GRM 160.1-2
The Gospel as revealed to me
Translation in progress
Notes for this theme
Jordan region
Page 5 of 5
Reading comfort
Aa
GRM 187.2 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
«I would prefer the track for caravans to this… garden, if You wish to call it so, and I am in full agreement with Simon» says the Iscariot.
«It was you who did not want the caravan route» replies Jesus.
«Ehi! certainly… But I would not have given in to the Gherghesenes. I would have gone away from there, but I would have continued beyond the river to Gadara, Pella and down to the south» grumbles Bartholomew.
And his great friend Philip concludes: «The roads belong to everybody, after all, and we could have passed through them well.»
«My friends! I am so anguished and disgusted… Do not increase My grief with your pettiness! Let Me seek some comfort in things which do not know how to hate…»
Detail
The apostles grumble and grumble about the path they're following, after they've left an area near Hippos and Gamala.
GRM 198.9 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
And during their absence the various groups continue their conversations. They narrate, comment and sigh on human harshness. Isaac tells what he has been able to find out about the Baptist. Some say he is at Machaerus, some at Tiberias. His disciples have not yet come back…
«But did they not follow him?»
«Yes. But near Doco those who had captured him crossed the river with their prisoner and no one knows whether they went up to the lake or down to Machaerus. John, Matthias and Simeon are moving around to find out and they will certainly not abandon him.»
«And you, Isaac, will certainly not abandon this new disciple. He will stay with Me for the time being. I want him to celebrate Passover with Me.»
«I will celebrate it in Jerusalem, in Johanna’s house. She saw me and offered a room for me and my companions. They are all coming this year. And we shall be there with Jonathan.»
«Those from Lebanon too?»
«Yes. Perhaps John’s disciples will not be able to come.»
«Johanan’s men are coming, did you know?»
«Are they? I will be at the door, near the priests offering sacrifices. I will see them and take them with me.»
«They will be arriving at the last moment. Their time is very limited. But they have a lamb.»
«I have one, too. A marvellous one. Lazarus gave me it. We will sacrifice this one and they can keep theirs for their journey back home.»
Annotation
The shepherds of Lebanon, i.e. Daniel and Benjamin.
Keywords
- Benjamin of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Daniel of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Elijah of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Isaac de Yutta (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Jean d'Endor (Félix)
- Jean-Baptiste
- Jeanne de Kouza
- John of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Jonathas of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Joseph of Joseph of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Levi of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
- Locations - Machéronte
- Locations - Tiberias
- Matthias (shepherd of the Nativity - formerly Tobias of Bethlehem)
- Places - Docco
- Shepherds of the Nativity
- Simeon of Bethlehem (shepherd of the Nativity)
GRM 216.2 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
Jesus is walking through the fields. It is a hot day. The place is desert. There is not a soul in the fields. There are only ripe ears of corn and a few trees here and there. Sunshine, corn, birds, lizards, green tufts of grass, which is still in the calm of the air, are the only things to be seen around Jesus. On one side of the main road along which Jesus is walking — a dusty dazzling ribbon between the fields undulating with corn — there is a little village, on the other side a farm. Nothing else.
Everybody is hot and proceeds in silence. They have taken off their mantles but as they are wearing woollen tunics, however light they may be, they suffer the heat just the same. Only Jesus, His two cousins and the Iscariot are wearing linen or hempen clothes. Jesus’ and the Iscariot’s garments are of white linen, whereas those of Alphaeus’ sons look thicker and heavier than linen and they are also dyed in a darker ivory shade, exactly the shade of unbleached hemp. The others are wearing their usual robes and are drying their perspiration with the linen cloth which covers their heads.
They reach a thicket of trees at a crossroads. They stop in the healthy shade and drink avidly out of their flasks.
«It is as warm as if it had been on the fire» grumbles Peter.
«I wish there was a little stream here! But there is absolutely nothing!» sighs Bartholomew. «I will have none left before long.»
«I think I would say that it is better to walk on the mountains» moans James of Zebedee, who is flushed with heat.
«A boat is the best of all. It is cool, restful, clean, ah!» Peter’s heart flies back to his lake and his boat.
«You are right. But there are sinners on the mountains as well as on the plains. If they had not driven us away from the Clear Water and had not persecuted us so closely, I would have come here between Tebeth and Shebat. But we shall soon be on the seaside. The air is cooled there by the open sea wind» says Jesus comforting them.
Detail
A reference to the Belle-Eau as the apostles walk in the stifling heat.
Annotation
If they hadn’t driven us out of Belle Eau and if they hadn’t been constantly on our heels, I would have come here between Tebet and Shebat. Early January. The disciples were driven out of “Belle Eau,” a property belonging to Lazarus on the banks of the Jordan River; see EMV 133.5–7, when the apostles learn of the threat. They are driven out in EMV 137, specifically in EMV 137.5.