. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. Fig. 53.—r/iC Afausoleum of Queen Helfiui, commonly aUlal the Tombs of the Kings F Tliis engraving represents the vestibule only of the tombs, the entmnce into the tombs tlit-raselv. s being within iIk-vestibule, on the lelt Pig. 54.—The Entrance into the Tombs of Queen Helena. From the AutJwrs Siege of Jerusalem by engraving represents the entrance into the tombs themselves, on the left side of the vestibule, as you enter it. Asthe inausolt-um must have been constructed a few y^ars only afier the crucifixion, it affords a most remarkable
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. Fig. 53.—r/iC Afausoleum of Queen Helfiui, commonly aUlal the Tombs of the Kings F Tliis engraving represents the vestibule only of the tombs, the entmnce into the tombs tlit-raselv. s being within iIk-vestibule, on the lelt Pig. 54.—The Entrance into the Tombs of Queen Helena. From the AutJwrs Siege of Jerusalem by engraving represents the entrance into the tombs themselves, on the left side of the vestibule, as you enter it. Asthe inausolt-um must have been constructed a few y^ars only afier the crucifixion, it affords a most remarkable illustrationot the sepulchre of our Lord. I he entrance to the Tombs of Helena is square, or rather quadrilateral, and is closed by acircular stone, a millstone, not placed horizontally, but set on end or upriehi, and rolling backwards and tonvards in ai?roove. When rolled backwards, or to the left, the entrance to the sepulchre is Liid open; and when rolled forwards, orto the right, it is closed. So Joseph of Arimathea, who was ■ a rich man, laid the body of our Lord * in his own newtomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre * (Matt xxvii. 60; Mark^v. 4e); and the women said among ihemselvts, who s
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