's favour" with any
answer, and to leave the Temple at once, unnoticed, by the back
entrances.

The broad square in front of the Temple was a sea of heads. As many
persons as possible had pushed their way in, but the greater number
surrounded the enormous building, and shouted incessantly: "We, too,
want to hear Him! Let Him come out and preach in the open air so that
we may see Him. Hail to the Messiah King! He shall reign in the
golden palace and in Solomon's glorious Temple!"

When Jesus stepped out of the Temple into the confusion. He heard the
shouts, and mounted the plinth of one of the immense pillars that
surrounded the building. Here again He spoke. Looking at the city He
hurled these words at the crowd:

"You boast of your glorious Temple! I tell you that not one stone of
this building shall remain on the other. For you have heaped up crime
upon crime. I find none of you thirsty, but you are all the worse for
drinking. The cup is full, and the present generation shall know it.
When desolation comes over the land, then let him who is in the valley
flee to the mountain, and let him who is in the field not return into
the city, and let him who is on the roof not come down, in order to
fetch his coat from the house. Fire and sword will meet him. Woe to
the women and children in those days: they will cry. Mountains fall on
us and crush us. It will be a wailing and lamentation such as has
never before been under the sun, and never will be again. Unappeasable
anger will overtake the people, Jerusalem will be destroyed, and its
inhabitants be led into captivity by strange nations. And men will be
judged according to their good or evil deed. Of two who are in the
field one will be accepted, the other cast out. Of two who lie in the
same bed one will be heard, the other ignored. The grain shall be
gathered in the barns, the weeds shall be burnt in the fire."

These words caused some murmuring in the crowd, and one of the
disciples wrung his hands in despair: "There will be trouble over this!"

Then His tone became gentler; "But do not despair; the days of that
misery shall be shortened. I will pray for it. Where there is carrion
there are eagles, and from the nation of sinners shall arise martyrs of
the truth of God. As the trees blossom and sprout after the hard
winter, so shall the Kingdom of Heaven blossom forth from the purified
people. For the glad tidings will penetrate through the who