They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;
Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart `is' My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,
and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,
`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --
hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'
They answered and said to him, `In sins thou wast born altogether, and thou dost teach us!' and they cast him forth without.
Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,
and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.
who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,