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The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ may not advance further on dark roads, for an abyss is open at their feet."
13 “Earthly power is not of long duration and it is subject to many changes. It would be of no use for a man to revolt against it, for one power always succeeds another and it will thus be until the extinction of hu
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“On the contrary do you not see that the powerful and the rich sow among the sons of Israel a spirit of rebellion against the eternal power of Heaven?"
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And then the elders said : "Who art thou and from what country art thou come even unto us? Heretofore we have not heard thee spoken of, and we are even ignorant of thy name."
16 “I am an Israelite," answered Issa, “and on the day of my birth I saw the walls of Jerusalem, and heard the wailing of my brothers reduced to slavery and the lamentations of my sisters carried away among the heathen."
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“And my soul was painfully grieved when I saw that my brothers had forgotten the true God; while yet a child left my father's house to go and settle among other nations."
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"But hearing that my brothers suffered still greater torturers I returned to the country where my parents dwelt, to recall my brothers to the faith of their ancestors, which teaches us patience upon earth so that we may obtain perfect and sublime happiness above."
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