Jesus on the Way to Bethania. The Raising of Lazarus As Jesus was tarrying in a little place near Samaria where too the Blessed Virgin and Mary Cleophas were come to spend the Sabbath, they received the news of Lazarus’ death. After this event, which happened in Bethania, his sisters left that place and went […]
Month: January 2019
Journey of Jesus to the country of the Magi Kings and Egypt – Part 2
Jesus Instructs the New Disciples Upon Prayer and the Eight Beatitudes Early the next day Jesus left Mary’s house with the latest received and not yet well-instructed disciples, and crossing the road between Capharnaum and Bethsaida, went to that mount of instruction from which He had once dispatched the Apostles on their respective missions.1 It […]
Journey of Jesus to the country of the Magi Kings and Egypt – Part 1
Jesus Goes from Misael, The Levitical City, Through Thanach, Naim, Azanoth, And Damna to Capharnaum To the north of the suburb and on a declivity halfway up the height lay the beautiful pleasure garden of Misael, commanding a magnificent view of the gulf. Higher up on the hill one could see the pond, or morass, […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 9
Jesus Visits the Mines Near Chytrus From Mallep, Jesus, accompanied by the disciples, the disciple recently arrived from Naim and the sons of Cyrinus just come from Salamis (in all about twelve), went to a village of miners near Chytrus. He took a roundabout road to it of seven hours. On the way He paused […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 8
Jesus in the City of Mallep I noticed some men very respectfully closing the well outside of Chytrus, at which the disciples had been baptizing. The crowd that had been present at Jesus’ instructions, as well as the newly baptized, were upon the point of separating for their homes. Some were standing around several Jewish […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 7
Jesus at the Home of Jonas’ Father. Instruction at the Baptismal Well When Jesus visited the home of the Essenian, the father of Jonas, He was accompanied by His disciples only and some of the Doctors. He was received with the usual courtesies, that is, washing of the feet. The domestic arrangements were here much […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 6
Jesus Journeys Into the Country of Ornithopolis and Thence Takes Ship for Cyprus I saw Jesus with His followers, disciples and others, about fifty in all, journeying through a deep, mountainous ravine. It was a very remarkable-looking mountain. On two sides of it for about an hour in length were dwellings and sheds of light […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 5
Jesus in Capharnaum and Its Environs Jesus went from Dothain by a direct route to Capharnaum, where the feast of the homecoming was solemnly celebrated. Jesus and the disciples were invited to an entertainment in which some Pharisees also took part. When about to take their places at table, the disciple Manahem from Korea presented […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 4
Jesus in Bethania and Jerusalem About three hours from Bethania, but still in the desert, stood a solitary shepherd hut whose occupants depended for the most part on the charity of Lazarus. To this abode, Magdalen with a single companion, Mary Salome, a relative of Joseph, had come to meet Jesus. She had prepared for […]
From the second Pasch until the return of the island of Cyprus – Part 3
Jesus in Gessur and Nobe. Celebration of the Feast of Purim Jesus journeyed seven hours northeastward from Rechob to Gessur, where He stopped with the publicans, many of whom dwelt on the highroad leading to Damascus. Gessur was a beautiful, large city garrisoned by Roman soldiers. Jews and pagans occupied separate quarters, notwithstanding which the […]