Via Dolorosa
Street/hill in Jerusalem, Judea. Part of Jerusalem.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Daily Stoic | Ryan Holiday | turning point | Holiday retells Jesus climbing the Via Dolorosa to Calvary Hill, beaten and flogged, before being crucified between two criminals. |
The Daily Stoic — Ryan Holiday (2016)
Source: The Daily Stoic · Readwise highlight
As he wound his way up Via Dolorosa to the top of Calvary Hill
- Role: turning point
- In the book: Holiday retells Jesus climbing the Via Dolorosa to Calvary Hill, beaten and flogged, before being crucified between two criminals. Soldiers roll dice for his clothes and the crowd taunts him. There he says ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’
- Why it matters: The place is the scene for the day’s lesson on forgiveness, tying Jesus’s words to Plato and Marcus; the lesson is about the words, so the setting is evocative rather than essential.