A CAVE SITUATED ON A CLIFF ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, WHICH FACES THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND CONTAINS FOUR TABLES AND TWO WELLS.
(1) Not far above the Church of Saint Mary on the Mount of Olives there is a Cave which faces the Valley of Jehoshaphat. In it are two very deep wells: one goes down to an untold depth below the mountain, and the other is in the floor of the cave: it has a huge shaft sunk deep, which goes down straight. Over these wells there is a permanent covering. (2) This Cave also contains four rock tables. One of them, which is just inside the entrance, is that of the Lord Jesus, and some times his seat was certainly beside this small table, on the frequent occasions when he used to recline there and have a meal, and the twelve Apostles reclined there with him at the other tables. (3) The sealed mouth of the well which we described beneath the floor of the cave is to be seen closer to the tables of the Apostles. According to what holy Arculf says, this Cave has a small entrance which is closed by a wooden door, and he paid it many visits.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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