Volume 2

"Thou Art the True Prophet!"
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ridges that formed great plateaus. There were fewer
ravines and isolated peaks than in southern Palestine.
Thisbe was to the left of the little troop on very high
ground. Tobias once lived in Thisbe and had there given
in marriage his wife's brother, or brother-in-law. He had
also been in Amichores, the water city. He might have
taken up his abode there permanently, were it not that he
preferred to go into captivity, in order to be useful to his
people. Elias, too, had been in Thisbe, and Jesus had
once before journeyed through it.
The nlultitude was already gathered upon the mountain.
On the preceding evening, people had gone thither after
the Sabbath and put the place in order. On the summit
was an enclosed space in which stood a teacher's chair.
The people living on the sides of the mountain had been
busied preparing for the tents, and already the stakes and
cords were at hand. They had carried them up and
stretched the awnings over the teacher's chair and other
available spots around. The place was one of historic interest,
for Joshua had here celebrated a feast of thanksgiving
after his successful siege of the Canaanites. Water had
been transported hither in leathern bottles, and bread and
fish in baskets. These baskets were like our beehives; they
could be placed one above another, and in the several
compartments various things could be put without danger
of mixing.
As Jesus was going up through the crowd to the summit
of the mountain, shouts greeted Him on every side: "Thou
art the true Prophet! The Helper!" etc., and as He passed
along, they bowed low before Him. It may have been nine
o'clock when He reached the summit, for it was six to
seven hours from Adama to this place.
Many possessed had been led up the mountain. They
were raging and shouting. When Jesus saw them, He commanded
them silence, and by His command and the
glance of His eye, they became calm and were freed fronl