... place is also called the cenacle of the upper chamber room in which the Eucharist is based on. Seven weeks after the passion the Holy Spirit appeared to the disciple and this was the origin of the Pentecost, which is recorded in the New Testament in the book of acts of the apostle. Almost every turning in the east Jerusalem reveals some significant site of religious or historical interests. Central to the pilgrim's journey is the Via Dolorosa. Further down to the streets, to the left in the yard of an Arab school, formerly the sight of a fortress is where Jesus started the 1st of the 14th Stations of the Cross. It was also here that Pontius Pilate questioned Jesus, washed his hands of the affair and condemned him. Across the street was were Jesus was stripped of his clothes, whipped and forced to wear the crown of thorns and the ...

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