The stepped street and Robinson's Arch
The road pilgrims climbed from the pool to the temple, and the stair off the Temple Mount, are datable to the years the Gospels describe.
Fakapapau'i 'e he keliFeitu'u kuo kelic. AD 20–31
A paved stepped street, eight metres wide, running six hundred metres up from the pool to the temple, with drains beneath and shops along the western wall. Robinson's Arch is the springer of the monumental stair that came down off the Temple Mount onto it. More than a hundred coins were sealed under the paving; the latest were struck in AD 30/31, so the street was laid while Pilate governed.
Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
- Na'e 'ilo'i
- From the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, 1867 — Charles Warren; the street excavated and dated by Ronny Reich, Eli Shukron, Nahshon Szanton and Donald Ariel
- 'Oku tauhi 'i
- In place; part of the Jerusalem Walls National Park
- Na'e a'u mai fēfē kiate kitautolu
- Na'e keli hake, pe 'oku kei tu'u 'i he potu na'e langa ai.
Ko e me'a 'oku ne fakahā
The street, the stair and the coin date are established. Nothing in them records any event or person of the Gospels; the dating attaches the paving to Pilate's governorship, not to anything he is said to have done.
Founga hono ngāue'aki 'e he kau hisitōlia
The coin sequence under the pavement was published in Tel Aviv in 2017 and is the reference date; the street is a standard fixture of Jerusalem archaeology.
'I he Folofola
Fekau'aki mo
Ngaahi ma'u'anga fakamatala
- Szanton, Hagbi, Uziel & Ariel, "Pontius Pilate's aqueduct and the paving of Jerusalem's stepped street", Tel Aviv 46 (2019)
- Robinson's Arch — overview and bibliography
'Oku 'i he lea faka-Pilitānia 'a e ngaahi fakamatala ko 'eni he taimi ni. 'E muimui mai 'a e liliu.