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Finding jesus, we take a closer look at the site of one of the bible's greatest stories, it's the place where jesus is thought to have brought lazarus back from the dead. >> derived from the greek, lazarian, it means the place of lazarus, and it's believed to be the site where jesus raised his friend from the dead. >> the position tying lazarus to this spot. >> there is a record of worship here since the fourth century, today the tomb believed to be that of lazarus is 32 feet under ground. >> this chamber is actually built at a much later date after jesus, but it's built over this small place ...

Friend who jokes of course it will be men first. but i think the thing we need to look at is women are leaders in the church without ordination, and this is one of the big aspects that needs to be acknowledged within the catholic church. i was just at a meeting at the vatican. and women in many of those vatican roles are quite possible without ordination. and so i think there are two pieces that the pope needs to look at, one is the priest shortage and how do we get more priests into communities and then the second is how do we get women's voices into leadership. those are two questions, and i...

Jerusalem. the location in the bible for the ultimate act in the life of jesus. >> this place was the defining event of jesus' ministry. it's where he was crucified by the romans. >> millions of pilgrims have come here to follow in the footsteps of jesus, but his passion would never have reached it's climax were it not for one man, ponchos pilate. >> questions of pilate's cull. ability and his desire to execute jesus is a complicated one. it needs to be remembered that only pilate had the authority to crucify jesus. >> in the bible, the way to the crucifixion begins on palm sunday when jesus e...

>> this is something that is one of the most powerful and remarkable things about the tradition. is that you can actually go to the place where things happened. >> reporter: we've come to the old city with professor paula frederickson in search of the historical jesus. >> i think the historical jesus has always mattered to christianity or we wouldn't have the gospels. those were stories about jesus the man. >> reporter: along the area, agony and physical strain for jesus of naz rhett during the march to crucifixion. on his final journey, he faltered carrying the cross. placing his hand on this...

Believed to be the site of golgoffa. location of the climactic event in the life of jesus. but the archaeology is not conclusive. >> we don't have the evidence that tells us definitively that this is the place that jesus was crucified, this is merely our best gues this fits what we know, what we know from the story of jesus. >> in the bible, there's no doubt who sends him to the cross. ponchos pilate, prefect of judea. >> you brought me this man as one who was perverting the people. >> there's only two crimes under roman law that could lead to