A map of Greater Israel etched by an imprisoned member of the pre-state Irgun militia is still visible on the wall. Across the room are remains of another defensive wall built years later by the Hasmoneans, who ruled Jerusalem after the Maccabees revolt.
The room also houses remains of the wall of a massive Herodian palace built near the beginning of the Common Era, as well as basins from the Crusader period that were likely used to dye clothes and tan leather.
The current walls of the Old City, built by the Ottomans in the 16th century, sit atop the Herodian wall and later served as the outer wall of the prison. We could dig for two years from the top down to the bottom. The Gospel of Mark seemingly identifies the Praetorium within one of these palace complexes Mark In addition, the Gospel of John reveals that Pilate brings Jesus outside the palace proper, sets up his judgment seat on a stone pavement perhaps in the courtyard of the palace complex or just outside it , and conducts the rest of the trial in front of some Jewish leaders who had refused to enter the palace John ; Both locations possess a long history of advocates, dating back to when Jerusalem became a Christian city during the reign of Constantine in the early fourth century.
Today virtually none of the fortress exists above ground level. Support for this site has included the thought that Pilate wanted his headquarters near the Temple for the heavily trafficked Passover week. Nervous Roman governors worried that crowds visiting the city during this time possessed a greater propensity for civil unrest.
Conversely, the site appears to be an unlikely location for the trial of Jesus. Beat his back with a whip and then put him on a cross and leave him there until he dies. Jesus has more power than Pilate or the angry people or even the soldiers. If Jesus wanted to he could have stopped everyone. But Jesus did not stop them.
He let the soldiers lead him away, Jesus was thinking about everyone in the world who has ever done anything bad sinned. Jesus loves everyone in the world very much! That even means you and me. But instead of letting everyone be punished Jesus took one BIG punishment for all of us instead. Jesus died on the cross so that all of us could be forgiven of our sins instead of being punished for our sins.
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