Photos for Lent 2011 - Click on the photo for a larger size |
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The site of the story of the beatitudes |
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Notice the nail is correctly shown in the wrist and not in the hand as many display it. |
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The Church of all Nations - Immediately behind the Garden of Gethsemane |
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The Garden of Gethsemane. The Oliver trees here would have been there when Jesus was taken by the soldiers |
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In the Church of all Nations, the communion rails have the metal cup in the design |
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This is the spot where Jesus asked for the cup to be taken away from him. The altar is in the shape of a communion cup |
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Church of Saint Peter - Site of the High Priest's home |
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Jesus would have been lowered through this hole to a holding cell below. (Below the High Priest's home). This was the only way in and out. |
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The holding cell below the High Priest's home |
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The Golden Gate where Jesus would have travelled through on the donkey in the Palm Sunday story |
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This shows the markings of a game the soldiers played called "The King Game" This is on the actual street Jesus would have carried his cross when moving through the city |
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The original road that Jesus walked on is many metres below the Sisters Chapel |
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The market where the soldiers would have had to push through while Jesus was carrying his cross to calvery |
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The site of what is believed to have been Jesus tomb |
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The actul tomb inside where Jesus would have been laid |
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The place of the skull in the quarry where Jesus was buried. Today called the "Garden Tomb" |
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The track where the stone at the entrance would have been rolled along |
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Typical tomb where the bones of the dead are stored once they reach the skeleton stage |
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Pool of Siloam |
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Painting on wall depicting how it would have looked in Jesus day |
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The actual tunnel King Hezekiah had carved out to allow the water to from into the city |
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Typical desert scene similar to where Jesus would have spent that time in the wilderness |
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