The Hunters of the Hills
CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE THREE FRIENDS II. ST. LUC III. THE TOMAHAWK IV. THE INTELLIGENT CANOE V. THE MOHAWK CHIEF VI. THE TWO FRENCHMEN VII. NEW FRANCE VIII. GUESTS OF THE ENEMY
to the palace of the high priest and sat with the servants who warmed
themselves at a fire.
The chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus
to put Him to death; but they found none. Many bore false witness
against Him, but their witness did not agree. Then there arose a
certain false witness who said, We heard Him say, I will destroy this
temple that is made with hands, and within three days, I will build
another made without hands. But this witness still did not agree with
the rest.
Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, Answer thou nothing?
What is it that these witness against thee? Jesus held His peace and
answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, Art thou the Christ,
the Son of the Blessed? Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of
man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of
heaven.
Then the high priest called out, What need we of any further witnesses?
Ye have heard the blasphemy. What think ye? They all condemned Him to
be guilty of death. And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His
face, and to buffet Him, and to say to Him, Prophesy; and the servants
struck Him with the palms of their hands.
As Peter was outside, one of the maids of the high priest saw him
warming himself and said, Thou also was with Jesus of Nazareth. But he
CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE THREE FRIENDS II. ST. LUC III. THE TOMAHAWK IV. THE INTELLIGENT CANOE V. THE MOHAWK CHIEF VI. THE TWO FRENCHMEN VII. NEW FRANCE VIII. GUESTS OF THE ENEMY