Note XLII. Terrace-roofs have always been in general use in the East, even for ages; compare Judges xvi. 27, where we are told that there were people on the roof when Samson made the temple of Dagon fall. Assuredly if it had not been flat, 3000 persons could not have remained upon it.
NOTES TO CHAPTER IV.
Note I. The Holy City, by the Rev. George Williams, B.D., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; Second Edition, including an Architectural History of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, by the Rev. Robert Willis, M.A., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor in the University of Cambridge, 2 Vols. 8vo. 1849; Les Églises de la Terre Sainte, par le Comte Melchior de Vogüé.
Note II. List of the bishops of Jerusalem, extracted from Michel le Quien's Oriens Christianus, Tom. III. pp. 139 sq. Paris, 1740.
| A.D. | |
| 30. | S. James, the Apostle and brother of our Lord. |
| 60. | S. Simeon, or Simon, the Martyr. |
| 107. | Justus, or Jude I. |
| 111. | Zacchæus, or Zacharias. |
| Tobias. | |
| Benjamin. | |
| John I. | |
| Matthias, or Matthew. | |
| Philip. | |
| 125. | Seneca. |
| Justus II. | |
| Levi. | |
| Ephraim. | |
| Joseph. | |
| Jude II. |
All the above are of Hebrew extraction. The following are of Gentile origin. The former were bishops of Jerusalem, properly so called, the latter bishops of Ælia Capitolina, who are counted as bishops of Jerusalem.
| 136. | Marcus. |
| 156. | Cassianus. |
| Publius. | |
| Maximus I. | |
| Julian I. | |
| Caius I., or Gaius. | |
| Symmachus. | |
| Caius II. | |
| Julian II. | |
| Capito. | |
| 185. | Maximus II. |
| Antoninus. | |
| Valens. | |
| Dolichianus. | |
| Narcissus. | |
| Dius. | |
| Germanion. | |
| Gordius. | |
| Narcissus (a second time). | |
| 212. | Alexander, martyr. |
| 250. | Mazabanes. |
| 265. | Hymenæus. |
| 298. | Zabdas. |
| 302. | Hermon. |
| 313. | Macarius I. During his episcopate Constantine laid the foundations of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. |
| 335. | Maximus III., who consecrated the Church of the Resurrection. |
Note III. Eusebius, Life of Constantine, book III. chap. 27 and following (English Translation, Bagster and Sons, London, 1845). After giving an account of the demolition of the temple of Venus, he proceeds, "Nor did the Emperor's zeal stop here; but he gave further orders that the materials of what was then destroyed should be removed, and thrown as far from the spot as possible; and this command was speedily executed. The emperor, however, was not satisfied with having proceeded thus far: once more, fired with holy ardour, he directed that the ground itself should be dug up to a considerable depth, and the soil, which had been polluted by the foul impurities of demon worship, transported to a far distant place. This also was accomplished without delay. But as soon as the original surface of the ground, beneath the covering of earth, appeared, immediately, and contrary to all expectation, the venerable and hallowed monument of our Saviour's resurrection was discovered. Then indeed did this most holy cave present a most faithful similitude of His return to life, in that, after lying buried in darkness, it again emerged to light, and afforded to all who came to witness the sight, a clear and visible proof of the wonders of which that spot had once been the scene."