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Photos for Lesson 22

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Gethsemane: Church of All Nations (above left) is built on the site of the Garden of Gethsemane. It contains the "Rock of Agony" (above right), the traditional place where Jesus prayed with such intensity that he sweat drops of blood (Luke 22:44). It was here that Judas identified Jesus to the temple police with a kiss (artwork, below left). Below center and left: Ancient Olive tree in Gethsemane, reported to be descended from a tree which whs there at the time of Jesus, and a nearby grove illustrating how the grove may have looked when Jesus prayed there.

Jesus' Religious Trials: St. Peter Gallicantu Church (above left) is built on the traditional site of Caiaphas' estate, where Jesus' religious trials occurred. The dungeons beneath the church (above right) may have been where Jesus was mocked and beaten by his guards (Luke 22:63).

Jesus' Roman Trials: Early Friday morning, the Jewish leaders took Jesus to Governor Pilate in the Fortress Antonio. Pilate washed his hands (Matt 27:24) in water from this cistern (above left), the only part of the fortress left today. A piece of pavement from the fortress (above right), shows a game which may have been related to the way the soldiers mocked Jesus (Matt 27:28-29, John 19:5). A model of the fortress (below left) shows how it might have looked. Jesus was flogged here (artist sketch, below right).

Left: Model of Herod's Palace in Jerusalem (Holyland Hotel Model, Jerusalem). Pilate sent Jesus here, hoping Herod Antipas would take this problem off his hands, but Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate.