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He walked, now passing the mesa that had once, in what seemed another world, been his home. And he thought, and tried to think, what must be done. WHAT MUST BE DONE. And how to do it. Where was Akar? How long before Barabbas would follow? Surely in this they were not enemies. Which path would the Changed One follow?
So Pilate, willing to do what would be satisfactory to the people, released to them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus to be scourged, in order to be crucified. Then the soldiers led him to the hall, which is the Praetorium, and called together the whole band.
And the men had killed it in a fierce battle, but his father lay bloodied and unmoving. Barabbas had stood for a long time -alone, shaken but not from fear -then had taken the two of them aside. His heavy hands said simply, 'I am your father now. He had turned to walk away, then turned again and said. 'I am sorry. A sob made him breathe heavily and drop his head: a single tear.
To the devil and Barabbas with such books, that have brought to ruin in this way the finest understanding there was in all La Mancha!"
Well, they got Barabbas; and they got, of course, such guidance as Barabbas and the like of him could give them; and, of course, they stumbled ever downwards and devilwards, in their truculent stiffnecked way; and and, at this hour, after eighteen centuries of sad fortune, they prophetically sing "Ou' clo!" in all the cities of the world.
Gherardi even was not without his own fears, he instinctively felt that Moretti knew more about himself than was either safe or convenient. "We all live for Barabbas," pursued Moretti, an ironical smile playing on his thin lips, "Not for Christ! Barabbas, in the shape of the unscrupulous millionaire, robs the world! and we share the spoils, pardon his robberies, and set him free.
When they rested at an oasis, it was like a royal camp; servants handed him water from the spring in a crystal goblet, skilful cooks prepared the meal; beautiful women, whose skin was soft as velvet and brown as copper, spread out their black hair for him and delighted him with harp-playing, while armed men kept watch against the desert chief, Barabbas.
Meantime, John Gale, having abruptly left Golly at the door of St. Barabbas' hospital, tactfully avoiding an unseemly altercation with the cab-driver regarding her exact fare, pursued his way thoughtfully to the residence of his uncle, the First Lord of the Admiralty. He found his Lordship in his bath-room.
Women in chains wept loudly, not so much on account of their imprisonment they took that almost as a matter of course but because their master was being murdered in the tent. So the second chief snatched a torch from a servant, hastened to the tent, and arrived just in the nick of time. "Barabbas!" he exclaimed, taking hold of the murderer, "don't you remember what we determined?
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." And Pilate would not wait for the answer to his question, What is truth? and the Jews chose Barabbas. Would you and I have acted differently? The answer of our Lord to Pilate contains the essence of Christianity.
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