Philochristus: Memoirs of a Disciple of the LordAbbott, Edwin Abbott
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Philochristus: Memoirs of a Disciple of the Lord
Abbott, Edwin Abbott
Christian fiction; Jesus Christ -- Fiction
So we came up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass on the day of the Feast of
the Passover, Jesus once more revealed himself visibly to us; and by the
mouth of Peter he spake concerning that which was to come, and said that
he must now be lifted up from among us: howbeit his Spirit should abide
with us, and thence we should receive the power of forgiving sins. Some
also said that they saw Jesus open his lips like unto one breathing forth
breath upon another; as if he then breathed upon us the spirit of
forgiveness: but this I saw not, nor anything that Jesus did, save that he
blessed and brake bread, after his wont.
Now after the Passover we waited patiently at Jerusalem for nigh forty
days; and all that time Jesus revealed himself not to any one of us,
neither by sight nor by voice: and we questioned much among ourselves
whether we ought to delay longer, for our hearts were desirous to preach
Jesus. But when the feast of Pentecost was now at hand the word of the
Lord Jesus came to us, saying that we should go forth to Mount Olivet,
even to Bethany. And we went forth even as the Lord led us: yet he spake
no word more to us; and it was now the tenth hour of the day. And after
that we had walked for some while this way and that way upon the uplands
of that mountain (even where our Master had walked in times past), and
when we had spoken much together concerning all that he had said and done
in these same places, behold, we came unto a hollow cleft in the mountain,
whither no path led, nor was any habitation of men nigh unto it. Now by
this time it wanted but a little of sunset: yet were we loth to go back to
Jerusalem till we should have understood what the will of the Lord might
be. So Peter said, “Sit we down here, and let us pray that the Lord may
reveal his will unto us.”
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