The Final Days of Jesus
The Archaeological Evidence
Chapter One
The road to Jerusalem
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!"
(Luke 13:34)
No visitor to modern Jerusalem can ignore that it is the place where Jesus spent his final days and was ultimately crucified. Jesus's impact on the city of Jerusalem was major, perhaps more so than that of any other individual in history. Ever since the fourth century, when Christianity was recognized as the official religion in the Holy Land, millions of Christian pilgrims have poured into Jerusalem seeking out the places associated by tradition with Jesus's Passion week.
Almost 2,000 years later the formidable presence of Jesus still lingers over the Old City, whether at the Garden of Gethsemane and the Mount of Olives, at the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa, or at the various shrines within the Church of ... read full excerpt from: The Final Days of Jesus ebook
