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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine EmmerichCassius, whose sight was perfectly restored at the same moment that the eyes of his soul wereopened, was deeply moved, and continued his humble prayer of thanks( giving. The soldiers werestruck with astonishment at the miracle which had taken place, and cast themselves on their kneesby his side, at the same time striking their breasts and confessing Jesus. The water and bloodcontinued to flow from the large wound in the side of our Lord; it ran into the hollow in the rock,and the holy women put it in vases, while Mary and Magdalen mingled their tears. The archers,who had received a message from Pilate, ordering them not to touch the body of Jesus, did notreturn at all.284All these events took place near the Cross, at a little before four o’clock, during the time that Josephof Arimathea and Nicodemus were gathering together the articles necessary for the burial of Jesus.But the servants of Joseph having been sent to clean out the tomb, informed the friends of our Lordthat their master intended to take the body of Jesus and place it in his new sepulchre. Johnimmediately returned to the town with the holy women; in the first place, that Mary might recruither strength a little, and in the second, to purchase a few things which would be required for theburial. The Blessed Virgin had a small lodging among the buildings near the Cenaculum. They didnot reënter the town through the gate which was the nearest to Calvary, because it was closed, andguarded by soldiers placed there by the Pharisees; but they went through that gate which leads toBethlehem.CHAPTER XLIX.A Description of some Parts of ancient Jerusalem.THIS chapter will contain some descriptions of places given by Sister Emmerich on variousoccasions. They will be followed by a description of the tomb and garden of Joseph of Arimathea,that so we may have no need to interrupt the account of the burial of our Lord.The first gate which stood. on the eastern side of Jerusalem, to the south of the south-east angle ofthe Temple, was the one leading to the suburb of Ophel. The gate of the sheep was to the north ofthe north-east angle of the Temple. Between these two gates there was a third, leading to somestreets situated to the east of the Temple, and inhabited for the most part by stonemasons and otherworkmen. The houses in these streets were supported by the foundations of the Temple; and almostall belonged to Nicodemus, who had caused them to be built, and who employed nearly all theworkmen living there. Nicodemus had not long before built a beautiful gate as an entrance to thesestreets, called the Gate of Moriah. It was but just finished, and through it Jesus had entered thetown on Palm Sunday. Thus he entered by the new gate of Nicodemus, through which no one hadyet passed, and was buried in the new monument of Joseph of Arimathea, in which no one had yet164