Jerusalem
Above and below are images from the Mount of Olives. In the picture below, you can see the graves. There are so, so many of them. This has been a holy place to be buried for Jews for thousands of years. Zechariah and Absolom from the Bible are buried there as are many famous rabbis and regular people. Nearby are holy places for Christians and Muslims to be buried, so there are a lot of graves in the area.
Jon overlooking Jerusalem
I took a picture of this guy and his donkey on top of Mount of Olives. He made me pay him a dollar and pose with him.
St. Stephen's Gate (aka The Lion's Gate and Sheep's Gate)
Bethesda Pools where people came each year to receive healing as the waters were stirred. Only the first one to touch the waters was healed. One paralyzed man went for 38 years but was never the first to reach the water. Jesus came and healed him on a Sabbath and asked him to rise, take up his mat, and walk, thus breaking the Sabbath for both of them.
Our much beloved guide, Mike. We don't know how we possibly lucked out enough to get a guide that fit our view of the world so well, but we did.
Jesus walked on these stones along the Via Dolorosa, inside the Antonia Fortress, carrying his cross.
This is one of the two places we visited that claims to be Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified. This is inside the Holy Sepulchre Church. It was such a busy place that I could not get any closer than this for a better picture. There is also a chapel inside this church where they say the tomb is located. There was such a line to get in there, that we would have never had the time. There are six denominations that share this church, and they don't get along very well. There are some interesting stories about it all. The picture below is another part of Golgotha.
This is a large stone where Jesus' body is said to have been laid. People were touching it and also putting their items on it to receive the blessings it could provide.
This was another stone along the Via Dolorosa, said to be a stone where Jesus had fallen while carrying his cross.
Here is a picture of the busy marketplace inside Old City Jerusalem. It was hard for our large group to squeeze through the narrow alleys with shops on both sides and people everywhere. A few of us also walked through it fairly late at night and another time early in the morning, and it does not seem to be the same place.
This is how you buy bread along the market.
Todd and I in one of the narrow alleys in Old City.
The Wailing Wall on Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath). Since we were there on the Sabbath, we could not take pictures any closer than this spot. It was very interesting to go up to the women's section of the wall and touch it and then sit back and observe others in their prayers, reading, and swaying. The men's section was much, much larger than ours with much more to see.
Jon is in the room at Caiaphas's house where Jesus was likely hung on these walls as a prisoner before his trial before Pilate. The steps below are the same ones that were there at that time. They were blocked off for repairs, so we couldn't walk on them. I intended to find a way to touch one, but I forgot.
Above and below are images from the Mount of Olives. In the picture below, you can see the graves. There are so, so many of them. This has been a holy place to be buried for Jews for thousands of years. Zechariah and Absolom from the Bible are buried there as are many famous rabbis and regular people. Nearby are holy places for Christians and Muslims to be buried, so there are a lot of graves in the area.
Jon overlooking Jerusalem
I took a picture of this guy and his donkey on top of Mount of Olives. He made me pay him a dollar and pose with him.
St. Stephen's Gate (aka The Lion's Gate and Sheep's Gate)
Bethesda Pools where people came each year to receive healing as the waters were stirred. Only the first one to touch the waters was healed. One paralyzed man went for 38 years but was never the first to reach the water. Jesus came and healed him on a Sabbath and asked him to rise, take up his mat, and walk, thus breaking the Sabbath for both of them.
Our much beloved guide, Mike. We don't know how we possibly lucked out enough to get a guide that fit our view of the world so well, but we did.
Jesus walked on these stones along the Via Dolorosa, inside the Antonia Fortress, carrying his cross.
This is one of the two places we visited that claims to be Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified. This is inside the Holy Sepulchre Church. It was such a busy place that I could not get any closer than this for a better picture. There is also a chapel inside this church where they say the tomb is located. There was such a line to get in there, that we would have never had the time. There are six denominations that share this church, and they don't get along very well. There are some interesting stories about it all. The picture below is another part of Golgotha.
This is a large stone where Jesus' body is said to have been laid. People were touching it and also putting their items on it to receive the blessings it could provide.
This was another stone along the Via Dolorosa, said to be a stone where Jesus had fallen while carrying his cross.
Here is a picture of the busy marketplace inside Old City Jerusalem. It was hard for our large group to squeeze through the narrow alleys with shops on both sides and people everywhere. A few of us also walked through it fairly late at night and another time early in the morning, and it does not seem to be the same place.
This is how you buy bread along the market.
Todd and I in one of the narrow alleys in Old City.
The Wailing Wall on Shabbat (Jewish Sabbath). Since we were there on the Sabbath, we could not take pictures any closer than this spot. It was very interesting to go up to the women's section of the wall and touch it and then sit back and observe others in their prayers, reading, and swaying. The men's section was much, much larger than ours with much more to see.
Jon is in the room at Caiaphas's house where Jesus was likely hung on these walls as a prisoner before his trial before Pilate. The steps below are the same ones that were there at that time. They were blocked off for repairs, so we couldn't walk on them. I intended to find a way to touch one, but I forgot.
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