11 If we are reason-blind; if prejudice be king today; if we resort to beastly force, and dye our hands in blood that may, in sight of Brahm, be innocent and pure,
12 His vengeance may fall down on us; the very rock on which we stand may burst beneath our feet; and our beloved priesthood, and our laws and shrines will go into decay.
13 But they would let him speak no more. The wrathful priests rushed up and beat him, spit upon him, called him traitor, threw him, bleeding, to the street.
14 And then confusion reigned; the priests became a mob; the sight of human blood led on to fiendish acts, and called for more.
15 The rulers, fearing war, sought Jesus, and they found him calmly teaching in the market-place.
16 They urged him to depart, that he might save his life; but he refused to go.
17 And then the priests sought cause for his arrest; but he had done no crime.
18 And then false charges were preferred; but when the soldiers went to bring him to the judgment hall they were afraid, because the people stood in his defense.
19 The priests were baffled, and they resolved to take his life by stealth.
20 They found a man who was a murderer by trade, and sent him out by night to slay the object of their wrath.