things which would be required for the burial. The Blessed Virgin had a
small lodging among the buildings near the Cenaculum. They did not
re-enter the town through the gate which was the nearest to Calvary,
because it was closed, and guarded by soldiers placed there by the
Pharisees; but they went through that gate which leads to Bethlehem.



CHAPTER XLIX.

A Description of some Parts of ancient Jerusalem.



This chapter will contain some descriptions of places given by
Sister Emmerich on various occasions. 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 of the Temple, was the one leading to the
suburb of Ophel. The gate of the sheep was to the north of the
north-east angle of the Temple. Between these two gates there was a
third, leading to some streets situated to the east of the Temple, and
inhabited for the most part by stonemasons and other workmen. The
houses in these streets were supported by the foundations of the
Temple; and almost all belonged to Nicodemus, who had caused them to be
built, and who employed nearly all the workmen living there. Nicodemus
had not long before built a beautiful gate as an entrance to these
streets, called the Gate of Moriah. It was but just finished, and