"Who then are you?" they continued; "tell us, that we may have some answer to give to those who have sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

"Come, and you shall see," he replied. So they went, and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was then about four in the afternoon.

Jacob's Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about mid-day.

So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. "It was yesterday, about one o'clock," they said, "that the fever left him."

"Stand up," said Jesus, "take up your mat, and walk about."

The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began to walk about.

"The man who cured me," he answered, "said to me 'Take up your mat and walk about.'"

"Who was it," they asked, "that said to you 'Take up your mat and walk about'?"

"Make the people sit down," said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the men, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,

But Jesus, aware that his disciples were murmuring about it, said to them:

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who was about to betray him, though he was one of the Twelve.

After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.

And there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying 'He is a good man;' others: 'No! he is leading the people astray.'

No one, however, spoke freely about him, for fear of the Jews.

About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.

The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;

So there was a difference of opinion among them, and they again questioned the man; "What do you yourself say about him, for it is to you that he has given sight?"

But how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him--he is old enough- -he will tell you about himself."

"I know nothing about his being a bad man," he replied; "one thing I do know, that although I was blind, now I can see."

He does this because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep.

"John gave no sign of his mission," they said; "but everything that he said about this man was true."

"Are not there twelve hours in the day?" answered Jesus. "If a man walks about in the day-time, he does not stumble, because he can see the light of the sun;

But, if he walks about at night, he stumbles, because he has not the light."

Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,

In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighborhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked:

I am not speaking about all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but this is in fulfillment of the words of Scripture--'He that is eating my bread has lifted his heel against me.'

But I have spoken to you of these things that, when the time for them comes, you may remember that I told you about them myself.

What does he mean by 'In a little while'?" they said; "we do not know what he is speaking about."

I have spoken to you of all this in figures; a time is coming, however, when I shall not speak any longer to you in figures, but shall tell you about the Father plainly.

The High Priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

Why question me? Question those who have listened to me as to what I have spoken about to them. They must know what I said."

"If I said anything wrong, give evidence about it," replied Jesus; "but if not, why do you strike me?"

"Do you ask me that yourself?" replied Jesus, "or did others say it to you about me?"

It was the Passover Preparation Day, and about noon. Then he said to the Jews: "Here is your King!"

But the rest of the disciples came in the boat (for they were only about a hundred yards from shore), dragging the net full of fish.

Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus: "Master, what about this man?"