Then said Herod, "What have you really against him?"
"He hath profaned the Sabbath," said the rabbi.
Nathanael added, "He is a blasphemer."
And all the priests cried, "And as such the law declares him worthy of death."
Then said Ezekiel, "He has also spoken contemptuously of the Temple, which thy father so gloriously rebuilt; he has declared that he would rebuild a more beautiful one in three days."
Then Herod laughed and said, "Now that proves indeed that he is a king of fools."
Then said Jonas, "He has also spoken insultingly of thee. He has presumed to call thee, his lord and king, a fox."
"Then he has attributed to me a quality which he cannot certainly claim himself," replied Herod. "Clothe him—wrapped in this splendid robe he will play his part well before the people."
Then came in a servant bringing a white robe, which he put on the shoulders of Jesus, and after Jesus had been robed, Zabulon said to him, "Now for the first time thou wilt create a real sensation, thou great wonder-worker."
The priests cried, "He must die!"