Sacred Pit

This was an education for me, as I can't say that I remember the fact that Jesus spent time in a pit or dungeon, but he did.

This is the sign that explains some of what we were seeing.

A view from above. This pit is located near Caiaphas' Palace. He is the Jewish King that was asked to judge Jesus and condemn him.

The view from below. Christ was imprisoned overnight while awaiting trial before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin.

This may be the dungeon or pit where the Savior spent the night. According to the information given this pit was very dank, dark and I believe sewage was part of the deal. "He that ascended up on high, as also he descended below all things..." (D&C 88:6)

Really, can one fully understand what was truly sacrificed for us? A quest of a lifetime and beyond it seems.

  

The sign for the church that was built at the location of Peter's denial of Christ 3 times before the "cock crows."

And this is the church of the sign! (Oh I know, master of the obvious!!)

This is a view of the path the Savior most likely took once he was arrested and escorted from Gethsemane across the Kidron Valley to Caiaphas' Palace. Gethsemane is in the general direction you are looking. Kind of fun to picture in the minds eye the Savior walking up those steps after his time in the Garden of Gethsemane.

These stairs/rocks/stones are dated to the time of Christ. These steps are roped off and the chances of these being the actual steps Christ used are high. Interesting idea for sure.

This is a view of the actual City of David, and it really gives one a perspective of the kind of things King David may have seen from his roof top on a hot summers eve. (I'm sure he didn't see satellite dishes, but perhaps he did when he was a good boy and got to see future events, who knows????)