d out their money
and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said,

"Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of
merchandise."

And the people wondered why they should obey this strange young man,
but they did.

It was the Divine light in the face of Jesus, and not the bit of cord
that drove them out. They saw that He had a right to clear the Temple
courts.

Then the Jews wondered who had given Him this right, and they said to
Him,

"What sign showest Thou unto us, seeing Thou doest these things?"

And this was the sign He gave them: "Destroy this Temple, and in three
days I will raise it up."

He knew that they would not understand this, but they would remember it
after they had crucified Him and He had risen from the dead, for He
spoke of His body.

The Jews turned scornfully away. The Temple had been forty-six years
in building, and they thought His promise an idle boast, but they did
not forget it. Three years after they helped to bring Him to the
cross, accusing Him in the High priests palace of saying these things.

CHAPTER XI.

A TALK ABOUT THE BREATH OF GOD.

Jesus was in the Temple most of the time during the Passover Feast. He
taught the people standing among the marble pillars of the outer court.
He also did miracles among them, and many believed on Him because of
the miracles, but He, knowing their hearts, saw not one among them whom
He would call to be with Him in His work, for He could not wholly trust
them. The Pharisees and Doctors of the Law also stood and listened to
Him, and among them was one whose heart turned toward Jesus. He was
one of the highest of the Pharisees, but his heart was not so proud and
full of self-love as the hearts of most of the Pharisees. His name was
Nicodemus. He longed to talk with Jesus, but he was afraid of what the
other Pharisees would say.

He found out where the camp of the Galilean company was, and one night
went out of the city gate, across the Kedron bridge and up the slope of
the Mount of Olives and found Jesus. There was no place to talk
quietly in the crowded tents, so they must have gone out under the
shadowy olive trees to talk.

"Master," he said--and it was much for the wise Pharisee to speak so
humbly to the young carpenter of Galilee--"Master, we know that Thou
art a teacher come from God, for no man can do these miracles that Thou
doest except God be with him."

Jesus looked through the h