Friday, October 19, 2018

Jerusalem Day 4

On our last day, we walked through the Old City again and went to Bethesda 
and then took a bus to the Israel Museum.  
 We also revisited some of our favorite sites and tried to soak it all in.
This has always been my dream to come here and it exceeded expectations.  
Everything about this place makes the scriptures come alive and brings you closer to Christ.
Church for the traditional site of the birth of Mary

Traditional site of the way Christ took his cross

Chapel of the presentation

Chapel of the flagellation

Actual Bethesda site, some additions through the century
 Many came to the pools of Bethesda to be healed.  Jesus healed a lame man on the Sabbath.  
Many sites in the Old City are guessed but this is a place we know.  
John 5:2-16









The Museum of Israel


Pot that kept the Dead Sea scrolls

A portion of the Scrolls




Canaanite storage pots
God's and statues of Philistines found it a pit, put there by Jewish tribe


Oldest known reference to king David
Calf idol dated 1200 BC found in Judea area
The holy of holies part of a temple 


Herod's mausoleum items

Oldest copy of an Old Testament text


Earlier fonts in the Byzantine era could be used for immersion. 

Caiaphas's ossuary


Reference to Pontiac Pilot from Caesarea


Nail through Calcaneus for crucifixion

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