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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL.
oilier half is in one of the churches at Rome—
where may also be seen the table on which our
Saviour ate his last supper with his disciples, and
the stone on which the cock crowed when Peter
denied his master!
Going back again from the door of the chapel of
apparition, and turning to the left, on the right is
the outside of the Greek chapel, which occupies the
largest space in the body of the church ; and on
the left is a range of chapels and doors, the first of
which leads to the prison where, they say, our Sav-
iour was confined before he was led to crucifixion.
In front of the door is an unintelligible machine,
described as the slone on which our Saviour was
placed when put in the stocks. I had never heard
of this incident in the story of man's redemption,
nor in all probability has the reader ; but the Chris-
tians in Jerusalem have a great deal more of such
knowledge than they gain from the Bible. Even
Paul knew much that is not recorded in the sacred
volume ; for he had a book, written by a priest in
Malta, and giving many particulars in the life of
our Saviour, which all the evangelists never knew,
or knowing, have entirely omitted.
Next is the chapel where the soldier who struck
his spear into the side of the Redeemer, as he hung
upon the cross, retired and wept over his trans-
gression. Beyond this is the chapel where the
Jews divided Christ's raiment, and "cast lots for
his vesture." The next is one of the most holy
places in the church, the chapel of the cross. De-
INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL.
oilier half is in one of the churches at Rome—
where may also be seen the table on which our
Saviour ate his last supper with his disciples, and
the stone on which the cock crowed when Peter
denied his master!
Going back again from the door of the chapel of
apparition, and turning to the left, on the right is
the outside of the Greek chapel, which occupies the
largest space in the body of the church ; and on
the left is a range of chapels and doors, the first of
which leads to the prison where, they say, our Sav-
iour was confined before he was led to crucifixion.
In front of the door is an unintelligible machine,
described as the slone on which our Saviour was
placed when put in the stocks. I had never heard
of this incident in the story of man's redemption,
nor in all probability has the reader ; but the Chris-
tians in Jerusalem have a great deal more of such
knowledge than they gain from the Bible. Even
Paul knew much that is not recorded in the sacred
volume ; for he had a book, written by a priest in
Malta, and giving many particulars in the life of
our Saviour, which all the evangelists never knew,
or knowing, have entirely omitted.
Next is the chapel where the soldier who struck
his spear into the side of the Redeemer, as he hung
upon the cross, retired and wept over his trans-
gression. Beyond this is the chapel where the
Jews divided Christ's raiment, and "cast lots for
his vesture." The next is one of the most holy
places in the church, the chapel of the cross. De-