Some Notable Sites Of Jesus That Were "Nonexistent" Until Recent

Why is Archaeological Evidence Important?

Archaeological evidence is important in a very similar way as Non-Biblical Sources are important. They are both looking at ancient historical items that help us corroborate what the bible says. Although they could be categorized in the same topic, we felt they deserved seperate categories since when people think of archaelology they tend to think of digging for precious clay or rock inscriptions or large physical items; that attest to past events we've passed down over generations. Usually people aren't thinking of documents outside of the bible that attest to Jesus, his followers, and the Bible. 

We should find archaelogical evidence important because it can show us how different historical people in the bible, did in fact exist, among other things. It attests to the historical reliabilty of everything that is in the bible. This is especially useful for people when people deny the events in the bible as real historical events. 

The Notable Sites

The Bible has often been accused by some scholars in biblical studies throughout time as being innacurate and unreliable. However, time and time again, we have seen more evidence come over time proving that the Bible is in fact trustworthy. This is why we think it is an important practice in biblical studies to not adhere to ungodly views of the bible or christianity, and instead wait and see, and have faith that God will eventually reveal the evidence we were needing to find in a certain area that caused us doubts. 

Here are a few examples of some notable sites that Jesus visited that some scholars didn't think existed:

John 19:13 - For centuries, there has been no record of the court where Jesus was tried by Pilate. The Courts name was Gabbatha or “the pavement”. Many non believers have challenged the bible’s historical reliability based on there being no records of the court.

William F. Albright shows that this court was the was the court of Tower of Antonia; which was the Roman military headquarters of Rome in Jerusalem. The court was destroyed in AD 66-70 during the siege of Jerusalem. It was left buried when the city was rebuilt in the time of Hadrian and was not discovered until recently.

The Pool of Bethesda - This was another site of no record of it. This pool was the pool Jesus healed the paralyzed man at. The site can now be identified with a fair degree of certainty in the northeast quarter of the old city (the area called Bezetha or New Lawn). Traces of it has been discovered during excavations near the church of St. Anne in 1888.