Cf. Euseb. Dem.
Evang. vi. 13: “In our own time we have seen with our
eyes the Sion of old renown being ploughed by Romans with yokes of
oxen, and Jerusalem in a state of utter desolation as the oracle itself
says, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers. As Cyril at that
time saw the Prophet’s prediction fulfilled, so we also to the
present day see most plainly the fulfilment of the divine oracle, and
Sion ploughed before our eyes: for except the Church of the
Apostles, with the houses lying around it, and the house of Caiaphas
and the cemeteries, all the remaining space of this hill, lying without
the city, is under plough.” (Jerusalem Editor).