1. JESUS' LAST WEEK: PART 1
Jerusalem, Israel
November 2008

2. Looking at the
old city from
the Mt of
Olives
Jesus’ last week begins with his arrival in Bethany six days before the
Passover (John 12:1)
Since we did not visit Bethany which is on the eastern slope of the Mt of
Olives, this journal will only show sites related to Jesus’ last week that
we visited

3. Jesus
probably
entered
Jerusalem
through the
Golden Gate
Jews believe
the Messiah
will enter the
city through
this gate;
hence, the
gate is sealed
& a cemetery
is built in front
of it as a
prevention
The next morning, Jesus rode on a donkey down the Mt of
Olives into Jerusalem (Luke 19:29-44)

4. There are many Jewish graves on
the Mt of Olives as the Jews
believe that the Messiah will first
appear here & bring the dead to life
when he returns
Hence, the bodies are buried with
their feet facing the Temple Mount
When visiting a grave, the Jews
will light a candle, place a small
stone for remembrance, & say a
prayer

5. When Jesus drew near & saw the city, he wept over it (Luke 19:41)
The Basilica of Dominus Flevit (the church on the right with a grey dome)
is built in the shape of a tear drop to symbolize the Lord's tears

6. Many ossuaries (“bone boxes”)
can be seen in the grounds of
this church

7. The temple that Jesus entered (Luke 19:45) is probably located where
the Dome of the Rock is—Mt Moriah where Abraham sacrificed his
son Isaac (Gen 22:2)

8. This model of the temple could be what Jesus saw as he came down the
Mt of Olives

9. Jesus entered the temple and
began to drive out those who were
selling things there (Luke 19:45)
There were probably shops near
the Robinson’s Arch (originally
17.5 m above ground level), an
archway that supported a flight of
steps that connected the upper city
to the Temple Mount
On the left, Robinson’s Arch in the
19th century

10. In this model, Robinson’s Arch would be the first archway on the western
wall while the two sets of double gates on the southern wall were the
Huldah Gates

11. On the left is a part of the western
set of the Huldah Gates
We are sitting on the “original”
steps that lead to the Temple
Mount—steps that pilgrims coming
for the festivals of
Passover, Pentecost, &
Tabernacles would climb to get to
the Huldah Gates

12. The Coenaculum is believed to
be the place where Jesus had
the Last Supper with his
disciples (Luke 22:7-12)
This place was built by the
Crusaders in the 12th century &
transformed into a mosque by
the Ottomans in 1524
It is gothic in style & has good
acoustics
Here, we see the ornate mihrab
or alcove that indicates the
direction of Mecca
The room is located directly
above the Tomb of David

13. This 16th-century tomb is on Mt Zion but David was buried in the City of
David (1 Kings 2:10) which lies further east

14. The Church of All Nations or the Basilica of the Agony on the Mt of
Olives enshrines a section of the stone where Jesus prayed (Luke
22:39-46) after the Last Supper

15. The church is next to the
Garden of Gethsemane (from
the Hebrew word gat
shemen, meaning “olive press”)
Here is an old olive tree
An olive tree “does not die” as
new shoots can grow from dead
roots

16. After Jesus was arrested, he was
brought to the high priest’s house
where he was held for the night
(Luke 22:54)
The Church of Peter in Gallicantu
on Mt Zion is supposedly to be
Caiaphas’ house where Peter
denied Jesus
On the left are the ancient steps in
the courtyard that lead down
towards the Kidron valley

17. In the basement are caves, like the
one on the left, that could have
served as prison cells
The photo above is the opening of
an underground pit from which
Jesus could have been lowered to
by a rope
Inside this pit, we read Psalm
88:6—”You have put me in the
depths of the pit, in the regions
dark and deep.”