177:0.3 When [[Jesus]] made ready to go into the hills [[alone]], [[David Zebedee]] accosted him, saying: " You well know, Master, that the [[Pharisees]] and rulers seek to destroy you, and yet you make ready to go alone into the hills. To do this is [[folly]]; I will therefore send [[three]] men with you well [[prepared]] to see that no harm befalls you. " [[Jesus]] looked over the three well-armed and [[stalwart]] [[Galilean]]s and said to [[David Zebedee|David]]: " You mean well, but you [[err]] in that you fail to [[understand]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] needs no one to [[defend]] him. No man will lay hands on me until that hour when I am ready to lay down my life in [[conformity]] to [[the Father|my Father]]'s will. These men may not accompany me. I [[desire]] to go [[alone]], that I may [[commune]] with [[the Father]]. " | 177:0.3 When [[Jesus]] made ready to go into the hills [[alone]], [[David Zebedee]] accosted him, saying: " You well know, Master, that the [[Pharisees]] and rulers seek to destroy you, and yet you make ready to go alone into the hills. To do this is [[folly]]; I will therefore send [[three]] men with you well [[prepared]] to see that no harm befalls you. " [[Jesus]] looked over the three well-armed and [[stalwart]] [[Galilean]]s and said to [[David Zebedee|David]]: " You mean well, but you [[err]] in that you fail to [[understand]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Man Son of Man] needs no one to [[defend]] him. No man will lay hands on me until that hour when I am ready to lay down my life in [[conformity]] to [[the Father|my Father]]'s will. These men may not accompany me. I [[desire]] to go [[alone]], that I may [[commune]] with [[the Father]]. " |