Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Israel- Palace of Caiaphas

Our next stop was to the Palace of Caiaphas. This is the supposed location that Jesus Christ was held the night he was 'captured' from the Garden of Gethsemane. A church was built over the site like most other holy sites in Jerusalem. The church had some beautiful stain glass windows. Next to the church are the old roman steps that would have been the steps Christ walked from the Upper Room down to the Garden of Gethsemane and than back up to the Palace of Caiaphas. The Palace of Caiaphas is also where Peter denied the Christ three times, so there is a statue next to the church symbolizing this.

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