[142]. 2 Sam. v. 9. 1 Kings x. 27.
[143]. Matt. xxvi. 3.
[144]. The close proximity of the Pool of Hezekiah affords a strong incidental proof that the site of the church must always have been inside the walls. It is most improbable that this vast cistern should have been outside for the use of the besiegers, or that the wall should have included the pool and excluded the church.
[145]. John xviii. 28.
[146]. Ibid. xix. 3.
[147]. Heb. xiii. 11, 12.
[148]. Matt. xxvii. 51; Mark xv. 38; Luke xxiii. 45; Heb. x. 19, 20.
[149]. Matt. xxvii. 39, 40; Mark xv. 29, 30. See a clear statement of the foregoing argument in a letter by Dr. Hutchinson in the ‘Quarterly Journal of the Palestine Exploration Fund’ for July, 1873; and in a valuable work, ‘Horeb and Sinai,’ by the Rev. G. Sandie.
[150]. Mark xiii. 1, 2.
[151]. Acts iii. 1-11.