1. Calvary and the Holy Sepulchre. Several explorers have pointed out the probability of the site indicated on the plan. It is outside the city gates. It is near one of the main roads, that leading to Shechem, and by the side of the road rises a rounded knoll (see note, ch. xxvii. 33) now called El Heidhemîyeh. Jewish and Christian tradition alike point to this as the ancient place of execution. It is named by the Jews Beth has Sekilah (the place of stoning). Near to this 'barren hillock' on either side of the road was the ancient Jewish buryingplace (now a Mahometan cemetery), within which it is reasonable to place the site of the 'new tomb in the garden' (see Bædeker's Palestine and Syria, p. 189, and Conder, Tent Work in Palestine, ch. XII.). The Church of the Holy Sepulchre marks the traditional site, now abandoned.

2, 2, 2, 2. The Haram or Temple platform covered (a) wholly, or (B) in part by the Temple (rò iepóv), with its various courts. The first theory (a) is now held by few. But Col. Warren and others consider that the Temple occupied the whole of the Southern part (i.e. about) of the present enclosure. The mean measurement of the Haram is 982 feet by 1565 feet. (2), (2), (2), (2) represents the iepòv according to other authorities. Both the Talmud and Josephus describe the Temple area as square, but their measurements do not agree. The Temple was surrounded by porticos or arched colonnades. The substructures of massive stones surmounted by 'Solomon's Porch' on the eastern side were the oikodoμal of ch. xxiv. 1 (see note). Here possibly was the Tтeрúуlov of ch. iv. 5.

In the north-west corner of the Temple area stood the Tower Antonia (4). It was built on a rock fifty cubits high (Joseph. B. J. v. 5. 8), and thus commanded the Temple. Here the Roman garrison was stationed. See ch. xxvii. 27.

3. ò vaós (indicated by the spot of darker colour), the Sanctuary or Holy House, to be carefully distinguished from the iepov. See chs. xxiii. 16, 35, xxvi. 61, xxvii. 51. It was situated on the highest point of the Temple Hill, 2440 feet above the Mediterranean, now occupied by the Dome of the Rock. In front of the vaós, to the east of it, was the Ovolaσrnplov, ch. xxiii. 35.

5. The Asmonean Palace, probably the residence of Herod Antipas while in Jerusalem. Joseph. Ant. xx. 8. 11.

6. The palace of Herod (Herodis Prætorium), in the Upper City, the residence of the Roman Procurator (Philo de leg. ad Caium, p. 1033 E; cp. p. 1034 E; Joseph. B. J. 11. 14. 8, v. 4. 4). Between these two palaces Christ was led when Pilate 'remitted' Him to Herod. (For a description of this palace see Joseph. B. J. v. 4. 4, and Farrar's Life of Christ, II. 364.)

7. Valley of the Kedron, or of Jehoshaphat. See note ch. xxvi. 31. 8. Valley of Hinnom or Gehenna [Téevva]. See note, ch. v. 22. 9. Aceldama (Tòv dypòv Toû kepaμéws, ch. xxvii. 7).

11. Bethesda, and 12, Pool of Siloam, not named in this Gospel.

THE SEA OF GALILEE,

called the Lake of Gennesareth (Luke v. 1), the Sea of Tiberias (John vi. 1 and xxi. 1).

Bethsaida Julias, rebuilt by Herod Philip, the tetrarch, and called Julias after Julia, daughter of Augustus. See note, ch. xiv. 19.

Kerazeh, identified by Capt. Wilson with Chorazin. Ch. xi. 21. Highland or The Mountain, the probable scene of the Sermon on the Mount and of the appearance of Jesus Christ, ch. xxviii. 16.

Tell Hûm, the site of Capernaum, according to Thomson (Land and Book), Capt. Wilson, Dean Stanley latterly, and others.

Et Tabigah, by some thought to be the Bethsaida ("House of Fish"), mentioned as being the home of Peter, Andrew and Philip (John i. 44); see chs. viii. 14 and xi. 21. Near Et Tabigah is a large fountain, probably "the fountain of Capharnaum" mentioned by Josephus, B. J. III. 10. 8, from which water was conveyed by an aqueduct to the plain of Gennesareth. Traces of this aqueduct and of an octagonal reservoir are distinctly visible. See Recovery of Jerusalem, p. 349.

Khan Minyeh, the site of Capernaum, according to Dean Stanley in S. and P. (in Preface to Rec. of Jerusalem the Dean inclines to the Tell Hûm site), Dr Robinson, Mr Macgregor (Rob Roy), and others.

El Ghuweir or The Land of Gennesareth, a fertile plain 2 miles in length, about 1 mile in breadth; ch. xiv. 34.

Mejdel, the Magdala of ch. xv. 39.

Tiberias. Not mentioned in this Gospel. But possibly Herod Antipas was holding his court here when John Baptist was put to death at Machærus; ch. xiv. 6 foll. It was built by Herod Antipas and named Tiberias in honour of the Emperor. See note, ch. xiv. 13—21, and cp. John vi. 1, 23.

K'hersa, identified with Gergesa. Gerasa (not the well-known Gerasa N. of the Jabbok; see Smith, Bib. Dic. sub voc.) is probably another form of the same name. See ch. viii. 23.

Gadara, the capital of "the country of the Gadarenes," to which district Gergesa belonged.

A and B, disputed sites for the miracle of feeding 5000; ch. xiv. 13-21.