"He said, 'I told you, and ye believed not; the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.'"
"Then they thought perhaps he was Messiah."
"The people on one or two occasions were so persuaded of it that they wanted to take him by force and make him king."
"And he refused?"
"He refused. You know, he came 'to give his life a ransom for many;' not to enjoy worldly honour."
"But how then should he save Israel from all their enemies?"
"Who are Israel's enemies? 'He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities;' and when once they turn to the Lord, there will be no other enemies that can work them harm. You know it was always so."
David sighed and the reading went on. But again he started at the fourth chapter of Luke and the words read by the Lord from Isaiah and his appropriation of them. David stopped.
"Here it is again," he said. "'This day is this scripture fulfilled—' That is plain."
"Nothing could be plainer. But they would not see it."