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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
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.Anne Catherine Emmerich285286been laid. This gate was afterwards walled up, and there was a tradition that the Christians wereonce again to enter the town through it. Even in the present day, a walled-up gate, called by theTurks the Golden Gate, stands on this spot.The road leading to the west from the gate of the sheep passed almost exactly between thenorth-western side of Mount Sion and Calvary. From this gate to Golgotha the distance was abouttwo miles and a quarter; and from Pilate’s palace to Golgotha about two miles. The fortress Antoniawas situated to the north-west of the mountain of the Temple, on a detached rock. A person goingtowards the west, on leaving Pilate’s palace, would have had this fortress to his left. On one of itswalls there was a platform commanding the forum, and from which Pilate was accustomed to makeproclamations to the people: he did this, for instance, when he promulgated new laws. When ourDivine Lord was carrying his Cross, in the interior of the town, Mount Calvary was frequently onhis right hand. This road, which partly ran in a south-westerly direction, led to a gate made in aninner wall of the town, towards Sion. Beyond this wall, to the left, there was a sort of suburb,containing more gardens than houses; and towards the outer wall of the city stood some magnificentsepulchres with stone entrances. On this side was a house belonging to Lazarus, with beautifulgardens, extending towards that part where the outer western wall of Jerusalem turned to the south.I believe that a little private door, made in the city wall, and through which Jesus and his disciplesoften passed by permission of Lazarus, led to these gardens. The gate standing at the north-westernangle of the town led to Bethsur, which was situated more towards the north than Emmaus andJoppa. The western part of Jerusalem was lower than any other: the land on which it was built firstsloped in the direction of the surrounding wall, and then rose again when close to it; and on thisdeclivity there stood gardens and vineyards, behind which wound a wide road, with paths leadingto the walls and towers. On the other side, without the wall, the land descended towards the valley,so that the walls surrounding the lower part of the town looked as if built on a raised terrace. Thereare gardens and vineyards even in the present day on the outer hill. When. Jesus arrived at the endof the Way of the Cross, he had on his left hand that part of the town where there were so manygardens; and it was from thence that Simon of Cyrene was coming when he met the procession.The gate by which Jesus left the town was not entirely facing the west, but rather the south-west.The city wall on the left-hand side, after passing through the gate, ran somewhat in a southerlydirection, then turned towards the west, and then again to the south, round Mount Sion. On thisside there stood a large tower, like a fortress. The gate by which Jesus left the town was at no greatdistance from another gate more towards the south, leading down to the valley, and where a road,turning to the left in the direction of Bethlehem, commenced. The road turned to the north towardsMount Calvary shortly after that gate by which Jesus left Jerusalem when bearing his Cross. MountCalvary was very steep on its eastern side, facing the town, and a gradual descent on the western;and on this side, from which the road to Emmaus was to be seen, there was a field, in which I sawLuke gather several plants when he and Cleophas were going to Emmaus, and met Jesus on theway. Near the walls, to the east and south of Calvary, there were also gardens, sepulchres, andvineyards. The Cross was buried on the northeast side, at the foot of Mount Calvary.165
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