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AS OTHERS SAW HIM.
whom the man with the scourge had spoken, and greeted them with the greeting of peace.
"Peace unto thee, master," said one of them in the same northern accent I had noticed in their leader.
"Who is that man," I said, "that has just gone into the Temple cloister?"
"Jesus of Nazara, in Galilee."
"And whose son is he?" I asked.
The man looked at his companions ere he answered,—
"Of Joseph ben Eli the carpenter, and Miriam his wife."
"And what is his trade?" I continued.
"A wheelwright," he said; "the best wheels and yokes in all Capernaum are made by him."
"But is he of the country-folk,[1] or a pupil of the wise?"
"Nay, master, he knoweth the Law and the Prophets."
"Of what party is he? Boethusian he
- ↑ Ὄχλος τοῦ ἀγροῦ, seemingly the translation of the Hebrew עם הארץ used for those unlearned in the Law; this term seems to have passed through much the same history as "pagan."—Ed.
