The Cave of Treasures 33

A¹🔗nd Shem took the body of Adam and Melchisedek, and went forth by night from among his people, and behold, the Angel of the Lord, who was going before them, appeared unto them. And their journey was very speedy, because the Angel of the Lord strengthened them until they arrived at that place. And when they arrived at Gághültà (Golgotha), which is the centre of the earth, the Angel of the Lord showed Shem the place [for the body of Adam].

²🔗 And when Shem had deposited the body of our father Adam upon that place, the four quarters [of the earth] separated themselves from each other, and the earth opened itself in the form of a cross, and Shem and Melchisedek deposited the body of Adam there (i.e. in the cavity). And as soon as they had laid it therein, the four quarters [of the earth] drew quickly together, and enclosed the body of our father Adam, and the door of the created world was shut fast.

³🔗 And that place was called “Karkaphta” (i.e. “Skull”), because the head of all the children of men was deposited there. And it was called “Gághültá,” because it was round [like the head], and “Resiphtá” (i.e. a trodden down thing), because the head of the accursed serpent, that is to say, Satan, was crushed there, and “Gefifta” (Gabbatha), because all the nations were to be gathered together to it.