Thinkest thou that this Jesus will be to us such a leader? To me it seems that such can never be his office.”
The Nazarene interrupted him by saying,
“Doubt not thou the word of Jehovah.—Hath he not said that freedom shall be brought by his mighty one? Remember, too, the dignity of the Prophet and the authority of his words. When he shall cast off his garments of peace and gird on his armour, who shall stand before him?”
Sadoc mused instead of replying, and they went on in silence, except that one or other, from time to time, repeated some promise or uttered some prayer from their scriptures, which the events of the time revived in their hearts with unwonted power. “O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!” "As the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” “Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
