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By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
A researcher has pieced together the final moments leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection.
The new map – based on Bible scripture and archaeological evidence – recounts Christ’s journey through Jerusalem in the week leading up to him dying on the cross.
The journey starts at a temple at the Temple Mount where Jesus was said to teach everyday and, according to the Book of Matthew 21:12-17, ‘cleansed at the temple’ of merchants and money changers seven days before his death.
According to the Bible, this happened when Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time before his crucifixion, signifying a symbolic cleansing of the ‘house of God’ right before his own sacrifice.
The map also highlights the journey to the Last Supper in the Upper Room, located southern part of the Old City of Jerusalem on Mount Zion, and Jesus’ arrest and trial where he was tried by the ancient Roman government north of Bethlehem.
It ends with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, claimed to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, and the Garden Tomb where his body was said to have been placed.
The map pulled information from the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, of the New Testament.
There is also archaeological evidence for some of the map’s location such as the temple and several structures where Jesus underwent trial for blasphemy and treason.
The map was created by theologian and author John Walsh who highlighted the first spot as at the Temple Mount located in the Old City of Jerusalem.
This site is considered one of the holiest sites in Judaism and Islam, and is central to the Christian Gospels.
It currently features a 35-acre platform built by King Herod, who was the Roman-appointed king of Judaea and ruled from 37 to 4BC.
The Temple Mount is now a walled compound with the Dome of the Rock to the north and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to the south, but Islamic places of worship.
The Dome of the Rock is believed to be the location where Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his son Ismail.
And Muslims the Prophet Muhammad was transported from the Scared Mosque in Mecca to Al-Aqsa during the Night Journey, and then on to heaven.
The map, however, places a temple there that Jesus taught at everyday.
The Bible says Jesus entered the structure, seeing people betting, making loans and selling goods. He then flipped tables and drove them out of the temple.