"Up ahead here is the Ninth Station. This is where Jesus is falling for the third time. From here he sees the hill of the crucifixion. But you cannot see the hill because the church is now built over it. The last stations is in the church."
We cross a stone courtyard to a domed tower, which may once have been silver plated. But its silver has the dullness of lead in the Jerusalem weather that tarnishes even fourteen-karat gold. The windows of the tower are barred and glassed to protect against relic hunters.
"The Tenth Station is where the clothes of Jesus is taken away. It is in this church built in 1102 by the Crusaders when they rule Jerusalem."
After they cleaned the streets that ran with the blood of Jews and Saracens deep enough to cover the horses' hocks.
