The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

we refer, part of what either Jesus or John said at
the time, but what, CHAP, in view of it, John says
in name of, and to the Church of the iTew VI
Testament.* ^~'
If from St. John xix. 27 we might infer that St. John
had ' a home' in Jerusalem itself—which,
considering the simplicity of living at the time, and
the cost of houses, would not necessarily imply
that he was rich—the scene about to be described
would have taken place under the roof of him who
has given us its record. In any case, the
circumstances of life at the time are so well
known, that we have no difficulty in realising the
surroundings. It was night —one of the nights in
that Easter week so full of marvels. Perhaps we
may be allowed to suppose that, as so often in
analogous circumstances, the spring-wind,
sweeping up the narrow streets of the City, had
suggested the comparison,* ' which was so full of
deepest teaching to Nicodemus. • st. John Up in the
simply furnished Aliyah —the guest-chamber on
the roof —^the lamp was still burning, and the