octagon built over the venerated cave. it s now below the altar in the grotto of the nativity. father murray o connor took us there. now we re in the grotto. there are two altars. this is the grotto of the nativity. and if you put your hand through that hole you can touch. and on this side, this is the altar of the manger. even in this peaceful place, there are long running disputes. the altar of the manger belongs to the franciscan monks. the altar of the nativity or birth belongs to the greek orthodox. their rights are defined in a treaty. the other christian group with rights over the site is the armenian orthodox. there s just splits everywhere it seems. exactly. and that is the tragedy of improvements to the holy land. so the belief is that this is where jesus was born. yes. and then he was and then this carries over
here to the manger. exactly. and then you see this is the cave, which of course has been shaped. but this wall is artificial. next door is called the cave of the holy innocents. father murray o connor took us there for a look. so there s very little evidence of the original cave left here. whatever there is left of the cave is down below us here. so tradition has it that christ would have been born over there on the other side cave but this is part of the same cave system? it s all part of the same cave system. you can see that that s an entirely artificial wall. it goes up to the roof of the cave. you can see the bed box all above us and this is the area that has been excavated. the excavation in the early 1960s turned up evidence that this cave was occupied during the time of king david, right up through the time of jesus. there were traces of dung and broken pottery and coins. so it was used for stabling, and for storage.
jesus and god made man. the trinity of god is father, son and spirit that jesus came on earth to live and die for our sins so that he would open up the way to heaven. rabbi gellman for jews? for jews, jesus was a trer rifficly important leader, it doesn t help that god to be a person and secondly that he didn t evil in the world, didn t gather exiles and resurrect the dead. and for some jews, father hartman, christ is the messiah, because his first followers were all jewish. it s true his first followers were jewish. in today s world, they have to make a choice. if they are he jewish, it
where a woman reportedly wipes his face and the image of jesus is left on the cloth. the woman is called veronica which means true image but there is no reference to this in the new testament. the one thing historians, archaeologists and pilgrims agree on is this is the likely site of the crucifixion, gogitha, the place of the skull, in greek. we know he was crucified in an abandoned quarry and one of the walls looked like a skull and the church of the holy sepulcher was built in 326 ad after the skull-shaped rock. this is the rock of golgitha, which is like a spire, sticking up from the floor. reporter: the father says when pilgrims play at the last four stations inside the holy sepulcher church they are in the right place. reporter: this is where he