16 I have a little band of guards, well horsed and armed, and they will take you out beyond the reach of harm. 17 You must not tarry here, young man, you must arise and go. 18 And Jesus said, A noble prince has Cæsar in his Pilate Pontius, and from the point of carnal man your words are seasoned with the wise man’s salt; but from the point of Christ your words are foolishness. 19 The coward flees when danger comes; but he who comes to seek and save the lost must give his life in willing sacrifice for those he comes to seek and save. 20 Before the pasch has been consumed, lo, all this nation will be cursed by shedding blood of innocence; and even now the murderers are at the door. 21 And Pilate said, It shall not be; the sword of Rome will be unsheathed to save your life. 22 And Jesus said, Nay, Pilate, nay; there are no armies large enough in all the world to save my life. 23 And Jesus bade the governor farewell, and went his way; but Pilate sent a double guard with him lest he should fall into the hands of those who were alert to take his life. 24 But in a moment Jesus disappeared; the guards saw him no more, and in a little while he reached the brook of Kidron where the eleven were. 25 Now, just beyond the brook there was an orchard and a home where one, Massalian, lived, where Jesus oft had been. 26 Massalian was his friend, and he believed that Jesus was the Christ that Jewish prophets long ago had said would come. 27 Now, in the orchard was a sacred knoll; Massalian called the place Gethsemane. 28 The night was dark, but in the orchard it was doubly dark and Jesus bade the eight disciples tarry by the brook, 29 While he, with Peter, James and John went to Gethsemane to pray. 30 They sat beneath an olive tree, and Jesus opened up the mysteries of life to Peter, James and John. He said, 31 The Spirit of eternity is One unmanifest; and this is God the Father, God the Mother, God the Son in One. 32 In life of manifests the One became the Three, and God the Father is the God of might; and God the Mother is omniscient God, and God the Son is love. 33 And God the Father is the power of heaven and earth; and God the Mother is the Holy Breath, the thought of heaven and earth; and God the Son, the only son, is Christ, and Christ is love. 34 I came as man to manifest this love to men, 35 As man I have been subject unto all the trials and temptations of the human race; but I have overcome the flesh, with all its passions and its appetites. 36 What I have done all men can do. 37 And I am now about to demonstrate the power of man to conquer death; for every man is God made flesh. 38 I will lay down my life, and I will take it up again, that you may know the mysteries of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the dead. 39 I lay me down in flesh, but I will rise in spirit form with power to manifest myself so mortal eyes can see.