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Discovery of site of Jesus' trial creates dilemma for pilgrims
Catholic News Service ^
| 19 Jan 2015
| anon
Posted on 01/19/2015 1:58:28 AM PST by BlackVeil
Archaeologists might have uncovered the site of the trial of Jesus. While excavating the floors underneath an abandoned building next to the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem, archaeologists came across the foundation walls and sewage system that lay beneath Herod the Greats Jerusalem palace.
According to scholars, this is most likely the place ...
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TOPICS: History; Religion
KEYWORDS: christianhistory; godsgravesglyphs; jerusalem; jesustrial; letshavejerusalem; pontiuspilate
History and archaeology in the Holy Land. This article claims that the traditional pilgrimage trail through Jerusalem is incorrect. However, there ought to be two, not one, sites of trials of Jesus, as he was tried by the Chief Priests, and then secondly, before Pilate.
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01/19/2015 1:58:28 AM PST
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BlackVeil
To: SunkenCiv
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01/19/2015 1:58:50 AM PST
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BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: BlackVeil
And don’t forget His appearance before Herod.
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01/19/2015 2:02:02 AM PST
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Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
To: Westbrook
Herod Antipas son of Herod the Great Who ridiculed Christ and dressed him in finery and sent him back to Pilate
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01/19/2015 3:00:05 AM PST
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Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
Thanks BlackVeil.
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01/19/2015 3:34:34 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BlackVeil
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01/19/2015 4:31:33 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BlackVeil
I believe everyone forgets that Jerusalem was leveled back in 70 AD by the Romans.
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