Volume 2

The Centurion Zorobabel 209
Jesus permitted the man to importune Him so long. The
details I have just given were not publicly known.
The boy had long sighed after Jesus. The sickness was
at first slight and the desire for Jesus' presence arose
from the feeling entertained against the Pharisees. But for
the last fourteen days, the case becoming aggravated, the
boy had constantly said to his physicians: "All these
medicines do me no good. Jesus, the Prophet of
Nazareth, alone can help me!" When the danger had
become imminent, messages had been dispatched to
Samaria by means of the holy women, while Andrew and
Nathanael had been sent to Engannim; and at last the
father and steward himself rode to Cana, where he found
Jesus. Jesus had delayed to grant his prayer, in order to
punish what was evil in his intentions.
It was a day's journey from Cana to Capharnaum, but
the man rode with such speed that he reached home
before night. A couple of hours from Capharnaum, some
of his servants met him and told him that the boy was
cured. They had come after him to tell hinl that if he had
not found Jesus, he should give hinlself no further trouble,
for the boy had been suddenly cured at the seventh
hour. Then he repeated to them the words of Jesus. They
were filled with astonishment, and hurried home with
him. I saw the Centurion Zorobabel and the boy coming
to the door to meet him. The boy elnbraced him. He repeated
all that Jesus had said, the servants that accompanied
him confirming his words. There was great joy,
and I saw a feast made ready. The youth sat between his
adopted father and his real father, the mother being nearby.
He loved his real father as much as he did the supposed
one, and the former exercised great authority in
the house.
After Jesus had dismissed the man of Capharnaum, He
cured several sick persons, who had been brought into a
court of the house. There were some possessed among