Volume 2

158 Life of Jesus Christ
the evil one.
When Jesus had reached the tribune and the crowd had
been brought to order and silence by the disciples, He
first invoked His Heavenly Father, from whom come all
good gifts, the people likewise praying. Then He began
His instruction. He made allusion to what had there occurred,
spoke of the children of Israel, of Joshua's once
appearing in these parts and freeing them from the Canaanites
and from paganism, and of the destruction of
Azor. Of all these events Jesus explained the spiritual
meaning. Thus came truth and light to them anew, with
grace and mildness to free them from the power of sin. He
exhorted them not to resist as did the Canaanites, that
God's punishment might not conle upon them as it had
done upon Azor. He also related a parable of which He
again made use on a later occasion. It is in the book of
the Gospels, I think, s0111ething about wheat and husbandry.
He taught also of penance and the coming of the
Kingdom, speaking significantly of Himself and the
Heavenly Father as He had done in the neighboring
towns.
The sons of Johanna Chusa and Veronica came here to
Jesus. They had been sent by Lazarus, to warn Him
against the two spies whom the Pharisees had despatched
from Jerusalem to Adama. The disciples brought them to
Jesus during a pause in the instruction. He told them not
to be at all disquieted on His account, that He would
fulfill His nlission, and He thanked them for their
devotedness, etc. The spies sent by the Pharisees were
also on the mountain with the disaffected Jews from
Adama. Jesus did not address them, but He said aloud in
the course of His instruction that enemies would lie in
wait for Him and persecute Him, still they would not succeed
in hindering Him from accomplishing what the
Father in Heaven had entrusted to Hinl. He would soon
appear among them again to announce the Kingdom of