Herod was usually alarmed; but he shut himself up in his palace, out of
the sight of everyone.

More than a hundred persons who had died at different epochs
re-entered the bodies they had occupied when on earth, made their
appearance in different parts of Jerusalem, and filled the inhabitants
with inexpressible consternation. Those souls which had been released
by Jesus from Limbo uncovered their faces and wandered to and fro in
the streets, and although their bodies were the same as those which
they had animated when on earth, yet these bodies did not appear to
touch the ground as they walked. They entered the houses of their
descendants, proclaimed the innocence of Jesus, and reproved those who
had taken part in his death most severely. I saw them passing through
the principal streets; they were generally in couples, and appeared to
me to glide through the airs without moving their feet. The
countenances of some were pale; others of a yellow tint; their beards
were long, and their voices sounded strange and sepulchral. Their
grave-clothes were such as it was customary to use at the period of
their decease. When they reached the place where sentence of death was
proclaimed on Jesus before the procession started for Calvary, they
paused for a moment, and exclaimed in a loud voice: 'Glory be to Jesus
for ever and ever, and destruction to his enemies!' Towards four o'clock
all the dead returned to their graves. The sacrifices in the Temple had
been so interrupted, and the confusion caused by the different
prodigies was so great, that very few persons ate the Paschal lamb on
that evening.



CHAPTER XLVII.