. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . l no one what you have seen this night, untilthe Son of Man has risen from the dead. So, much as they wished to tell their fellow-disciplesof this wonderful sight, they obeyed their Master, andsaid not a word about it while Jesus was still with them. They said to Jesus, How is it that the teachers ofthe law say that the prophet Elijah must come beforethe Messiah-King appears? Elijah does come, answered Jesus, and he pre-pares the way for the coming of the King. And I tellyou that Elijah has already come, but the people have notknown him. They woul
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . l no one what you have seen this night, untilthe Son of Man has risen from the dead. So, much as they wished to tell their fellow-disciplesof this wonderful sight, they obeyed their Master, andsaid not a word about it while Jesus was still with them. They said to Jesus, How is it that the teachers ofthe law say that the prophet Elijah must come beforethe Messiah-King appears? Elijah does come, answered Jesus, and he pre-pares the way for the coming of the King. And I tellyou that Elijah has already come, but the people have notknown him. They would not listen to him, and havedone to him as they pleased. And just as it was withhim, so will it be with the Son of Man. He shall alsosuffer at the hands of men. Then the disciples understood that Jesus was speak-ing to them of John the Baptist, who like Elijah had livedin the wilderness, wore a mantle of skin, and fed on desert-food, and who, like Elijah, gave Gods message to thepeople, preparing the way for the coming of Jesus 257. As Jesus and his three disciples came down to the village at the foot of Mt. Hermon, a man eagerly besought him to cast an evil spirit out of his sou. 25S STfje pop toiti) tlje IBumti Spirit CHAPTER 49 WHEN JESUS and his three disciples came to thevillage at the foot of the mountain, they founda great crowd gathered around the other ninedisciples, and some of the Jewish teachers of the law, thescribes, talking with them very earnestly. Some of theglory of the last night still lingered upon the face of Jesus,and as the people looked upon him, they were filled withwonder and bowed down before him. Out of the crowd came a man running, whose faceshowed that he w^as in great trouble. He knelt beforeJesus and cried out: Teacher, I brought to you my son, in whom is anevil spirit, which has made him dumb. I pray you havemercy on him, and cure him, for he is my only the spirit seizes him and dashes him down. Itmakes him foam at the mou
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