through it Jesus had entered the town on Palm Sunday. Thus he entered
by the new gate of Nicodemus, through which no one had yet passed, and
was buried in the new monument of Joseph of Arimathea, in which no one
had yet been laid. This gate was afterwards walled up, and there was a
tradition that the Christians were once again to enter the town through
it. Even in the present day, a walled-up gate, called by the Turks the
Golden Gate, stands on this spot.

The road leading to the west from the gate of the sheep passed
almost exactly between the north-western side of Mount Sion and
Calvary. From this gate to Golgotha the distance was about two miles
and a quarter; and from Pilate's palace to Golgotha about two miles. The
fortress Antonia was situated to the north-west of the mountain of the
Temple, on a detached rock. A person going towards the west, on leaving
Pilate's palace, would have had this fortress to his left. On one of its
walls there was a platform commanding the forum, and from which Pilate
was accustomed to make proclamations to the people: he did this, for
instance, when he promulgated new laws. When our Divine Lord was
carrying his Cross, in the interior of the town, Mount Calvary was
frequently on his right hand. This road, which partly ran in a
south-westerly direction, led to a gate made in an inner 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 magnificent sepulchres with stone entrances. On
this side was a house belonging to Lazarus, with beautiful gardens,
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 disciples often passed by
permission of Lazarus, led to these gardens. The gate standing at the
north-western angle of the town led to Bethsur, which was situated more