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 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 towards the north than Emmaus and Joppa.  The western part of Jerusalem was lower than any other:  the land on which it was built first sloped in the direction of the surrounding wall, and then rose again when close to it; and on this declivity there stood gardens