The Prince of the House of David : or, Three years in the Holy City. Being a series of the letters of Adina ... and relating as by an eye witness, all the scenes and wonderful incidents in the life of Jesus of nazareth, from his baptism in Jordan to his crucifixion on Calvary. Ed. by the Rev. Prof. J. H. Ingraham.

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Master's eyes bent upon him, with a tender and reproving
gaze, so full of sorrowing compassion, mingled with forgiveness, that I saw Peter stand, as if smitten with lightning. He then pressed his two hands to his face, and uttering a cry of anguish and despair, that made the HighPriest start, and which went to every heart, he rushed out,
by the open door, into the darkness, and disappeared. As
he did so, the cock, which was held tied upon the wrist
of the third witness, crowed twice, in so loud a tone, that it
caused some persons in the gross crowd to burst into
laughter, and to imitate him, greatly to the annoyance of
Caiaphas, who for some time could not still the confusion.
I then remembered the words of Jesus to Peter, spoken
but twelve hours before:' This night, even before the cock
crow the first watch of the morning, thou shalt thrice deny
that thou knowest me!' Upon this," added John. "my
confidence in my Master came back, full and strong, and
I felt that he would not, could not, be harmed; for, that
he foreknew all things that could happen to him, and
would escape danger of death.
" At length, when order was restored, so that Caiaphas
could be heard, he again addressed Jesus, saying) but
with more respect than before:
"'Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? a
adjure thee, by the living God, tell us plainly!'
"Jesus then elevated his princely form, and bending his
eyes upon the face of the High-Priest, with a look so
brightly-celestial that Caiaphas involuntarily dropped his
eyelids to the ground, answered, and said:
"' If I tell you, 0 Caiaphas, ye will not believe! If I
prove it to you from the prophets, and by my works, ye
will not listen! If I say that I am the Christ, ye will not