I Beheld His Glory

You let me ever mother mother

there's a Roman soldier where's the

house of L kissed another worker I I

don't know this is the village of flower

each is it yes sir I've been too far

from guessing games where I find out

this you passed the streets a second one

back there run quick by the back way and

warn your father and third no the fourth

house it isn't

I'll get back it is sighs sweat

you're looking for ID sir

yes he's not in there sir left the

village two days ago there's no one in

there sir it's two things we shouldn't

stay here another moment who puts people

to them the room no are they when they

really going fast please at least wait

till we've had tax instead of rumors all

we've heard is mere gossip about some

rabbi having been put to death in.

Jerusalem a young rabbi in Galilee

how many men took that description more

than one remember my friend LTS kinsman

is traveling with the Nazarene surely

let us know if any trouble of the RISM

you fee have secured with all the others

you stay and greet the Roman swords not

me take my advice you'll scatter be

hoards too late

which of you is our theas I'm not not I

I I was just leaving if you'll excuse me

I am Elias and these men are merely my

guests for the evening Thomas said I

might find others meeting with you men

will say anything under torture I

we just stopped him for a moment

our interest is in God not in any revolt

against Rome and I'm here on my own

business not Caesars no cousin Thomas

has been too late in Jerusalem but he

found out I was travelling this way he

asked me to give you a message

my name is Cornelius welcome to my home.

Rachel water and linen for our guests my

dear then food and wine let me have your

helmet long journey over those mountains

and a dusty one

if I can look around this may be a Roman

trap

there now I feel better and the methods

from Thomas doesn't concern the Nazarene

name Jesus was he put to death was

simply curious that all my cousin had he

been arrested in one of the Galileans of

the pond one at a time one at a time

your cousin is free and a good health

sir all the Galileans close followers

that is all but one Judas Iscariot who

died by his own hand and the Galilean he

is dead he was he was crucified

no what reason waited to go on Thomas

said tell all you know leave out nothing

should we make ourselves comfortable two

months ago I was stationed to the north

beyond the sea of Tiberias which you

call Galilee there my band had the love

to capture a feeding murderer called.

Barabbas

remember levels of all I know I know you

heard of him as a patriot of the people

neither was that band but if you'd had

your outpost brutally massacred you're

on the centrist knife in the back you

well what at any rate we caught it him

we crushed his rebel army put him in.

Chains marched into Jerusalem for the

honor of being sentenced to death by the

procurator I gave my testimony and

listened as Pilate tried to question the

prisoner but Barabbas sneered the

governor refused to answer

and when sentence of death was passed

cursed as the soldiers led him off to

prison.

I was commended in order to stay in the

city with my men

until the end of the Passover feasts

century-long China's where on the Empire

did you drop from six months ago.

Carthage before that Alexandria welcome

to duty in the city how'd you know I

draw on that what do you think suggested

keeping you here to the procurator

maneuver to share is quarters with you

this way we'll take the shotgun to the

temple court yeah well they've changed

things around since I was last here

changed Uther look like a stockyard

bollocks of goats sheeps and pigeons for

sacrifices money changes tables over

there they wear until three days ago the

new young teacher a man from the north

drove them out single-handed

one man one man to be exact that man

Jesus bar Joseph from Nazareth and.

Galilee I think I've heard it you'd

arrived here four days ago you diverted

nothing else

oh there's Sunday morning I had a report

of trouble at the gate of the Lille

so I went down to investigate the next

thing I knew I was caught up in a crowd

shouting hail a messiah hail did Jesus

of Nazareth King of the Jews they threw

down their cloaks for him to ride oh he

was mounted on the donkey walking on the

carpet of robes and palm branches.

I was sure we had a revolution on our

hands but I was jammed so tightly in the

mob I couldn't get out to let the guy he

rode up at the temple gates looked at

them with tears in his eyes and went

away just like that just like that and

believe me I would delighted to see him

go the next morning he was back here in

the temple courtyard storming at the

changes in cellars for turning a sacred

place into a thieves den they scattered

before him like rats you know he's a man

of courage well I wouldn't call it money

changes of valiant sort of enemy why

don't mean just for baiting them but for

having the nerve to come back here he

must realize that the high priest can

stand no such opposition the very stone

which the builders rejected has become

the hair off corner what's wrong they go

to a chiral over and see what's

happening this was the Lord's doing and

it is marvelous in all we know that you

are true and do not regard the position

of men but truly teach the words of God

is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or

not a very choice trap

if he says pay the entire crowd turns

against him don't pay an IRS to the

trees will come to eat your answer

should we play them or should we not or

put me to the test because of your great

authority and wisdom bring me a corn

whose likeness and inscription is on it

why Caesars render to Caesar the things

that are Caesar's and to God the things

that are gods

do baddies no Roman the de Jews meant of

his cut better go back to Galilee or at

least get out of Jerusalem Arabia cuffs

for twisting their beds are to courtyard

lawyers no no for preserving the peace

that Augustus demands of this province

I know you make a point of ignoring

politics but this sovereign state of.

Israel is a vast steaming cauldron ready

to boil over if it does we all be

scalded wine without trouble of you no

need for armies we'd be slaving on a

farmer putting away in a mine personally

I prefer the Empress salt it's fed me

and I bled furred but if I have to breed

again I prefer doing it for profit or

glory not to cover up another man's

stupidity such as marrying a lady from

the purple mm well almost from the

president might have bought Pontius a

governor's throne but it didn't give him

a Statesman's mind he's still a soldier

always will be

what's the matter with that you've been

out in the Desert Sun far too long not

me

I have said in the Statesman before

adding a soldier commander any day when

trouble starts a soldier crushes it fast

he doesn't dick win argue till the

enemy's entrenched in the best positions

if it was years ago we had a cohort at

every 10 mile post I'd agree the Empire

has grown too large a troop to spread

far too thin we 28 legions to control

the world 3 in Britain 5 on the Rhine 9

spread the length of the Danube and 11

split from Dacia through Arabia in Egypt

to Carthage in Spain and we've won only

one in all Judea

well this is it Thank You bed I had your

trunk brought over make yourself at home

that bed looks good we can't rule

through crushing power anymore my friend

in these times we need the help of such