Discovery of site of Jesus' trial creates dilemma for pilgrims

Catholic News Service ^ | 19 Jan 2015 | anon

[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 Great’s Jerusalem palace.

According to scholars, this is most likely the place ...

[BlackVeil]

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.

[BlackVeil]

Ping.

[Westbrook]

And don’t forget His appearance before Herod.

[Vaquero]

Herod Antipas son of Herod the Great Who ridiculed Christ and dressed him in finery and sent him back to Pilate

[SunkenCiv]

• Possible site of Jesus' trial uncovered in the Holy Land
• Have archaeologists discovered where Jesus was sentenced to death?
• Archaeologists find possible site of Jesus's trial in Jerusalem

Thanks BlackVeil.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BlackVeil. The underlying source:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/06/painful-discovery-pilgrims-are-following-the-wrong-via-dolorosa.html

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I believe everyone forgets that Jerusalem was leveled back in 70 AD by the Romans.