Convent of the Sisters of Zion

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eastern forum gateway under its apse
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The Convent of the Sisters of Zion is a

Old City of Jerusalem. The convent was built in 1857 by Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne.[1] The site includes the Church of Ecce Homo, also known as the Basilica of Ecce Homo, named for Pontius Pilate's Ecce homo
speech which is traditionally thought to have taken place on the pavement below the church.

History

In the first century BC,

entrance to the eastern forum of the Aelia Capitolina in Jerusalem.[4][5][6] The northern arch is preserved under the apse
of the Basilica of Ecce Homo.

By 1857,

Israeli government, the orphanage buildings have been used for other religious purposes since 1967. The convent now maintains a guesthouse and library.[citation needed
]

Lithostrotos: Roman pavement once thought to be the site of Jesus' trial.

Beneath the convent is an extensive area of Roman

Church of the Condemnation, they have been known for several centuries.[citation needed] Due in part to an etching of a game by Roman soldiers discovered in 1864 involving the execution of a "mock king", the flagstones were thought by nuns to be those of Gabbatha, which John 19:13 describes as the location where Pontius Pilate adjudged Jesus' trial.[4] It is possible that following its destruction the Antonia Fortress's pavement tiles were brought to Hadrian's plaza.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Ratisbonne Brothers, Volume 13, pp. 1570-1571, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1972
  2. ^ Josephus, Jewish War 5:11:4
  3. ^ "Arch of Hadrian (Ecce Homo Arch)". Madain Project. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Ecce Homo Arch Video". Jerusalem Experience. 2012.
  5. Benoit, Pierre, The Archaeological Reconstruction of the Antonia Fortress, in Jerusalem Revealed (edited by Yigael Yadin
    ), (1976)
  6. ^ Benoit, Pierre, The Antonia of Herod the Great, and the East Forum of Aelia Capitolina (1971)
  7. ^ "Ecce Homo". See the Holy Land. 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2019.

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