[7] On "playfulness" in the words of Jesus, see Burkitt, the _Gospel History_, p. 142. See also _Life of Abp Temple_, ii. 681 (letter to his son 18 Dec. 1896), on the "beam in the eye" and the "eye of the needle"--"that faint touch of fun which all Oriental teachers delight in." [8] Luke iv, 22, _ethaumazon epi tois logois tes charitos_. [9] George Adam Smith, _Historical Geography of the Holy Land, ad loc._ [10] Matthew xiii, 56 says _pasai_, and Mark uses a plural. [11] Luke xi, 5. [12] Mark ix, 36, _enagkalisamenos_. [13] _Gospel History_, p. 285. [14] I believe that the allusion to dogs has been thrown back into Jesus' words from the woman's reply, and that she was the first to mention them. Note Mark's emphatic phrase _dia touton ton logon_; vii, 29. [15] _Gospel History_, p. 93 f. (with map). [16] The steady gaze and the pause are mentioned by the Gospels, in more than one place, as preceding utterance. There are of course great variations in the accounts of the last supper. [17] xxii, 28. [18] The author of _Rab and his Friends_. [19] ix, 36. [20] Cf. _ad Diognetum_, cited on p. 177. [21] I quote this from a friend to whom a Jew said as much; of course every general statement requires modification. Still the predominantly tribal character of Judaism implies contempt for the spiritual life of the Gentile Christian and pagan. If the knowledge of God was or is of value to the Jew, he has made little effort to share it. [22] _e.g._ Mark x, 24. [23] Titus iii, 4. [24] _Second Clement_ (so-called), 6, 7. [25] Tert. _de Or._ 1 (end). Cf. also c. 4, on the prayer in the Garden; and _de fuga_, 8. {141} CHAPTER V THE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS