This is believed to be the site where Jesus was held by the high priest Caiaphas for the night before his crucifixion and Jesus would have been betrayed by Peter in this courtyard. The rooster on top of the church is to represent that story. There is part of the original steps (Hasmonean steps) that Jesus would have walked from the last supper to his overnight imprisonment to await his trial by Caiphas and the Sangedrin. Our group all crammed into the pit like the one that Jesus would have been put in that night and read the passage describing it.