“In the hills beyond Jerusalem he met Satan, who said to him, “I am Man’s Prince, and you are Man’s Son, and we are of a kind, you and I. These stones can be as bread to us. These cities can be as beds. Everything you see here is your home.” But Jesus answered him, “You are not of my family,” and departed from him into Galilee. There he gathered around him twelve disciples, and he lived with them for many years, telling them stories and supposing them to be his brothers. But they did not underst...and him, for they were not of his family, so in time he sent them away. He was called to a wedding in Cana one day, where he met his mother. Seeing her, he was filled with sorrow, for though she embraced him as a son, even she did not truly know him. She was of this world, and he was of another. “Woman,” he said, “what have I to do with you?” When he died on the cross, he died between strangers. This is another story: At Golgotha, the place of skulls, Jesus was crucified, and wrapped in linen, and sealed into the earth, and this might have been the end of him, but it was not.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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