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177:3.1 [[The apostles]] spent most of this day walking about on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] and [[visiting]] with the [[disciples]] who were encamped with them, but early in the afternoon they became very [[Eager|desirous]] of seeing [[Jesus]] return. As the day wore on, they grew increasingly [[anxious]] about his [[safety]]; they felt inexpressibly [[lonely]] without him. There was much [[debating]] throughout the day as to whether [[the Master]] should have been allowed to go off by himself in the hills, accompanied only by an errand boy. Though no man openly so [[expressed]] his [[thoughts]], there was not one of them, save [[Judas Iscariot]], who did not [[wish]] himself in [[John Mark]]'s place.

177:3.1 [[The apostles]] spent most of this day walking about on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_of_Olives Mount Olivet] and [[visiting]] with the [[disciples]] who were encamped with them, but early in the afternoon they became very [[Eager|desirous]] of seeing [[Jesus]] return. As the day wore on, they grew increasingly [[anxious]] about his [[safety]]; they felt inexpressibly [[lonely]] without him. There was much [[debating]] throughout the day as to whether [[the Master]] should have been allowed to go off by himself in the hills, accompanied only by an errand boy. Though no man openly so [[expressed]] his [[thoughts]], there was not one of them, save [[Judas Iscariot]], who did not [[wish]] himself in [[John Mark]]'s place.

177:3.2 It was about midafternoon when [[Nathaniel]] made his [[speech]] on " Supreme Desire " to about half a [[dozen]] of [[the apostles]] and as many [[disciples]], the ending of which was: " What is wrong with most of us is that we are only halfhearted. We fail to [[love]] [[the Master]] as he loves us. If we had all wanted to go with him as much as [[John Mark]] did, he would [[surely]] have taken us all. We stood by while the lad approached [[the Master]] and offered him the basket, but when the Master took hold of it, the lad would not let go. And so [[the Master]] left us here while he went off to the hills with basket, boy, and all. "

177:3.2 It was about midafternoon when [[Nathaniel]] made his [[speech]] on " Supreme Desire " to about half a [[dozen]] of [[the apostles]] and as many [[disciples]], the ending of which was: " What is wrong with most of us is that we are only halfhearted. We fail to [[love]] [[the Master]] as he loves us. If we had all wanted to go with him as much as [[John Mark]] did, he would [[surely]] have taken us all. We stood by while the lad approached [[the Master]] and offered him the basket, but when the Master took hold of it, the lad would not let go. And so [[the Master]] left us here while he went off to the hills with basket, boy, and all. "

177:3.3 About four o'clock, runners came to [[David Zebedee]] bringing him [[word]] from his [[mother]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] and from [[Jesus]]' [[mother]]. Several days previously [[David Zebedee|David]] had made up his [[mind]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and rulers were going to [[Murder|kill]] [[Jesus]]. [[David Zebedee|David]] knew they were [[determined]] to destroy [[the Master]], and he was about [[Certainty|convinced]] that [[Jesus]] would neither exert his [[divine]] [[power]] to save himself nor [[permit]] his followers to employ [[force]] in his [[defense]]. Having reached these conclusions, he lost no [[time]] in dispatching a [[messenger]] to his [[mother]], urging her to come at once to [[Jerusalem]] and to bring [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]] and every member of his [[family]].

177:3.3 About four o'clock, runners came to [[David Zebedee]] bringing him [[word]] from his [[mother]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] and from [[Jesus]]' [[mother]]. Several days previously [[David Zebedee|David]] had made up his [[mind]] that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and rulers were going to [[Murder|kill]] [[Jesus]]. [[David Zebedee|David]] knew they were [[determined]] to destroy [[the Master]], and he was about [[Certainty|convinced]] that [[Jesus]] would neither exert his [[divine]] [[power]] to save himself nor [[permit]] his followers to employ [[force]] in his [[defense]]. Having reached these conclusions, he lost no [[time]] in dispatching a [[messenger]] to his [[mother]], urging her to come at once to [[Jerusalem]] and to bring [[Mother Mary|Mary]] the [[mother]] of [[Jesus]] and every member of his [[family]].

