The Ark of the Covenant was formerly deposited under the very spot where the hearth was afterwards built.

Five gutters, under the house, served to convey the refuse to the slope of the hill, on the upper part of which the house was built.

I had preciously seen Jesus preach and perform miraculous cures there, and the disciples frequently passed the night in the side rooms.
MEDITATION III.
Arrangements for eating the Paschal Lamb.
When the disciples had spoken to Heli of Hebron, the latter went back into the house by the court, but they turned to the right, and hastened down the north side of the hill, through Sion.

They passed over a bridge, and walking along a road covered with brambles, reached the other side of the ravine, which was in front of the Temple, and of the row of houses which were to the south of that building.

There stood the house of the aged Simeon, who died in the Temple after the presentation of our Lord; and his sons, some of whom were disciples of Jesus in secret, were actually living there.