"Thenyou are not the Egyptianwho sometimeagostirred up a revoltand ledthe four thousandmenof the Assassinsout into the wilderness?"
"Soifthey sayto you, 'Behold,He is in the wilderness,'do not goout, [or], 'Behold,He is in the inner rooms,'do not believe[them].
"Blessedare you when[people] insultyou and persecuteyou, and falselysayall kindsof evilagainstyou becauseof Me.
The man namedBarabbashad beenimprisonedwith the insurrectionistswhohad committedmurderin the insurrection.
(He was one whohad been throwninto prisonfor an insurrectionmadein the city,and for murder.)
when we are slandered,we try to conciliate;we have becomeas the scumof the world,the dregsof all things,[even] untilnow.
