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168:4.1 On the way from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] [[the apostles]] asked [[Jesus]] many [[questions]], all of which [[the Master]] freely answered except those involving the details of the [[resurrection]] of the [[dead]]. Such [[problems]] were beyond the [[comprehension]] [[capacity]] of his [[apostles]]; therefore did [[the Master]] decline to [[discuss]] these questions with them. Since they had departed from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] in [[secret]], they were [[alone]]. [[Jesus]] therefore [[embraced]] the [[opportunity]] to say many things to the ten which he [[thought]] would [[prepare]] them for the trying days just ahead.

168:4.1 On the way from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella,_Jordan Pella] [[the apostles]] asked [[Jesus]] many [[questions]], all of which [[the Master]] freely answered except those involving the details of the [[resurrection]] of the [[dead]]. Such [[problems]] were beyond the [[comprehension]] [[capacity]] of his [[apostles]]; therefore did [[the Master]] decline to [[discuss]] these questions with them. Since they had departed from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] in [[secret]], they were [[alone]]. [[Jesus]] therefore [[embraced]] the [[opportunity]] to say many things to the ten which he [[thought]] would [[prepare]] them for the trying days just ahead.

168:4.2 [[The apostles]] were much stirred up in their [[minds]] and spent considerable [[time]] [[discussing]] their recent [[experiences]] as they were related to [[prayer]] and its answering. They all recalled [[Jesus]]' [[statement]] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] [[messenger]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], when he said plainly, " This [[sickness]] is not really to the [[death]]. " And yet, in spite of this [[promise]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] actually died. All that day, again and again, they reverted to the [[discussion]] of this [[question]] of the answer to [[prayer]].

168:4.2 [[The apostles]] were much stirred up in their [[minds]] and spent considerable [[time]] [[discussing]] their recent [[experiences]] as they were related to [[prayer]] and its answering. They all recalled [[Jesus]]' [[statement]] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] [[messenger]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia], when he said plainly, " This [[sickness]] is not really to the [[death]]. " And yet, in spite of this [[promise]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus] actually died. All that day, again and again, they reverted to the [[discussion]] of this [[question]] of the answer to [[prayer]].

168:4.3 [[Jesus]]' answers to their many questions may be summarized as follows:

168:4.3 [[Jesus]]' answers to their many questions may be summarized as follows:

*1. 168:4.4 [[Prayer]] is an [[expression]] of the [[finite]] [[mind]] in an [[effort]] to approach the [[Infinite]]. The making of a [[prayer]] must, therefore, be [[limited]] by the [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], and [[attributes]] of the [[finite]]; likewise must the answer be conditioned by the [[vision]], aims, [[ideals]], and [[prerogatives]] of the [[Infinite]]. There never can be [[observed]] an unbroken [[continuity]] of [[material]] [[phenomena]] between the making of a [[prayer]] and the [[reception]] of the full spiritual answer thereto.

*1. 168:4.4 [[Prayer]] is an [[expression]] of the [[finite]] [[mind]] in an [[effort]] to approach the [[Infinite]]. The making of a [[prayer]] must, therefore, be [[limited]] by the [[knowledge]], [[wisdom]], and [[attributes]] of the [[finite]]; likewise must the answer be conditioned by the [[vision]], aims, [[ideals]], and [[prerogatives]] of the [[Infinite]]. There never can be [[observed]] an unbroken [[continuity]] of [[material]] [[phenomena]] between the making of a [[prayer]] and the [[reception]] of the full spiritual answer thereto.

*2. 168:4.5 When a [[prayer]] is apparently unanswered, the [[delay]] often betokens a better answer, although one which is for some [[good]] reason greatly delayed. When [[Jesus]] said that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus]'s [[sickness]] was really not to the [[death]], he had already been dead eleven hours. No [[sincere]] [[prayer]] is denied an answer except when the superior [[viewpoint]] of the [[spiritual]] world has devised a better answer, an answer which meets the [[petition]] of the [[spirit]] of man as [[contrasted]] with the prayer of the mere [[mind]] of man.

*2. 168:4.5 When a [[prayer]] is apparently unanswered, the [[delay]] often betokens a better answer, although one which is for some [[good]] reason greatly delayed. When [[Jesus]] said that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus Lazarus]'s [[sickness]] was really not to the [[death]], he had already been dead eleven hours. No [[sincere]] [[prayer]] is denied an answer except when the superior [[viewpoint]] of the [[spiritual]] world has devised a better answer, an answer which meets the [[petition]] of the [[spirit]] of man as [[contrasted]] with the prayer of the mere [[mind]] of man.

*3. 168:4.6 The [[prayers]] of [[time]], when indited by the [[spirit]] and [[expressed]] in [[faith]], are often so vast and all-[[encompassing]] that they can be answered only in [[eternity]]; the [[finite]] [[petition]] is sometimes so fraught with the grasp of the [[Infinite]] that the answer must long be postponed to await the [[creation]] of adequate [[capacity]] for [receptivity]; the [[prayer]] of [[faith]] may be so all-embracing that the answer can be received only on [[Paradise]].

*3. 168:4.6 The [[prayers]] of [[time]], when indited by the [[spirit]] and [[expressed]] in [[faith]], are often so vast and all-[[encompassing]] that they can be answered only in [[eternity]]; the [[finite]] [[petition]] is sometimes so fraught with the grasp of the [[Infinite]] that the answer must long be postponed to await the [[creation]] of adequate [[capacity]] for [receptivity]; the [[prayer]] of [[faith]] may be so all-embracing that the answer can be received only on [[Paradise]].

*4. 168:4.7 The answers to the [[prayer]] of the [[mortal]] [[mind]] are often of such a [[nature]] that they can be [[received]] and [[recognized]] only after that same praying [[mind]] has [[attained]] the [[immortal]] state. The [[prayer]] of the [[material]] [[being]] can many times be answered only when such an [[individual]] has [[progressed]] to the [[spirit]] level.

*4. 168:4.7 The answers to the [[prayer]] of the [[mortal]] [[mind]] are often of such a [[nature]] that they can be [[received]] and [[recognized]] only after that same praying [[mind]] has [[attained]] the [[immortal]] state. The [[prayer]] of the [[material]] [[being]] can many times be answered only when such an [[individual]] has [[progressed]] to the [[spirit]] level.