| Kitáb-i-Íqán | 133 |
Him, hoping that He would confess His
claim, yet Jesus held His peace and spake not.
Finally, an accursed of God arose and, approaching
Jesus, adjured Him saying: "Didst thou not
claim to be the Divine Messiah? Didst thou not
say, `I am the King of Kings, My word is the Word
of God, and I am the breaker of the Sabbath
day?'" Thereupon Jesus lifted up His head and
said: "Beholdest thou not the Son of Man sitting
on the right hand of power and might?" These
were His words, and yet consider how to outward
seeming He was devoid of all power except that
inner power which was of God and which had encompassed
all that is in heaven and on earth. How
can I relate all that befell Him after He spoke
these words? How shall I describe their heinous
behaviour towards Him? They at last heaped on
His blessed Person such woes that He took His
flight unto the fourth Heaven.
It is also recorded in the Gospel according to
St. Luke, that on a certain day Jesus passed by a
Jew who was sick of the palsy, and lay upon a
couch. When the Jew saw Him, he recognized
Him, and cried out for His help. Jesus said unto
him: "Arise from thy bed; thy sins are forgiven
