Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Gabbatha?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Herod’s palace in Jerusalem.

First appears in John 19:13 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their tribunals in open places, as the market-place, the circus, or even the highway. Modern identification: Herod’s palace in Jerusalem.

Gabbatha is represented in the local geography layer as Herod’s palace in Jerusalem. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in John 19:13 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 1 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 1 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Gabbatha today

Travel to Gabbatha, the modern-day Herod’s palace in Jerusalem.

Gabbatha is commonly identified with Herod’s palace in Jerusalem, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Gabbatha is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Herod’s palace in Jerusalem

within 500 m of Herod’s palace in Jerusalem

31.776°N · 35.228°E

Key passages

Appears in

John

1 chapter · 1 verse mention