Public opinion was divided as to the cause and manner of it.

The Patriarch said it was by fever.

There is the same uncertainty as to the manner of his burial.

But though thrown down into the ravine and covered with stones, as was alleged, his dust will ever be precious in the eyes of the Lord.
Asaad maintained his Christian profession to the last, and he must ever have an honorable place among the Christian martyrs of modern times.
Soon after the capture of Acre by Ibrahim Pasha, in 1832, Mr.Tod, an English merchant, accompanied by Wortabet, obtained an audience with him, and made known the case of Asaad.

The Pasha directed the Emir Beshir to furnish ten soldiers to Mr.Tod, with authority to search the convent of Canobeen by force, if necessary.