The officers were after our Lord, and He knew it. He could spy them out in the crowd, but He was not therefore in the least afraid or disconcerted. He reminds me of that minister who, when he was about to preach, was stopped by a soldier, who held a pistol at his head and threatened that if he spake he would kill him. “Soldier,” said he, “do your duty; I shall do mine;” and he went on with his preaching. The Saviour, without saying as much in words, said so by His actions. Friendship is one of the