Volume 2

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sabas, took their hands into His own, and commanded
thenl to go and, in His nanle, do to some of the sick as
He had done. They instantly obeyed and cured many.
After that, Jesus and the disciples returned to the inn,
\vhere they took a repast at which no stranger \vas present.
Jesus blessed the food. A great part of it was left,
and this He sent to the poor heathens encanlped outside
Bezech and to the other poor. The disciples had instructed
the pagans belonging to the caravans.
Immense multitudes had asserrlbled in Bezech from
both shores of the Jordan. All that had heard John were
now eager to hear Jesus. The heathen caravans, though
on their way to Ennon, had conle hither to hear Him.
Bezech \vas about three-quarters of an hour from the
Jordan, on a swiftly flowing stream which divided the
city into t\VO parts.
14. JESUS LEAVES BEZECH AND GOES 1'0
ENNON. MARY OF SUPHAN
Jesus still taught and cured in the country around the
inn. The neophytes, the pagan caravan, and many others
took their way to the Jordan with the intention of crossing.
The ferry was an hour and a half to the south of
Bezech, belo\\-' a city called Zarthan, which was one
hour's distance from the first named, and lower down on
the Jordan. On the opposite side of the river, bet\veen
Bezech and Zarthan, was a place called Adam. It was
near that city of Zarthan that the Jordan had ceased to
flow while the children of Israel were crossing. Solomon
once had sonle vases cast here. That industry was still
carried on. West of the bend that the Jordan makes in
this neighborhood was a rnountain extending off to
Samaria, and in it was a mine from which was obtained a
nletal sonlething like that which we call brass. Jesus
taught all along the route. When questioned as to