. The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today . mmunity of Anghcans. On the opposite side of the valley may be seen a chain of liillsrising some 990 feet above the jilains of Esdraelon. One ofthese heights is called in Arabic Djcbol el Qafsah, or the Mountof the Precipitation. This mountain has been venerated byChristians from early times as the one to which the Jews droveour Lord after the incident in the Synagogue (see page 261),to cast him down the precipice. And all they in the synagogue, when thej heard these things,were filled with %\Tath, and rose up, and thrust Himout of the
. The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today . mmunity of Anghcans. On the opposite side of the valley may be seen a chain of liillsrising some 990 feet above the jilains of Esdraelon. One ofthese heights is called in Arabic Djcbol el Qafsah, or the Mountof the Precipitation. This mountain has been venerated byChristians from early times as the one to which the Jews droveour Lord after the incident in the Synagogue (see page 261),to cast him down the precipice. And all they in the synagogue, when thej heard these things,were filled with %\Tath, and rose up, and thrust Himout of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereontheir city was built, that they might cast Him downheadlong. On the right of this mountain is a small hill known as the Montedel Tremore, where the Franciscans have built a chapel in themidst of cypress trees, for, according to a legend, this was the hillto which the Virgin, full of terror at seeing her Son carried off bythe Jews, came that she might see what they would do to Him. * St. Luke iv. 28, ?» ^•^ HH < < O THE GLORIES OF GALILEE 265 rhe Greeks also have this tradition, and a chapel to com-memorate the spot on a hill to the left of the mountain. ... One ill Sabbath, when He cameJourneying by Sychar, new from seeing John—John the Forerunner, who had surely said This is the Christ to be ! —He entered inThat synagogue thou sawest on the Hill;And stood to read. The Chazzan drew a scrollForth from the silken curtains of its the great Megillah to the pageMarked for the day, giving Esaias out,—And, from the Prophet, Jesus spake these words : The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me. Because He hath ANOINTED Me to PREACH THE GoSPEL TO THE POOR : HeHATH SENT Me TO HEAL THE BROKEN-HEARTED ; TO PREACHDELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERING OF SIGHTTO THE BLIND ; TO SET AT LIBERTY THEM THAT ARE BRUISED,TO PREACH THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD. This did He read, and spake, in majesty. That which was t
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