[312] Prof. T. Hayter Lewis, “Holy Places of Jerusalem,” 1888, p. 113.
[313] John xix. 41, 42.
[314] See Pal. Expl. Fund Quarterly, April, 1890, p. 69.
[315] “Mem. West Pal. Survey,” Jerusalem vol., p. 385.
[316] “Citez de Jhérusalem,” after 1187 A. D.
[317] See “Ord. Survey Notes,” plate xxv., for the tomb of Helena of Adiabene; “Mem. West Pal. Survey,” Jerusalem vol., p. 433, for plan of the tomb in question.
[318] See Matt. xxvii, 60, 66; Mark xv. 46; Luke xxiv. 2; John xx. 1, 12. Herr K. Schick stated that when this tomb was excavated, a slab was found in it, on which was a Greek cross, with the words Thêkê Diapherous(a), or “a private sepulchre.” The tomb is very roughly cut, and may have been hewn as late as the fifth century A. D., unless it was re-used.
[319] Origen, “Catena” (see Sir C. Wilson’s article, Pal. Expl. Fund Quarterly, January, 1902, p. 71): “As regards the Place of a Skull, Hebrew tradition has come down to us that Adam’s body was buried there.” Jerome, on Matt. xxvii., says that Adam was buried at Hebron (Reland, “Pal.,” ii. p. 709).
[320] Tal. Bab., Erubin, 53 a.