Volume 2

Inns Established
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murdering his brother in the vicinity of Mount Calvary,
and on Mount Olivet called by God to account for the
same. Daybreak found Jesus back again in Bethania.
The Sabbath over, that took place on account of which
principally Jesus had come to Bethania. The holy women
had heard with sorrow what hardships Jesus and His
followers had had to endure upon their journeys, and that
Jesus especially, on His last hurried journey to Tyre, had
suffered such want; they had heard of His having to soften
the hard crusts, which Saturnin had begged on the way, in
order to be able to eat them. They had therefore offered
to establish inns and furnish them with all that was necessary.
Jesus accepted their offer, and came hither to make
with them the necessary arrangements. As He now
declared that He would henceforth publicly teach everywhere,
Lazarus and the women again offered to establish
inns, especially since the Jews in the cities around
Jerusalem, instigated by the Pharisees, would furnish
nothing to Him and His disciples. They also begged the
Lord to signify to them the principal stopping places on
His journeys and the number of His disciples, that they
might know how many inns would be needed and what
quantity of provisions to supply.
Jesus replied by giving them the route of His future
journeys, also the stopping places, and the probable number
of disciples. It was decided that about fifteen inns
should be made ready and entrusted to the care of confidential
persons, some of them relatives either of Lazarus
or of the Holy Family. They were scattered throughout
the whole country, with the exception of the district of
Cabul toward Tyre and Sidon.
The holy women then consulted together as to what district
each should see to and what share each should take
in the new establishments, to supply furniture, covers,
clothes, sandals, etc., to provide for washing and repairing,
and to attend to the furnishing of bread and other