35. But we seek to know clearly where He has
been buried. Is His tomb made with hands? Is it, like the
tombs of kings, raised above the ground? Is the Sepulchre made of
stones joined together? And what is laid upon it? Tell us,
O Prophets, the exact truth concerning His tomb also, where He is laid,
and where we shall seek Him? And they say, Look into the solid
rock which ye have hewn Isa. li. 1.. Look
in and behold. Thou hast in the Gospels In a sepulchre
hewn in stone, which was hewn out of a rock Matt. xxvii. 60; Mark xv. 46; Luke xxiii.
50.. And what happens next? What
kind of door has the sepulchre? Again another Prophet says,
They cut off My life in a dungeon Lam. iii. 53: ἐν
λάκκῳ, “in a pit,” or
“well.” Cf. Jer. xxxvii. 16.,
and cast a stone upon Me. I, who am the Chief
corner-stone, the elect, the precious 1 Pet. ii. 6.,
lie for a little time within a stone—I who am a stone of
stumbling to the Jews, and of salvation to them who believe. The Tree of
life Gen. ii. 9; iii. 22. Methodius (Sympos. ix. c.
3): “He that hath not believed in Christ, nor hath
understood that He is the first principle and the Tree of Life,
&c.”, therefore was
planted in the earth, that the earth which had been cursed might enjoy
the blessing, and that the dead might be released.