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171:3.1 For more than two weeks [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]], followed by a crowd of several hundred [[disciples]], [[journeyed]] about in southern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea], [[visiting]] all of the towns wherein [[the seventy]] labored. Many [[gentiles]] lived in this region, and since few were going up to the [[Passover]] feast at [[Jerusalem]], the [[messengers]] of [[the kingdom]] went right on with their [[work]] of [[teaching]] and [[preaching]].

171:3.1 For more than two weeks [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]], followed by a crowd of several hundred [[disciples]], [[journeyed]] about in southern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perea_(Holy_Land) Perea], [[visiting]] all of the towns wherein [[the seventy]] labored. Many [[gentiles]] lived in this region, and since few were going up to the [[Passover]] feast at [[Jerusalem]], the [[messengers]] of [[the kingdom]] went right on with their [[work]] of [[teaching]] and [[preaching]].

171:3.2 [[Jesus]] met [[Abner]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshbon Heshbon], and [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] directed that the [[labors]] of [[the seventy]] should not be interrupted by the [[Passover]] feast; [[Jesus]] advised that the [[messengers]] should go forward with their [[work]] in complete disregard of what was about to happen at [[Jerusalem]]. He also [[counseled]] [[Abner]] to permit the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS women's corps], at least such as [[desired]], to go to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. And this was the last time [[Abner]] ever saw [[Jesus]] in the [[flesh]]. His [[farewell]] to [[Abner]] was: " My son, I know you will be true to [[the kingdom]], and I [[pray]] [[the Father]] to grant you [[wisdom]] that you may [[love]] and [[understand]] your brethren. "

171:3.2 [[Jesus]] met [[Abner]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshbon Heshbon], and [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] directed that the [[labors]] of [[the seventy]] should not be interrupted by the [[Passover]] feast; [[Jesus]] advised that the [[messengers]] should go forward with their [[work]] in complete disregard of what was about to happen at [[Jerusalem]]. He also [[counseled]] [[Abner]] to permit the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_150#150:1._THE_WOMEN.27S_EVANGELISTIC_CORPS women's corps], at least such as [[desired]], to go to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. And this was the last time [[Abner]] ever saw [[Jesus]] in the [[flesh]]. His [[farewell]] to [[Abner]] was: " My son, I know you will be true to [[the kingdom]], and I [[pray]] [[the Father]] to grant you [[wisdom]] that you may [[love]] and [[understand]] your brethren. "

171:3.3 As they [[traveled]] from city to [[city]], large numbers of their followers deserted to go on to [[Jerusalem]] so that, by the time [[Jesus]] started for the [[Passover]], the number of those who followed along with him day by day had dwindled to less than two hundred.

171:3.3 As they [[traveled]] from city to [[city]], large numbers of their followers deserted to go on to [[Jerusalem]] so that, by the time [[Jesus]] started for the [[Passover]], the number of those who followed along with him day by day had dwindled to less than two hundred.

171:3.4 [[The apostles]] [[understood]] that [[Jesus]] was going to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. They knew that the [[Sanhedrin]] had [[broadcast]] a [[message]] to all [[Israel]] that he had been [[condemned]] to die and directing that anyone knowing his whereabouts should inform the [[Sanhedrin]]; and yet, despite all this, they were not so alarmed as they had been when he had announced to them in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] that he was going to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] to see [[Lazarus]]. This [[change]] of [[attitude]] from that of [[intense]] [[fear]] to a [[state]] of hushed [[expectancy]] was mostly because of [[Lazarus]]'s [[resurrection]]. They had reached the conclusion that [[Jesus]] might, in an [[emergency]], [[assert]] his [[divine]] [[power]] and put to [[shame]] his [[enemies]]. This [[hope]], coupled with their more [[profound]] and [[mature]] [[faith]] in the [[spiritual]] [[supremacy]] of their [[Master Son|Master]], accounted for the outward [[courage]] displayed by his [[immediate]] followers, who now made ready to follow him into [[Jerusalem]] in the very face of the open [[declaration]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] that he must die.

171:3.4 [[The apostles]] [[understood]] that [[Jesus]] was going to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. They knew that the [[Sanhedrin]] had [[broadcast]] a [[message]] to all [[Israel]] that he had been [[condemned]] to die and directing that anyone knowing his whereabouts should inform the [[Sanhedrin]]; and yet, despite all this, they were not so alarmed as they had been when he had announced to them in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amman Philadelphia] that he was going to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] to see [[Lazarus]]. This [[change]] of [[attitude]] from that of [[intense]] [[fear]] to a [[state]] of hushed [[expectancy]] was mostly because of [[Lazarus]]'s [[resurrection]]. They had reached the conclusion that [[Jesus]] might, in an [[emergency]], [[assert]] his [[divine]] [[power]] and put to [[shame]] his [[enemies]]. This [[hope]], coupled with their more [[profound]] and [[mature]] [[faith]] in the [[spiritual]] [[supremacy]] of their [[Master Son|Master]], accounted for the outward [[courage]] displayed by his [[immediate]] followers, who now made ready to follow him into [[Jerusalem]] in the very face of the open [[declaration]] of the [[Sanhedrin]] that he must die.

171:3.5 The [[majority]] of [[the apostles]] and many of his inner [[disciples]] did not [[believe]] it possible for [[Jesus]] to die; they, [[believing]] that he was " the [[resurrection]] and the life, "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_11] regarded him as [[immortal]] and already [[triumphant]] over [[death]].

171:3.5 The [[majority]] of [[the apostles]] and many of his inner [[disciples]] did not [[believe]] it possible for [[Jesus]] to die; they, [[believing]] that he was " the [[resurrection]] and the life, "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_11] regarded him as [[immortal]] and already [[triumphant]] over [[death]].

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[[Category:Paper 171 - On the Way to Jerusalem]]

[[Category:Paper 171 - On the Way to Jerusalem]]

[[Category: Wishful Thinking]]

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