_Of the various points of evidence which may be adduced in favor of the identity of the spot referred to in picture No. 68 with the Golgotha of the Gospels one only need here be dwelt upon. “The place of the skull” is the interpretation of the Hebrew word as given in the Authorized Version, but according to the Revised Version “the place called the ‘Skull’” is the more accurate translation, and the singular suitability of this name to the hillock in question is obvious to anyone looking at it from the Mount of Olives; the caves and apertures in the face of the cliff beneath its rounded summit bearing a strange resemblance to the eye-sockets and nostrils of a human skull. The significance also of the words, “They that passed by railed on him,” is at once apparent; as the knoll is in full view of passers-by to east and north, standing as it does at the junction of the high roads from Jericho and Damascus._ 70] But there is one other thing to notice in connection with this burial. The priests had heard Jesus speak of rising from the dead on the third day. They went to Pilate and told him of this. They said they were afraid that his disciples might come by night and steal away his body, and then declare that he had risen from the dead. They asked him, therefore, to allow them to seal the stone over the mouth of the grave with his seal, and to have a guard of Roman soldiers appointed to keep watch over the tomb till the third day was passed. Pilate gave them leave to do this. And we read, “so they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.” St. Matt. xxvii: 66. Such is the history of the burial of our Saviour. And as we stand in thought before the silent tomb in which the body of Jesus is lying, we may well say, in the words of one of our hymns for Easter even: “All is o’er, the pain, the sorrow, Human taunts, and Satan’s spite; Death shall be despoiled to-morrow Of the prey he grasps to-night, Yet once more, his own to save, Christ must sleep within the grave. “Fierce and deadly was the anguish On the bitter cross he bore; How did soul and body languish, Till the toil of death was o’er! But that toil, so fierce and dread, Bruised and crushed the serpent’s head. “Close and still the tomb that holds him, While in brief repose he lies; Deep the slumber that enfolds him, Veiled awhile from mortal eyes; Slumber such as needs must be After hard won victory. “Near this tomb, with voice of sadness, Chant the anthem sweet and low; Loftier strains of praise and gladness From to-morrow’s harps shall flow; Death and hell at length are slain, Christ hath triumphed, Christ doth reign.” This is the history of the burial of Christ. And now we may speak of four lessons taught us by this history. The first lesson taught us is about—THE CERTAINTY OF HIS DEATH.