Was the cave ever actually named, or was it just refered to as a cave?
2006-09-29 14:49:01 · 7 answers · asked by GS1969 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
doesn't say in the Bible.
So it must not be of any significance.
The Bible actually does not refer to a cave, it refers to a tomb that was cut into the stone as a tomb in which no dead body had been laid.
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2006-09-29 14:51:12 · answer #1 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"According to the Gospel of Mark, Jesus was crucified outside the walls of the city of Jerusalem (in about 33 AD/CE) at a quarry called Golgathia. His body was taken down by his disciples, washed, and buried in a nearby cave. According to Christian tradition, three days later his body was gone from the cave, and he was resurrected. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is the considered by many historical and Christian traditions to be the site of the crucifixion, washing, and burial. It is at the end of the Via Dolorosa, where he walked to his execution carrying his cross.
There is a controversy behind this site. The first thing you might notice is that the gospel says Jesus was buried outside the walls of the city, yet the church is deep within the Old City of Jerusalem. This is deceiving; archaelogical evidence makes it clear that during Roman times, the city was much smaller and did not extend as far as the site of Golgathia, which was a quarry and was a place where criminals were crucified.
However, the site remained in obscurity until the third century AD/CE, when Emperor Constantine's mother St. Helena traveled to Palestine to identify various Christian sites. Her selection was, it seems, somewhat arbitrary and sometimes not based on historical fact. However, it does seem a likely site, and it has been accepted as the site by many major sects of Christianity - Catholicism, Armenian, Orthodox - but not most Protestants. (In the last few years historians have proposed a second site, a garden outside the Old City) " http://www.techhouse.org/~dj/cohs.html
2006-09-29 21:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by I am Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't named in the Bible, but it was actually Joseph of Arimathea's tomb.
2006-09-29 21:56:28 · answer #3 · answered by Smokey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was the tomb of Joseph of Arimathia, no other name.
2006-09-29 22:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cve ws never named, but the place was called gaulgetha, I think
2006-09-29 21:52:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sepulchre.
Is that it? Sepulchre
2006-09-29 21:53:58 · answer #6 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is a hard question
2006-09-29 21:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by braulio 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