nd,
finally, set off anew in haste towards Sion. Newsmongers and servants
were hurrying forward to ascertain what was going on; in order that
they might return and give the account to those who remained at home;
and the bolting and barricading of doors might be plainly heard, as
many persons were much alarmed and feared an insurrection, while a
thousand different propositions were made and opinions given, such as
the following:--'Lazarus and his sisters will soon know who is this man in
whom they have placed such firm reliance. Johanna Chusa, Susannah, Mary
the mother of Mark, and Salome will repent, but too late, the
imprudence of their conduct; Seraphia, the wife of Sirach, will be
compelled to make an apology to her husband now, for he has so often
reproached her with her partiality for the Galilean. The partisans of
this fanatical man, this inciter of rebellion, pretended to be filled
with compassion for all who looked upon things in a different light
from themselves, and now they will not know where to hide their heads.
He will find no one now to cast garments and strew olive-branches at
his feet. Those hypocrites who pretended to be so much better than
other persons will receive their deserts, for they are all implicated
with the Galilean. It is a much more serious business than was at first
thought. I should like to know how Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea
will get out of it; the High Priests have mistrusted them for some
time; they made common cause with Lazarus: but they are extremely
cunning. All will now, however, be brought to light.'

Speeches such as these were uttered by persons who were exasperated,
not only against the disciples of Jesus, but likewise with the holy
women who had supplied his temporal wants, and had publicly and
fearlessly expressed their veneration for his doctrines, and their
belief in his Divine mission.

But although many persons spoke of Jesus and his followers in this
contemptuous manner, yet there were others who held very different
opinions, and of these some were frightened, and others, being overcome
with sorrow, sought friends to whom they might unburden their hearts,
and before whom they could, without fear, give vent to their feelings;
but the number of those sufficiently daring openly to avow their
admiration for Jesus was but small.

Nevertheless, it was in parts only of Jerusalem that these
disturbances took place--in those parts where the messengers had been sent
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