On one of those last days the Great Teacher, leaving the city a little before sunset, sat on one of the rocky banks of Olivet, over against the Temple. The mountain rises 150 feet above the level of the city; the city has the appearance of being tilted up on its western side, so that from the mountain you can look down into its streets. The Temple courts would be in the foreground, with Solomon’s Porch on the eastern side. Perhaps the 80 feet of rubbish which now rests against the wall had not yet half accumulated; and in that case the stones which Solomon laid down would be still visible--blocks 20 cubits long by 6 cubits thick, and extending a length of 400 cubits. The disciples had been calling their Master’s attention to the goodly stones and buildings of the Temple, as they came along, and he had declared that they would one day be thrown down; and now, sitting on Olivet he prophesies the end of the age. From the Mount of Olives it was but a short way to Bethany, to spend the night. A wild mountain-hamlet, perched on its broken plateau of rocks, Bethany is screened by a ridge from the view of the top of Olivet. The modern name of the village--El-Azarieh--connects it with Lazarus, whose traditional house and grave are still exhibited, as well as the traditional house of Simon the leper. The welcome which awaited Christ in the home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus must have been very grateful after the day’s teaching and turmoil in the noisy city. It is hopeless to try and identify in Jerusalem the house or the street in which the disciples made ready the Passover for their Master. The Garden of Gethsemane, which was visited afterwards, may probably have been at or near the place which is now pointed out on the slope of Olivet. When Christ was brought before Pilate it would be at the Tower of Antonia, north-west of the Temple, on the site now occupied by the Turkish barracks. Outside the barracks, on the north side, is the street now called the _Via Dolorosa_, because tradition says that Christ passed along it in going from the Judgment Hall to the place of crucifixion, marked now by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. [Illustration: OUTLINE PLAN OF JERUSALEM. 1 North wall of Upper City, probable course. 2 Second wall, so drawn as to exclude the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 3 Second wall, including the Church. 4 Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 5 Pool of Hezekiah. 6 Citadel. 7 Dome of the Rock (Site of the Temple). 8 Haram-area or Noble Sanctuary. 9 Tower of Antonia, now Turkish Barracks. 10 Birket-Israel (Traditional Bethesda.). 11 Jaffa Gate. 12 Via Dolorosa.]