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What is said regarding the conduct of his Apostles on the evening preceding the crucifixion?
Luke: “And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest” ([xxii, 24]).
This was immediately after he had announced his speedy betrayal and death and when his disciples, if sincere, must have manifested the deepest sadness and humility. If the Evangelist is not a base calumniator the Apostles were a set of heartless knaves.