11.  A garden was the place of His Burial, and a vine that which was planted there:  and He hath said, I am the vine John xv. 1.  The Benedictine Editor has a different punctuation:  “and the vine which was planted there hath said, And I am the Vine.”!  He was planted therefore in the earth in order that the curse which came because of Adam might be rooted out.  The earth was condemned to thorns and thistles:  the true Vine sprang up out of the earth, that the saying might be fulfilled, Truth sprang up out of the earth, and righteousness looked down from heaven Ps. lxxxv. 11..  And what will He that is buried in the garden say?  I have gathered My myrrh with My spices:  and again, Myrrh and aloes, with all chief spices Cant. v. 1; iv. 14.  Compare Cat. xiii. 32..  Now these are the symbols of the burying; and in the Gospels it is said, The women came unto the sepulchre bringing the spices which they had prepared Luke xxiv. 1.:  Nicodemus also bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes John xix. 39..  And farther on it is written, I did eat My bread with My honey Cant. vi. 1:  my honeycomb with my honey.:  the bitter before the Passion, and the sweet after the Resurrection.  Then after He had risen He entered through closed doors:  but they believed not that it was He:  for they supposed that they beheld a spirit Luke xxiv. 37..  But He said, Handle Me and see.  Put your fingers into the print of the nails, as Thomas required.  And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He said unto them, Have ye here anything to eat?  And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and honeycomb Ib. v. 41..  Seest thou how that is fulfilled, I did eat My bread with My honey.