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The Tablet December 23, 2020
Photo of the excavation of a Byzantine Church in the Garden of Gethsemane carried out jointly by the Israel Antiquities Authority and students from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. (Photo: Yaniv Berman/Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.)
By Charles Collins
(CRUX) A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.
Gethsemane means “oil press” in Hebrew, which archeologists said might explain the find.
“According to the Jewish law, when you are producing wine or olive oil, you need to be purified,” said Amit Re’em of the Israel Antiquities Authority during a press conference on Dec. 21.
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