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Title: Jesus of Nazareth: His life and teachings; founded on the four Gospels, and illustrated by reference to the manners, customs, religious beliefs, and political institutions of His times
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922
Subjects: Jesus Christ
Publisher: New York, Harper
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Jesus for leave to follow up this retreat of their foes witha vigorous onslaught. Peter can not wait for a reply, butdraws his sword on Malchus, who loses an ear instead of hisliead only because the assault is too impetuous to be sure-aimed. It is by no means certain that for the moment re-sistance would have been in vain. It is reasonably certainthat escape was possible. But Jesus will neither resist nor flee. Tlie suddenness ofthe exigency has no power to disturb his equanimity. Hecommands his disciples to put up their swords. With a touchof the hand he restores the ear of the high-priests servant.Of his captors he asks but one favor, that his discij^les be suf-fered to depart unmolested. This request the eleven inter-pret as a command to them to flee. In that moment theirmasters prophecies of his sufterings and death flash with newsignificance across their minds. While the soldiery, now re- * As, for example, Samson, Judges xv., 15 ; Jonathan, 1 Sam. xiv., 1-23;David, 1 Sam. xvii.
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THE ARREST. Thurs., Apr. G.J THE ARREST. 439 assured, seize Jesus, his frightened followers make good theirescape. Meanwhile, the spell of the momentary awe broken,every hand of the guard is ready to help in binding the pris-oner. To this Christ oflfers a dis^nified but unavailino; remon-strance. He is not a thief or a robber, he says, and if he wasdeserving of arrest, might have been taken at any time in theTemple. But he offers no resistance. The thongs are boundaround his wrists, and the guard, this work accomplished, re-trace their steps by the way they came, their prisoner in theirmidst. Judas still accompanies them. In the dark shadows of the trees, and beneath the over-hanging houses of the narrow streets, two figures furtivelycreep, following the guard. These are Peter and John, de-termined to see the final issue of this fearful night.

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