A citation from the library
Jerome, on Matt 27:31
Jerome · c. A.D. 347–420
Matt 27:31 · Douay-Rheims
“And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.”
On this verse:
“I have heard Calvary expoundedb as the spot in which Adam was buried, as though it had been so called from the head of the old man being buried there. A plausible interpretation, and agreeable to the ears of the people, yet not a true one. Without the city outside the gate are the places where criminals are executed, and these have got the name of Calvary, that is, of the beheaded. And Jesus was crucified there, that where the plot of criminals had been, there might be set up the flag of martyrdom. But Adam was buried near Ebron and Arbee, as we read in the volume of Jesus the son of Navec.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.