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Wess. 589, 7 Sunt in Hierusalem piscinae magnae duae ad latus templi, 8 id est una ad dexteram, alia ad sinistram, quas Salomon fecit, interius vero civitati sunt pis 9 cinae gemellares quinque porticus habentes, quae appellantur Betsaida. Ibi aegri multorum 10 annorum sanabantur. Aquam autem habent hae piscinae in 11 modum coccini turbatam. Est ibi et cripta, ubi Salomon daemones torquebat. Ibi est angu 590, 1 lus turris excelsissimae, ubi dominus ascendit et dixit ei is, 2 qui temptabat eum, et ait ei dominus: Non temptabis dominum deum tuum, sed illi soli 3 servies. Ibi est et lapis angularis magnus, de quo dictum est: Lapidem, quem reprobaverunt 4 aedificantes, hic factus est ad caput anguli. Et sub pinna tur 5 ris ipsius sunt cubicula plurima, ubi Salomon palatium habebat. Ibi etiam constat cubiculus, in 6 quo sedit et sapientiam descripsit; ipse vero cubiculus uno la 7 pide est tectus. Sunt ibi et excepturia magna aquae subterraneae et piscinae magno opere 591, 1 aedificatae. Et in aede ipsa, ubi templum fuit, quem Salomon aedificavit, in marmore 2 ante aram sanguinem Zachariae Wess. ibi dicas hodie fusum; etiam 591, 3 parent vestigia clavorum militum, qui eum occiderunt, per totam aream, ut putes in cera 4 fixum esse. Sunt ibi et statuae duae Hadriani; est et non longe 5 de statuas lapis pertusus, ad quem veniunt Iudaei singulis annis et unguent eum et lamen 6 tant se cum gemitu et vestimenta sua scindunt et sic recedunt. Est ibi et domus Ezechiae 7 regis Iudae. Item exeuntibus Hierusalem, ut ascendas Sion, in parte sinistra 592, 1 et deorsum in valle iuxta murum est piscina, quae dicitur Siloa; 2 habet quadriporticum; et alia piscina grandis foras. Haec fons 3 sex diebus atque noctibus currit, septima vero die est sabbatum: in totum nec nocte nec die cur 4 rit. In eadem ascenditur Sion et paret ubi fuit domus Caifae sacerdotis, et columna adhuc 5 ibi est, in qua Christum flagellis ceciderunt. Intus autem intra 6 murum Sion paret locus, ubi palatium habuit David. Et septem synagogae, quae illic fu 7 erunt, una tantum remansit, reliquae autem arantur et seminan 593, 1 tur, sicut Isaias propheta dixit.

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Wess. 589, 7 In Jerusalem there are two large pools at the side of the temple, 8 that is, one on the right, the other on the left, which Solomon made; but inside the city there are 9 twin pools having five porticoes, which are called Bethesda. There the sick of many 10 years were healed. The water these pools have is 11 turbid in the color of scarlet. There is also a crypt, where Solomon used to torment demons. There is the an 590, 1 gle of a very high tower, where the Lord ascended and he who was tempting him spoke to him, 2 and the Lord said to him: You shall not tempt the Lord your God, but him alone 3 you shall serve. There is also a great corner-stone, of which it was said: The stone which the builders 4 rejected has become the head of the corner. And under the pinnacle of 5 that tower there are many chambers, where Solomon had a palace. There is also a small chamber, in 6 which he sat and wrote down wisdom; that small chamber is roofed with a single 7 stone. There are also there great reservoirs of underground water and pools skillfully 591, 1 built. And in that temple itself, where the temple which Solomon built was, in the marble 2 before the altar, the blood of Zacharias Wess. they say was poured out today; also 591, 3 the traces of the nails of the soldiers, who killed him, appear throughout the whole area, so that you would think they were fixed in wax. 4 There are also two statues of Hadrian; there is also not far 5 from the statues a pierced stone, to which the Jews come each year and anoint it and la 6 ment themselves with groaning and tear their garments and so depart. There is also the house of Hezekiah 7 king of Judah. Likewise, as you go out from Jerusalem to ascend Sion, on the left side 592, 1 and down in the valley near the wall is a pool, which is called Siloa; 2 it has four porticoes; and another large pool outside. This spring 3 flows for six days and nights, but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, it does not flow at all, neither by night nor by day. 4 By the same way one ascends Sion and there is seen where the house of Caiaphas the priest was, and a column still 5 is there, on which they beat Christ with whips. Inside however within the 6 wall of Sion is seen the place where David had a palace. And of seven synagogues, which were there 7 once, only one remains, the rest are ploughed and sown, 593, 1 as the prophet Isaiah said.