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But he denied, saying, "I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest." And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, "This is one of them." And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, "Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto."
And then that awful struggle between her affection and her sense of right, the doubts and terrors, the wakeful nights and joyless days, the vast blank of life that stretched before her poor eyes, half-blind with their woman's weeping. "O Galilaean, Thou hast conquered," were the words that came to her when the crucial test had been passed, and she had parted with her beloved.
Set forth how these spectacles, formerly the glory of the empire, had withered under Galilaean superstition.... How the only path toward the full enjoyment of eye and ear was a frank return to those deities, from whose worship they originally sprang, and connected with which they could alone be enjoyed in their perfection.... But I need not teach you how to do that which you have so often taught me: so now to consider our spectacle, which, next to the largess, is the most important part of our plans.
"You are right. An extraordinary atoning sacrifice is necessary, and as the Passover is approaching, let us sacrifice the Galilaean." "Good! But the offering should be pure. Is the Galilaean pure?" "Pure as a lamb." "May he then take Israel's sins upon him, that we may be set free through his blood. Who brings him into our hands?" "One of his disciples, who stands outside." "Fetch him in."
"Yes, do that. And before the Passover you must bring the Galilaean before me, for I wish to see him." "I will." "Then go in peace." Caiaphas retired. "They are a hard people, these Israelites," said Pilate, for want of something better to say.
"It is the Galilaean, who has taken to using force, and has driven the money-changers out of the Temple." Herod's curiosity was aroused: "I should like to see him." "He has already gone." "Tell us, High Priest, who is this man? Is he the Messiah?" "That is incredible. The son of a poor carpenter, who is weak in the head!" "Is he a prophet?"
"What you speak in foolishness, young man, can neither bring credit to you nor to your teacher." "Woe unto you when men praise you, and he who departeth from evil maketh himself a prey." Caiaphas turned to Annas: "This is not the man who will deliver the Galilaean up to us." "They have sent another one Listen! Is your name Iscariot?" "No; my name is John."
I rolled on my tongue with a terrible joy, as did all young men of that time, the taunts which Swinburne hurled at the dreariness of the creed "Thou hast conquered, O pale Galilaean, the world has grown gray with Thy breath." The poet maintained, indeed, in the abstract, that life itself was pitch dark. And yet, somehow, Christianity had darkened it.
"They have already paid with their lives," answered Maximus. "Are you also a Galilaean?" "No; but I love justice." "Justice and its guardian-goddess Astrasa left the earth when the Iron Age began; now she is a star in heaven." "In the Zodiac," interrupted Priscus; "I believe also, we all live in Zodiacs, and there justice has no place." A sudden murmur of voices was heard from the camp.
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.
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