The Great Gospel of John
Volume 4
Jesus' Precepts and Deeds through His Three Years of Teaching
Jesus near Caesarea Philippi (cont.)
- Chapter 85 -
Zorel is entrusted to Cornelius.
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(The Lord:) "However, now it has become evening and our landlord Markus has prepared the evening meal, and since we have made a good catch with you, we will also enjoy the evening meal in the best possible manner on this earth; however, in My kingdom in the beyond one day things will be somewhat better! After the evening meal we will not deal with sleeping, but with something completely different, and tomorrow, before the sun comes up, we will part for a while; since I still have many places to visit. But you, Raphael, go now to the women and let them return here; since the negotiations which concerned them little or nothing at all, is over, and the time for the evening meal has approached!"
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Raphael goes and calls all the women and Jarah comes to Me and says: "O Lord! You my love! It seemed like an eternity to me, until we were called again; but now all thanks to You, that I'm allowed to be in Your presence! Were we female beings really not allowed to hear what You, o Lord, has discussed with Zorel?"
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Says I: "No, because it would be much too early before the right time for you female beings; by the way, you really have missed anything, - since at the right time everything will be revealed to you. But now comes the evening meal, and you can enjoy yourself quite a lot with Josoe and with Raphael, whom I will only introduce to Zorel after the evening meal; because he doesn't know anything of him yet.
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Today after the meal we again will stay awake until morning, and you all will this last night, which I will spend bodily among you, see and hear such a mass of miraculous things like never before; since in this night you should completely get to know, who He is, who just now has spoken such to you. But about this, nobody is allowed to know something beforehand! - But you, My Zorel, stay close to Kornelius; since he, and not Cyrenius, will from now on your provider!"
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Says Cyrenius: "Lord! I do not grudge my brother anything which is in anyway good; but I also would like very much to have Zorel with me!"
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Says I: "Your wish makes My heart very joyful and counts as the work itself; but from all those who have been converted here you have in any case taken the biggest number under your wings! In Zinka and his companions you have a treasure, you also have Stahar, Murel and Floran, Hebram and Risa, Suetal, Ribar and Bael, Herme with his wife and daughters, and also have now your two daughters Gamiela and Ida, including those which I haven appointed as your sun-in-laws, and the miracle boy Josoe; and it goes without saying that all their staff is given to you, and therefore you can be very contented! Your brother only gets Zorel, and he will for the time being provide a good service to his house and later to the foreigners, for which I have awaken him. You will anyway visit your brother quite often, and then you will be able to discuss quite a lot with our Zorel. - Are you still sad, that I did not gave Zorel to you?"
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Says Cyrenius: "O Lord! How can You ask me something like that?! You know it, that only Your holy will is my highest bliss, irrespective of what it says! In anyway there does not goes one full month by where I visit the brother or the brother me, either officially or because of old brotherly love, and then there surely will be an opportunity to speak a word with him!
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But earlier you have told the lovely Jarah, that You will perform a lot of miracles during the night, since we all have been sufficiently introduced to Your being; now, what might be the main event of the miracles?"
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Says I: "Dearest friend! This you will observe and hear with all the others at the right time! But now behold, the old Markus most diligently carries food to the tables like wine, salt and bread, and above all his daughters are requiring a good strengthening; therefore we will not undertake, speak or discuss anything before the completion of the evening meal!"