When I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.'

"Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Who has visited his people and wrought their deliverance,

Every one was awe-struck and began praising God. "A great Prophet has arisen among us," they said; "and God has visited his people."

Nicodemus, too--the man who had formerly visited Jesus by night--came with a roll of myrrh and aloes, weighing nearly a hundred pounds.

On the ground that he had visited people who were not circumcised, and had taken meals with them.

Simon has described the manner in which God first visited the Gentiles, in order to take from among them a people to bear his Name.