JERUSALEM (RNS) The site where Jesus may have been tried, prior to his crucifixion, is now open to the public for the very first time.
Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, the spot is within easy walking distance of the Christian Quarter and Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where tradition holds Jesus was buried.
Discovered under an abandoned prison building that is part of the Tower of David Museum grounds, the trial site is one piece of a vast excavation undertaken by archaeologists from 1999 to 2000 but sealed off for the past 14 years largely due to lack of funding.
The excavations include what may be the foundations of the palace of King Herod. It was here, many scholars and archaeologists believe, that the Roman governor Pontius Pilate put Jesus on trial.
Archaeologist Amit Re’em of the Israel Antiquities Authority said the palace was built at the end of the first century B.C., according to Josephus, the Jewish historian and Roman citizen of the era.
“It was enormous, with a lot of gold and silver and running water and guest quarters,” he said.
The ruins uncovered by the Antiquities Authority were discovered in the area described by Josephus and included a complex sewage system.
Censorship: by any other name, doth reek as sweet.
http://news.yahoo.com/paris-shooting-je-suis-charlie-hebdo-attack-live-coverage-151842914.html
(ditto: the trial of Jesus.)
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I don’t get the connection ‘Jason’
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Sure you do. Jesus was censored because some rrrsouls didn’t like what he was saying..
The victims in Paris were censored for the same reason.
…and so were some victims on this very blog.
Censorship, like Evil, doesn’t really come in degrees.
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Well, I hope you’re travelling ok Dabs. I sent you a couple of emails but I doubt they got through to you.
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My emails to Dabs in the past failed when I put bb in the address, instead of bbb!
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I don’t think that’s the address he gave me.
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Is that you Dabs? 😉
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Yes it is!!!!
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😆 It’s three ‘Hail Mary’s’ and one ‘Our Father’ for you Dabs!
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Yeah Mon. It appears I picked up some kind of bug recently.
…Stemming from a discussion about the burgeoning of Police States across the globe. 😉
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