"Somehow it seems blasphemous.

They say he marks every one who laughs in his hearing." "They are not many," the girl said.

"For the most part, the citizens of Jerusalem feel as apprehensive about him as you do." "I wonder that John will stay in the Temple with a god in it," Juventius said, as if he had not heard the rest of the discussion.
"John!" the athlete exclaimed.

"John is an adventurer that believes in nothing, has no cause and furthers this warfare for loot and the possible chance of escape when the conflict comes." "Simon is different," another said.

"Now he is wild and mad and insolent and foolhardy, because he believes that, no matter what tangle the situation is in, the celestial emissary he expects will straighten it out for him." "In short, he means to work such a complexity here that the man who unravels it must needs be divine." At this moment the door that cut off the rest of the house from this dining-room opened smartly and the supposed Philadelphus stepped in.
He closed the door behind him and glanced at the filled table.