177:3.4 [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[mother]] did as her son requested, and now the runners came back to David bringing the [[word]] that his [[mother]] and [[Jesus]]' entire [[family]] were on the way to [[Jerusalem]] and should arrive sometime late on the following day or very early the next morning. Since [[David Zebedee|David]] did this on his own [[initiative]], he thought it [[wise]] to keep the matter to himself. He told no one, therefore, that [[Jesus]]' [[family]] was on the way to [[Jerusalem]].

177:3.4 [[David Zebedee|David]]'s [[mother]] did as her son requested, and now the runners came back to David bringing the [[word]] that his [[mother]] and [[Jesus]]' entire [[family]] were on the way to [[Jerusalem]] and should arrive sometime late on the following day or very early the next morning. Since [[David Zebedee|David]] did this on his own [[initiative]], he thought it [[wise]] to keep the matter to himself. He told no one, therefore, that [[Jesus]]' [[family]] was on the way to [[Jerusalem]].

177:3.5 Shortly after noon, more than twenty of the [[Greeks]] who had met with [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] at the [[home]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea] arrived at the camp, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] spent several hours in [[conference]] with them. These [[Greeks]], at least some of them, were well advanced in the [[knowledge]] of [[the kingdom]], having been instructed by [[Rodan]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

177:3.5 Shortly after noon, more than twenty of the [[Greeks]] who had met with [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] at the [[home]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_of_Arimathea Joseph of Arimathea] arrived at the camp, and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and [[John, the Apostle|John]] spent several hours in [[conference]] with them. These [[Greeks]], at least some of them, were well advanced in the [[knowledge]] of [[the kingdom]], having been instructed by [[Rodan]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria].

177:3.6 That evening, after returning to the camp, [[Jesus]] [[visited]] with the [[Greeks]], and had it not been that such a [[course]] would have greatly disturbed his [[apostles]] and many of his leading [[disciples]], he would have [[ordained]] these twenty [[Greeks]], even as he had [[the seventy]].

177:3.6 That evening, after returning to the camp, [[Jesus]] [[visited]] with the [[Greeks]], and had it not been that such a [[course]] would have greatly disturbed his [[apostles]] and many of his leading [[disciples]], he would have [[ordained]] these twenty [[Greeks]], even as he had [[the seventy]].

177:3.7 While all of this was going on at the camp, in [[Jerusalem]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and [[elders]] were [[amazed]] that [[Jesus]] did not return to address [[the multitudes]]. True, the day before, when he left [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], he had said, " I leave your house to you desolate. " But they could not [[understand]] why he would be willing to forego the great [[advantage]] which he had built up in the [[friendly]] [[attitude]] of the crowds. While they [[feared]] he would stir up a [[tumult]] among [[the people]], [[the Master]]'s last [[words]] to [[the multitude]] had been an [[exhortation]] to [[conform]] in every reasonable [[manner]] with the [[authority]] of those " who sit in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_23] But it was a [[busy]] day in the [[city]] as they [[simultaneously]] [[prepared]] for the [[Passover]] and [[perfected]] their [[plans]] for [[Murder|destroying]] [[Jesus]].

177:3.7 While all of this was going on at the camp, in [[Jerusalem]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen_Gadol chief priests] and [[elders]] were [[amazed]] that [[Jesus]] did not return to address [[the multitudes]]. True, the day before, when he left [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_temple the temple], he had said, " I leave your house to you desolate. " But they could not [[understand]] why he would be willing to forego the great [[advantage]] which he had built up in the [[friendly]] [[attitude]] of the crowds. While they [[feared]] he would stir up a [[tumult]] among [[the people]], [[the Master]]'s last [[words]] to [[the multitude]] had been an [[exhortation]] to [[conform]] in every reasonable [[manner]] with the [[authority]] of those " who sit in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]' seat. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_23] But it was a [[busy]] day in the [[city]] as they [[simultaneously]] [[prepared]] for the [[Passover]] and [[perfected]] their [[plans]] for [[Murder|destroying]] [[Jesus]].

177:3.8 Not many people came to the camp, for its [[establishment]] had been kept a well-guarded [[secret]] by all who knew that [[Jesus]] was expecting to stay there in place of going out to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] every night.

177:3.8 Not many people came to the camp, for its [[establishment]] had been kept a well-guarded [[secret]] by all who knew that [[Jesus]] was expecting to stay there in place of going out to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany Bethany] every night.

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