This document provides information about religious sites in Jerusalem and surrounding areas that are significant to Christianity. It includes descriptions and photos of locations such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, and others. The document guides readers through these areas and shares historical context and biblical significance.

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Rognlien
Pam
Rognlien

3. OLD CITY JERUSALEM
Christian Quarter
Armenian Quarter
Moslem Quarter
Jewish Quarter
Jaffa Gate

4. OLD CITY JERUSALEM
The Western Wall

5. THE WESTERN WALL
The closest possible point to the former “Holy of Holies” in the old Temple…

6. THE CARDO
The main thoroughfare…

7. THE TEMPLE MOUNT

8. DOME of the ROCK
Built over the rock at the center of the “Holy of Holies” in the old Temple

9. TEMPLE MOUNT in the TIME of JESUS
2x Size of DOTR
<- 500 yards ->
<- 500
yards ->
<- @
300 yards ->

10. OLD CITY & the TEMPLE MOUNT
From the Mount of Olives (from the East, looking West)

11. TRIP TO BETHLEHEM

12. CHURCH of the NATIVITY
1 of 3 main churches built by St. Helena in the 4th
Century

13. Original Tile (4th
Century)
These tiles are almost 1,700yrs old

14. CAVE of the NATIVITY
Traditional location recognized as Jesus’ birthplace

15. JUSTIN’S CAVE
Where early church father Justin translated the OT/NT into the Latin Vulgate

17. CHAPEL @ the SHEPHERDS FIELDS
Traditional location in the accepted general area…

18. SHEPHERDS FIELDS
Traditional location in the accepted general area…

19. TRIP TO THE RIVER JORDAN

20. THE RIVER JORDAN
Recognized as the spot where John the Baptist baptized Jesus
Israel
Jordan

21. JORDAN
Catholic Church on Jordanian side…

22. COVENANT RENEWAL BAPTISM

24. SEAN’S INITIAL WATER BAPTISM

26. TRIP TO WADI QELT
Where Jesus was led by the Spirit after His baptism

28. WADI QELT
Road to St. George’s Monastery & one of Herod’s aqueducts to Jericho…
Road
Aqueduct

29. WADI QELT
St. George’s Monastery from the late 5th
Century

30. WADI QELT
St. George’s Monastery from the late 5th
Century

31. WADI QELT
Jericho & The Dead
Sea
St. George’s
Monastery
Springs

32. TRIP TO NAZARETH
Where Jesus grew up

33. CHURCH of the ANNUNCIATION
Where Mary & Joseph lived, where Jesus likely grew up in Nazareth

34. CHURCH of the ANNUNCIATION
Where Mary & Joseph lived, where Jesus likely grew up in Nazareth

35. NAZARETH VILLAGE
Likely site of 1st
Century Nazarene farm/vineyard which Jesus likely used…

36. MILL STONE
Weighed around 500lbs; for crushing olives

37. OLIVE PRESS TOOLS
Triple pressing process
1ST
PRESS = Best, purest oil for use in the synagogue/Temple
2ND
PRESS = Used for cooking & other domestic purposes
3RD
PRESS = Dirtiest oil, used for burning in lamps, etc.

38. Tabgha
Hippos
Sepphori
s
Chorazi
n

39. THEATER in SEPPHORIS
Where Joseph, Jesus & His family likely worked as “tekton” (stone workers)

40. THE MONA LISA of GALILEE
One of the most famous, artistically appreciated mosaics in all of Israel

41. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

42. CAPERNAUM SYNAGOGUE
Jesus’ new “home base” after being rejected by friends/family in Nazareth

43. 4th
CENTRURY / 1st
CENTURY
Limestone/Crusaders // Basalt Stone/Jesus’ contemporaries

44. THE CITY of CAPERNAUM
The fishing village where Andrew, Peter, James & John lived

45. Main Room
Staircase
Waterfront
Courtyard
Fish drying

46. HOME of ANDREW & PETER
Where Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law, multiple sick/demonized,
the paralytic lowered through the roof by his friends…

47. HOME of ANDREW & PETER
Overhead view the friends of the paralytic would have had, just a bit higher…

48. THE SEA of GALILEE
The northeast shore…

49. REPLICA of ANCIENT MOSAIC SHIP
Previously the only evidence to base knowledge of ancient ships on…

50. ANCIENT GALILEEAN SHIP
Discovered on north shore of Galilee in 1986

51. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

53. CHURCH of the MULTIPLICATION
Where Jesus fed the 5,000 (likely closer to 15,000 w/women and children)

54. CHURCH of the MULTIPLICATION
Traditionally the place of the miracle itself…

55. THE TABGHA MOSAIC
Most reproduced mosaic in the country, put on almost everything…

56. THE SEA of GALILEE
Just down the path from the Church of The Multiplication

57. THE SEA of GALILEE
Where we shared communion…

58. THE CHURCH of the MULTIPLICATION
After the recent arsonist attack…

59. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

60. MAGDALA CATHOLIC CHURCH
The deliverance of Mary Magdalene
1
2, 3
4, 5
6, 7

61. 1st
CENTURY MAGDALA SYNAGOGUE
Where Jesus would have taught

62. 1st
CENTURY MAGDALA SYNAGOGUE
Original hallway @ the synagogue’s entrance; original scroll stand…

63. 1st
CENTURY MAGDALA SYNAGOGUE
The genizah, where scrolls were stored, ultimately buried…

64. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

65. HIPPOS
Part of the 1st
Century DECAPOLIS, ten ancient Greek cities in this region

66. HIPPOS
Original 1st
century road Jesus would have walked…

67. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

68. BETHSAIDA
Birthplace of Andrew, Peter & Philip; founded in 10th
Century BC…

69. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

70. 2nd
CENTURY CHORAZIN SYNAGOGUE
Replica of original “seat of Moses” from which the rabbi would have taught…

71. Tabgha
Hippos
Chorazi
n

72. THE PRIMACY of PETER
Where Jesus ate w/His disciples post-resurrection; reinstatement of Peter…

73. THE PRIMACY of PETER
Where Jesus ate w/His disciples post-resurrection; reinstatement of Peter…

74. THE PRIMACY of PETER
Where Jesus ate w/His disciples post-resurrection; reinstatement of Peter…

76. THE CAVE of PAN
Primary spot of horrific pagan idol worship; known as “The Gates of Hell”

77. PRIMARY SOURCE of the RIVER JORDAN
There are other tributaries, but this is the main source…

78. JESUS’ RETREAT with HIS DISCIPLES
Where Peter confessed Jesus to be the Messiah, the Son of God…

79. JESUS’ RETREAT with HIS DISCIPLES
Where Peter confessed Jesus to be the Messiah, the Son of God…

81. Jesus’ “southern oikos” with Mary,
Martha & Lazarus; where He raised
Lazarus from the dead…
BETHANY

82. JERUSALEM
Just over the Mount of Olives from Bethany…

83. DOMINUS FLEVIT (Jesus Wept)
Where Jesus wept/prayed over Jerusalem before His triumphal entry
Mount of Olives

84. DOMINUS FLEVIT (Jesus Wept)
Where Jesus wept/prayed over Jerusalem before His triumphal entry

85. DOMINUS FLEVIT (Jesus Wept)
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who
kill the prophets and stone
those sent to you, how often
I have longed to gather
your children together,
as a hen gathers her
chicks under her wings…”

86. POOLS of BETHESDA

87. POOLS of BETHESDA
Place of reputed supernatural healing

88. POOLS of BETHESDA
Where Jesus healed man who couldn’t walk for 38yrs

89. POOLS of BETHESDA
Referenced by John as having “five walls”

90. THE TEMPLE MOUNT

91. * 162 columns
* 40ft tall
* 7-8ft dia
THE ROYAL STOA

92. THE TEMPLE MOUNT
400 tons (Pyramids = 40 tons)
Built by Herod to appease the religious, and to boost his own reputation…

93. THE TEMPLE MOUNT
Main street where Jesus would have walked…

94. THE TEMPLE MOUNT
Looking up to where the “Royal Stoa” would have began…

95. THE ROYAL STOA
“The Place of The Trumpeting”
* 40-45ft above Temple Mount
* 90-95ft from street level
* Likely place of Jesus’ temptation

96. THE TEMPLE MOUNT
The southern staircase which Jesus & His disciples would have used…

97. THE TEMPLE MOUNT
The southern staircase which Jesus & His disciples would have used…

98. HEZEKIAH’S TUNNEL
Built late 8th
, early 7th
Century B.C. to get water into the old city of David

99. HEZEKIAH’S TUNNEL
Referenced in 2 Kings 20

100. THE POOLS of SILOAM
Where Jesus sent a man to wash after putting mud on his eyes…

101. Hezekiah’s Tunnel

102. 1st
CENTURY STREET
Discovered within the last couple years…

103. THE DORMITIAN ABBEY

104. THE DORMITIAN ABBEY
The location of the Upper Room

105. APSE of the ORIGINAL CHURCH
Marking where the 1st
Church services were held…

106. THE UPPER ROOM
Where Jesus met w/His disciples on the night He was betrayed;
where Jesus walked through the wall post-resurrection;
where the Spirit was poured out on the 120;
where the first church prayed for Peter’s release from prison,
& where Peter returned after His angelic release…

107. 1st
CENTURY TOMBS
The kind of tombs Jesus referenced re: “…whitewashed tombs…”

108. GETHSEMANE
The Place of The Olive Press

109. GARDENT of GETHSEMANE
Where Jesus prayed before being handed over to the Roman soldiers…
Tree likely over
1,000 years old

110. POTENTIAL PALACE of CAIAPHAS
The High Priest who interrogated Jesus…
A Jewish “mikvah”
(ritual bath)

111. POTENTIAL PALACE of CAIAPHAS
The possible room where Jesus was interrogated…

112. CHURCH of the HOLY SEPULCHER
One of the three churches built by St. Helena; destroyed, rebuilt by Crusaders

113. CHURCH of the HOLY SEPULCHER
Site that houses the place of Jesus’ crucifixion AND resurrection

114. CHURCH of the HOLY SEPULCHER
Golgatha Tomb
Location relative to the Temple

115. GOLGATHA
The rock on which Jesus was crucified
Stairs up to the rock…

116. THE TOMB
The place of Jesus’ burial; later turned to dust by Hakeem The Insane,
which helped launch the Crusades around 1099

117. DOME OVER the TOMB
A place of great beauty…and disappointment
“The empty who come
wishing to be filled
will leave desolate.”
(Murphy O’Conner)

118. SAMPLE of 1st
CENTURY TOMB
Used for Herod’s family, but not for him…

119. TAYBEH
Biblical “Ephraim”,
now a Palestinian
Christian village…

120. DEACON’S 1st
BEER
At least I waited until the last day
With a Coke chaser…