Porphyry

50.2 The vision shows them coming out of the village and starting their journey to Bethsaida. But I do not hear what they are saying, in fact the vision is interrupted and it is resumed only when they are entering Bethsaida. I realise that it is that town because I see Peter, Andrew and James, with their wives, awaiting Jesus at the entrance to the village.

«Peace be with you. Here I am.»

«We thank You, Master, also on behalf of those who are waiting for You. It is not the Sabbath today, but will You speak Your words to those waiting to hear You?»

«Yes, Peter, I will. In your house.»

Peter is overjoyed: «Come, then. This is my wife and this is John’s mother and these are their friends. But there are other people waiting for You: relations and friends of ours.»

«Tell them that I will speak to them this evening, before I leave.»

I forgot to mention that they left Capernaum at sunset and arrived at Bethsaida the following morning.

• Marie Salomé (mother of James and John of Zebedee)
• Porphyry

I see the kitchen in Peter’s house. In addition to Jesus, there are Peter and his wife, James and John. I think they have just finished eating their supper. They are talking, and Jesus takes an interest in fishing.

Andrew enters and says: «Master, there is the man here in whose house You are living, together with another man who says he is Your cousin.»

Jesus gets up and goes towards the door saying: «Let them come in.» And when He sees Judas Thaddeus in the light of the oil lamp and of the fireplace, He exclaims: «You, Judas?!»

«Yes, Jesus.» They kiss each other.

• André (apostle)
• James of Zebedee (apostle)
• John of Zebedee (apostle)
• Porphyry
• Simon-Pierre - Simon de Jonas (apostle)

60.1 Peter is speaking to Jesus. He says: «Master, I would like to ask You to come to my house. I did not dare to ask You last Sabbath. But… I would like You to come.»

«To Bethsaida?»

«No, here… to my wife’s house. I mean her home.»

«Why do you want that, Peter?»

«Well, for many reasons… also because today I was told that my mother-in-law is ill. If You would heal her, perhaps she…»

«Tell Me, Simon.»

«What I wanted to say is… if You go to her, she would stop… yes, well, You know, it is not the same thing to hear people speak of someone and to see and listen to someone, and if the person in question heals… well…»

«You mean also the ill-feeling would come to an end?»

«No, not exactly ill-feeling. But, You know… there are many opinions in the village, and she… does not know whom she should listen to. Come, Jesus.»

«I will come. Let us go. You will tell those who are waiting for Me that I will speak to them from your house.»

60.2 They go as far as a low house, even lower than Peter’s house at Bethsaida, and it is also closer to the lake. It is separated from the lake by the pebbly shore and I think that when there is a storm, the waves break against the walls of the house, which, while being low, is very wide, as if several people lived in it.

In the kitchen garden in front of the house, facing the lake, there is only an old gnarled vine, supported by a rustic pergola, and an old fig-tree which the winds, blowing from the lake, have bent towards the house. The ruffled foliage of the tree brushes the walls of the house and beats against the shutters of the little windows, which are now closed as a protection against the bright sunshine. There is nothing but the vine and the fig-tree and a greenish little wall of a low well.

«Come in, Master.»

There are some women in the kitchen, some are busy mending the nets, some are preparing the food. They greet Peter and they bow embarrassed to Jesus, peering up at Him curiously.

• Locations - Peter's mother-in-law's house in Capernaum
• Porphyry

• Jesus laughs
• Pierre's mother-in-law
• Porphyry

• Porphyry

• Porphyry

• Aglaé (veiled woman from Belle-Eau)
• André (apostle)
• Barthélémy - Nathanaël (apostle)
• Belle de Chorazeïn
• Herod Antipas
• Herodias
• James of Alphaeus (apostle)
• James of Zebedee (apostle)
• Jesus Christ
• John of Zebedee (apostle)
• Joseph d'Alphée
• Joseph of Arimathea
• Lazare
• Locations - Belle-Eau
• Marie Salomé (mother of James and John of Zebedee)
• Pharisees
• Porphyry
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• Summary of EMV

• Anne (wife of Nathanaël dit Barthélémy)
• Female disciples in the EMV (characters)
• Jeanne de Kouza
• Jonathas of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
• Kouza
• Marie (Philip's wife)
• Marie Salomé (mother of James and John of Zebedee)
• Marie d'Alphée (Mary of Cleophas)
• Porphyry

• André (apostle)
• Barthélémy - Nathanaël (apostle)
• James of Alphaeus (apostle)
• James of Zebedee (apostle)
• Joseph of Arimathea
• Judas de Kérioth (apostle)
• Jude of Alphée (apostle)
• Lazare
• Pharisees
• Philip (apostle)
• Porphyry
• Sanhedrin
• Simon the Zealot (apostle)
• Simon-Pierre - Simon de Jonas (apostle)
• Suffering and pain of Jesus Christ
• The Twelve
• The Virgin Mary
• The apostles' concern and humanity

• André (apostle)
• Anne (wife of Nathanaël dit Barthélémy)
• Barthélémy - Nathanaël (apostle)
• Female disciples in the EMV (characters)
• Judas de Kérioth (apostle)
• Marie (Philip's wife)
• Marie Salomé (mother of James and John of Zebedee)
• Marie d'Alphée (Mary of Cleophas)
• Marie de Kérioth (mother of Judas)
• Philip (apostle)
• Philippe's daughters
• Pierre's mother-in-law
• Pierre's relatives
• Porphyry
• Simon-Pierre - Simon de Jonas (apostle)
• Susanna of Cana
• The Virgin Mary