In Jesus's Footsteps 
跟随基督的脚步

The Graden Tomb

 

 

The Garden Tomb is a rock-cut tomb in Jerusalem which was unearthed in 1867 and has subsequently been considered by some Christians to be the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus.

 

The Garden Tomb is adjacent to a rocky escarpment which since the mid-nineteenth century has been proposed by some scholars to be Golgotha (it is also known as Skull Hill, Gordon's Calvary, and Conder's Calvary).

 

In contradistinction to this modern identification the traditional site where the death and resurrection of Christ are believed to have occurred has been the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at least since the fourth century.

 

Since 1894 the Garden Tomb and its surrounding gardens have been maintained as a place of Christian worship and reflection by a Christian non-denominational charitable trust based in the United Kingdom named The Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) Association

 

According to the Bible, Jesus was crucified near by the city of Jerusalem, outside its walls. Therefore during the medieval era Christian apologists felt they had to address those who were uncomfortable with finding that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was located deep within the walled city of their time. For example, as early as 754 AD Saint Willibald made the following claim: “but Helena, when she found the Cross, arranged that place so as to be within the city.” Later writers, such as Saewulf (ca. 1108 AD), maintained that it was Hadrian who enclosed the traditional Golgotha and Tomb of Christ within the city limits when he rebuilt the city during the second century AD, though they were previously outside the city.

 

The Garden Tomb is believed by many to be the garden and sepulcher of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus. The Garden is owned and administered by The Garden Tomb (Jerusalem) Association, a Christian non-denominational charitable trust based in the United Kingdom.

 

The Garden Tomb is an alternative site to the famous Holy Sepulcher for you to consider the Crucifixion and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Garden is a beautiful place in which you will discover several things that were all here on the night Jesus died and which match the accounts in the four Gospels.

 

The operators never claim to be in the right place as we could never prove that; but where Jesus died is of little importance compared with why. So here we ask you to open the Bible and see what it says about these vital Christian truths.

 

The Garden Tomb is a quiet place preserved for worship and reflection, with many places to sit and enjoy the surroundings and listen to groups from all over the world worship in their native tongue. Wheelchair access is good for a general tour of the Garden.

 

The Israeli Tour Guides’ Association recently nominated the Garden Tomb as the best tour site in Israel. And the Lonely Planet guide quotes a Roman Catholic priest who said “If the Garden Tomb is not the right place, it should be”. We are usually in Trip Advisers’ Top Ten tour sites in Israel, and have recently earned their 2014 Excellence award.

 

On the Jerusalem tourist web site there are five HD videos of The Garden Tomb with brief explanation of the main places by one of our guides.