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 it is his custom to teach as he journeys: did ye gainsay his words?”

“He journeyed not with us, and herein, we judge, hath he proved himself false. We besought him to shew his doctrine to the world, if, as he saith, he is come to save the world. But he said he went not up yet to the feast, because his time was not fully come.”

“And would he have hindered others also?”

“Nay; for he said our time was always ready. He also went forth with us, and discoursed concerning our abode at Jerusalem: and when we turned aside from Jordan, he saluted us and tarried alone on its banks till we had lost sight of him. And now, behold him here!”

“Who hath told him that his hour is fully come?”

“Again we say we know not. Ask himself.”

“Knowest thou not,” said a priest unto one who asked him concerning Jesus—“knowest thou not that the Messiah shall suddenly come into his temple; not as a worshiper, like this man, but with the manifest glory of Jehovah? Often, when the temple-gates were