JERUSALEM, Israel – There’s an empty grave here in East Jerusalem, now known as the Arab quarter of Jerusalem, just outside the city walls. It’s called the Garden Tomb, and it is one of the two places that is thought to be the final resting place of Jesus of Nazareth.
Many say this particular tomb matches the biblical narrative.
It is outside the city walls and is very close to a cliff face that could have been the site called Golgotha, “the place of the skull.”
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The Garden Tomb was closed for a while after the attacks on October 7th because it exists in Arab East Jerusalem. And with tensions being so high, officials thought it would be safer just to close it. But they reopened it in February so that people can come here for Easter to visit this sacred place.
Simon Holland, director of the Garden Tomb, told us, “We need to be
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