VI
THE TRIBUTE OF CRITICISM TO CHRIST
'For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.'—DEUTERONOMY xxxii. 31.
'He asked His disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And they said, Some say that Thou art John the Baptist; some Elias; and others Jeremias or one of the prophets.'—S. MATTHEW xvi. 13, 14.
'What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He?—S. MATTHEW, xxii. 42.
'And there was much murmuring among the people concerning Him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay, but He deceiveth the people.'—S. JOHN vii. 12.
'Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life.'—S. JOHN vi. 67, 68.