-prinial-kapituliatsiiu-ierusalima-v-dekabre-1917-goda-on-voshel-v-gorod-peshkom-cherez-iaffskie-vorota-skazav-chto-ne-poedet-na-svoei-loshadi-v-gorod-v/
- Published: 2023-12-12T06:31:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:35:05.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Faith, The East, People

When the British General Allenby accepted the surrender of Jerusalem in December 1917, he entered the city on foot through the Jaffa Gate, saying that he would not ride his horse into a city into which the Lord had ridden on a donkey. Allenby was the first Christian to capture Jerusalem in several centuries