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The Site of Calvary

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 18, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 7.

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The Site of Calvary

A new theory has been advanced regarding the site of Calvary and the holy sepulcher. According to this theory, the present Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which was built to cover the tomb in which Jesus was laid for a time, can not be the true site. Colonel Conder, director of the Palestine Exploration Fund, is reported as saying that the evidence which has been gathered, leads him to believe that the site of Calvary is a knoll north of the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem, and he presents some fairly good evidence for it. The crucifixion occurred at a place outside the city wall, near a gate, and this place is visible "afar off."