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256 When Jesus came and found His disciples sleeping, He woke them up, and said:—

"You could not watch for Me one hour."

Then again He went off to pray to God. He prayed to God, and said:—

"Lord, is it not possible for this cup to pass by Me?" And He kept praying until a bloody sweat came. An angel flew down from heaven and began to strengthen Jesus. Then Jesus returned to His disciples and said to them:—

"Why are ye sleeping? The hour is at hand in which the Son of Man shall be given into the power of His enemies."

Now Judas had said to the High Priest:—

"The one whom I kiss is He, seize Him."

Then the disciples followed Jesus out and they saw a throng of people. Judas came up to Jesus and was going to kiss Him. Jesus said to him:—

"Dost thou betray Me by a kiss?"

And to the people He said:—

"Whom seek ye?"

They said to Him:—

"Jesus, the Nazarene."

Jesus said:—

"I am He."

At this word all fell.

finished with the Old Testament I naturally thought of teaching history and geography, both because this study has always been carried on in primary schools, and I myself had taught these subjects, and because the history of the Hebrews in the Old Testament naturally, it seemed to me, led the children to ask where, when, and under what conditions the events they knew took place—what was Egypt; Pharaoh; the Assyrian