The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASONRY AND KNIGHTS TEMPLARdissension between his followers and those of John,he retired to Galilee.After John the baptist was put to death by HerodAntipas, Governor of GSilee, Jesus began his secondand final attempt to gain a hearing from therepresentatives of the nation at Jerusalem. He appearedsomewhat suddenly at the feast of tabernacles,*and by miracles and discourses, as wellas by the angry opposition which he excited, he atleast succeeded in awakening new, interest in hismovements, and fixing the attention of the nationupon himself during the rest of his career. Forseveral years after this he carried on his teachingsthroughout Palestine, meeting with much oppositionand many trials and tribulations. The rulersbegan to fear his growing popularity and aboutthe year 29, when he was returning to Bethany *from Jerusalem, he was betrayed by Judas, arrestedand led back to the city for trial before the Sanhedrim.The charge was blasphemy, but in tht absenceof trustworthy witnesses he was virtuallyput under oath and required to criminate himself.When solemnly appealed to by the high priest, henot only avowed his Messiahship, but asserted thathe was the Son of God and the future judge ofthe world. He was then taken before Pontius Pi-who gave the order for his death by crucifix-late,ion. He died in the act of commending his soulto God. The body was given by Pilate to Joseph*of Arimathea, and, aided by Nicodemus, he wrappedit in spices and laid it in a tomb prepared for himselfin a garden which he owned outside the walls.Jesus rose on the third day after his death in thebody, which, though changed as to its mode of119