The Great Gospel of John · Volume 6

Read in German · Volume contents 01] Said Peter: “Lord, why do You say: that we should be clever like snakes? Snakes are the symbol of all evil and bad, a symbol of Satan who through guile in the figure of a snake deceived the first human couple! The snake in its wickedness maybe quite…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] When Peter had spoken such, one could see several rafts which were rowed downstream in order to sail faster than the flow rate of the water. 02] Then Peter asked Jored and said: “Friend, why are they rowing which is not normally done on a river which anyway…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] But Jored said to them: “Above all be glad that you have recovered your wood; what you here tell us, I have known for about one hour by a Foreigner who, together with His disciples, stays with me for a few days. You have to thank Him alone…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “See, in ancient times there was a man who emigrated with his family to a still unpopulated land which was not inhabited by any other person and he said: “As far as the eye reaches, everything is my property!” He soon build himself a very scanty…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] (The Lord:) “Now I ask you My friends, and say: Under such circumstances, did the workers acted right or wrong towards their employer?” 02] Said the eight raft-lords: “Yes, yes, under such conditions the workers had an in all nature well-founded right! For this we also acknowledge that…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] When we entered the hall, the five priestesses came to Me full of reverence and asked Me for forgiveness for having so stubbornly contradicted Me and My disciples; for they never could have known that I was who I am. 02] Since the priest had told them bluntly…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] Said the women and also their already quite grown up children: “O you great Lord and divine Master, if their would only exist another, everlasting life after the death of the body in some beyond for us mortal people! Of course everybody wishes this, irrespective if he is…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] Said I: “My truly with quite a lot of reason gifted women! Here on this spot I will not talk but in the house of Jored, where you can go if you want to. But I say to you in advance that it will be quite difficult with…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] It was a fairly long time before anyone dared to say even a word; for the appearance of the two prophets had moved everyone deeply and had particularly distressed the Jews present. 02] Only the innkeeper who sat beside Me also quite thoroughly moved said to Me, subdued:…

Read in German · Volume contents 01] This place was important because for many heathens who undertook a pilgrimage, the temple was a second oracle at Delphi, and the priests and priestesses had already collected quite large treasures. Hence from here a better light could be poured out over a large part of the Asian…