Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a ritual bath, dating back to the time of Jesus, at Gethsemane — the place where Christ is said to have spent his last night.

Israel Antiquities Authority experts unearthed the remains — complete with the steps that would have led down into the water — at the foot of the Mount of Olives.

The experts believe that the bath may have been used to cleanse workers before they operated an oil press in the garden, and by those climbing the hill to pray.

Careful study of the site began after initial remains were found during the digging of a foot tunnel for the Franciscans, the owners of the modern Gethsemane church.


According to the Biblical gospels, the Garden of Gethsemane was where Jesus went to pray after the last supper, prior to his betrayal at the hands of Judas Iscariot.

'The discovery of this bath, unaccompanied by buildings, probably attests to the existence of an agricultural industry here 2,000 years ago, possibly producing oil or wine,' district archaeologist Amit Re'em, who directed the dig, told the Times.

'The Jewish laws of purification obliged workers involved in oil and wine production to purify themselves,' he added.

In addition, the researchers said, the ritual bath would have been used by those about to pray or to walk up the next hill to worship at the Jewish temple.







In the four gospels of the New Testament, the Garden of Gethsemane is where Jesus prayed prior to his betrayal and arrest by the Romans which led to his crucifixion.

The garden's name comes from the Hebrew word 'Gat Shmaním', or 'oil press' — and, today, several small olive groves are maintained at the site, in church grounds.

It is possible, the researchers suggest, that Jesus may have purified himself in the ritual bath before walking up the Mount of Olives to pray.

As well as the 2,000-year-old bath, the team have also uncovered remains of an ornate, Byzantine-period church — some 1,500 years old — and a large monastery or hospice that would have been used by pilgrims in the time of the Crusades.

Evidence uncovered at the site suggest that the church was destroyed in the 12th century — potentially during the Ayyubid dynasty's conquest in 1187, when captured Jerusalem from the Crusaders and ordered the destruction of the city's churches.

A Greek inscription was found on the floor of the church, reading — 'for the memory and repose of the lovers of Christ God who have received the sacrifice of Abraham, accept the offering of your servants and give them remission of sins. Amen.'

'Gethsemane is one of the most important sanctuaries in the Holy Land,' Father Francesco Patton, who is the Vatican’s custodian of the Holy Land, told the Times.

'In this place the tradition remembers the confident prayer of Jesus and his betrayal and because [of this] every year millions of pilgrims visit and pray in this place.'

'Even the latest excavations conducted on this site have confirmed the antiquity of the Christian memory and tradition linked to the place.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9078599/Archaeology-Ritual-bath-time-Jesus-Garden-Gethsemane-Jerusalem.html

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What has a bath house and the remains of it to do with Jesus Christ? It seems the reporters of these pieces are desperate to insert the name of Jesus Christ into just about anything found.

The messages from the holy bible is becoming clearer by the days. something is close..

This is very marvelous.

CHRIST IS THE KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

victor2fresh:
The messages from the holy bible is becoming clearer by the days. something is close..

Really?
News of a bathhouse from the period makes the messages from the Bible clearer?

Kobojunkie:
What has a bath house and the remains of it to do with Jesus Christ? It seems the reporters of these pieces are desperate to insert the name of Jesus Christ into just about anything found.

I tire o. Must they link it to Christ? Now some atheist may come to flex muscles with strawman

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Hocus Pocus stories.....

Jesus christ is the most famous man on earth..... There's no one who doesn't know him....

All these unnecessary lies just to attract tourists and foreigners. Who cares?

God is the greatest

This one isn't 25 million years ago

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Like if God is the greatest and would forever remain the greatest

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Wooow! So, most of the English alphabets were taken from Jewish age-long alphabets? I could see most of the English alphabets in the write up. They stole part of Jewish alphabets and merged it with Greek's to form their alphabet. Brtons don dey steal people's ideas and heritage no be now.

Pabambari, they abandoned their numerals and adopted Arabic figures which are in use widely today because its better and less voluminous.

That reminds me, where are those foolish boko haram terrorists saying western education is a sin? Someone should remind them that the Arabic numerals of 1, 2, 3, 4,...in use today didn't originate from the west but adopted by them to form what Bokonharam ignorantly term, Western education. What a wrong teaching and belief they've got.

Western education is a fusion of African, Asian, Arabic and western ideas. The formalin used in embalming today originated from Egypt, same with architecture, sculpture, marble works and what have you. In fact, the oldest form of education originated from egypt( not by the present occupants of Egypt who migrated from the Arab world after ottoman turks empire subdued them). Can we also say Egypt is also a western country? Awon oniranu with diluted teachings.

JESUS CHRIST IS LORD FOREVER

Merry Christmas in advance.

Jesus Christ is the Lord yesterday , today and forevermore.

In before the religious folks come and masturbatè to this thread.

Anything to justify the scam called religion. If Jesus and Mohammed truly existed, we would definitely know, they wouldn't need pastors, prophets and imams to perform fake miracles in their lifeless names.

Keep digging

... Watch as Nigerian Christians lap this up like honey... If the post had been about Dinosaurs now them for no believe.


Myopic ragamuffins.

..they will soon find the latrine yeshua shit his last shit..

Thank God it is not 36 million yearz dis time...

They have come again with fake news. Ndị ara

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sammysmiles:
Jesus christ is the most famous man on earth..... There's no one who doesn't know him....

Michael Jackson is the most famous man on earth.. And also the most loved. He is loved by both Christians and Muslims

Oya, Christians let pilgrimage to that place begin. We don discover another holy place in oyibo land.

I remember spending my honey moon here 3 years ago.