Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya samo asali ne daga asusun a cikin "Life of Vespasian" na Suetonius, Tacitus "Tarihi" (III, 78) da sauran tsoffin rubuce-rubucen tarihin Latin a kan Juyin Juya Halin Yahudawa
, yana cewa Vespasian ya je wurin wani firist da ba a ambata sunansa ba wanda ke zaune a Dutsen Karmel don annabci game da sakamakon yaƙin nasa. Koyaya, babban tushen zanen shine sake karanta labarin a cikin adabin Carmelite, wanda ya ba firist sunan Basilides kuma ya gan shi da Iliya a matsayin magabata na umarnin su.