This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...upon Him the suffering of a cruel death--when some soldiers and a crowd of people, led by the traitor Judas, approached. What followed is thus described by St. John: --"Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, 'Whom seek ye?' They answered Him, 'Jesus of Nazareth.' ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...upon Him the suffering of a cruel death--when some soldiers and a crowd of people, led by the traitor Judas, approached. What followed is thus described by St. John: --"Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that should come upon Him, went forth, and said unto them, 'Whom seek ye?' They answered Him, 'Jesus of Nazareth.' Jesus saith unto them, 'I am he.' And Judas also, which betrayed Him, stood with them. As soon, then, as He had said unto them, 'I am he, ' they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked He them again, 'Whom seek ye?' And they said, 'Jesus of Nazareth.' Jesus answered, 'I have told you that I am he: if therefore, ye seek me, let these go their way.'" You see even at that moment Christ thought of the safety of His disciples, and in saying, "let these go their way," He was requesting that they might not be arrested with Him. When He advanced towards the soldiers and people saying, "I am he," they were at first so impressed with the composure and majesty of His Divine presence, that they started back, and fell prostrate; or, as St. John says, " fell to the ground." This impression, however, passed quickly away; and, urged on, we may suppose, by the priests and Pharisees who were with them, they kept to their purpose of arresting Christ. The miracle which Jesus then did is thus related by St. Luke: --"When they which were about Him saw what would follow, they said unto Him, 'Lord, shall we smite with the sword?' And one of them smote the servant of the High Priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, 'Suffer ye thus far.' And He touched his ear, and healed him." Peter was the disciple, as we learn from the other evangelists, who cut off this man's ear, and the man's name w...
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