Jesus the Son of Man

Jesus the Son of Man

By Kahlil Gibran.

Table of Contents

1. Titlepage
2. Imprint
3. James the Son of Zebedee
4. Anna the Mother of Mary
5. Asaph, Called the Orator of Tyre
6. Mary Magdalene
7. Philemon, a Greek Apothecary
8. Simon Who Was Called Peter
9. Caiaphas the High Priest
10. Joanna the Wife of Herod’s Steward
11. Rafca the Bride of Cana
12. A Persian Philosopher in Damascus
13. David, One of His Followers
14. Luke
15. Matthew
16. John the Son of Zebedee
17. A Young Priest of Capernaum
18. A Rich Levite in the Neighbourhood of Nazareth
19. A Shepherd in South Lebanon
20. John the Baptist, to One of His Disciples
21. Joseph of Arimathea
22. Nathaniel
23. Saba of Antioch
24. Salome, to a Woman Friend
25. Rachael, a Woman Disciple
26. Cleopas of Bethroune
27. Naaman of the Gadarenes
28. Thomas
29. Elmadam the Logician
30. One of the Marys
31. Rumanous, a Greek Poet
32. Levi, a Disciple
33. A Widow in Galilee
34. Judas the Cousin of Jesus
35. The Man from the Desert
36. Peter
37. Melachi of Babylon, an Astronomer
38. A Philosopher
39. Uriah, an Old Man of Nazareth
40. Nicodemus the Poet, the Youngest of the Elders in the Sanhedrin
41. Joseph of Arimathea
42. Georgus of Beirut
43. Mary Magdalene
44. Jotham of Nazareth, to a Roman
45. Ephraim of Jericho
46. Barca, a Merchant of Tyre
47. Phumiah, the High Priestess of Sidon
48. Benjamin the Scribe
49. Zacchaeus
50. Jonathan
51. Hannah of Bethsaida
52. Manasseh, a Lawyer in Jerusalem
53. Jephtha of Caesarea
54. John the Beloved Disciple
55. Mannus the Pompeiian, to a Greek
56. Pontius Pilatus
57. Bartholomew in Ephesus
58. Matthew
59. Andrew
60. A Rich Man
61. John at Patmos
62. Peter
63. A Cobbler in Jerusalem
64. Susannah of Nazareth, a Neighbour of Mary
65. Joseph Surnamed Justus
66. Philip
67. Birbàrah of Yammouni
68. Pilate’s Wife, to a Roman Lady
69. A Man Outside of Jerusalem
70. Sarkis, an Old Greek Shepherd, Called the Madman
71. Annas the High Priest
72. A Woman, One of Mary’s Neighbours
73. Ahaz the Portly
74. Barabbas
75. Claudius, a Roman Centurion
76. James the Brother of the Lord
77. Simon of Cyrene
78. Cyborea the Mother of Judas
79. The Woman of Byblos
80. Mary Magdalene
81. A Man from Lebanon
82. Colophon
83. Uncopyright

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James the Son of Zebedee

Upon a day in the spring of the year Jesus stood in the marketplace of Jerusalem and He spoke to the multitudes of the kingdom of heaven.

And He accused the scribes and the Pharisees of setting snares and digging pitfalls in the path of those who long after the kingdom; and He denounced them.

Now amongst the crowd was a company of men who defended the Pharisees and the scribes, and they sought to lay hands upon Jesus and upon us also.

But He avoided them and turned aside from them, and walked towards the north gate of the city.

And He said to us: “My hour has not yet come. Many are the things I have still to say unto you, and many are the deeds I shall yet perform ere I deliver myself up to the world.”

Then He said, and there was joy and laughter in His voice: “Let us go into the North Country and meet the spring. Come with me to the hills, for winter is past and the snows of Lebanon are descending to the valleys to sing with the brooks.

“The fields and the vineyards have banished sleep and are awake to greet the sun with their green figs and tender grapes.”

And He walked before us and we followed Him, that day and the next.

And upon the afternoon of the third day we reached the summit of Mount Hermon, and there He stood looking down upon the cities of the plains.

And His face shone like molten gold, and He outstretched His arms and He said to us: “Behold the earth in her green raiment, and see how the streams have hemmed the edges of her garments with silver.

“In truth the earth is fair and all that is upon her is fair.

“But there is a kingdom beyond all that you behold, and therein I shall rule. And if it is your choice, and if it is indeed your desire, you too shall come and rule with me.

“My face and your faces shall not be masked; our hand shall hold neither sword nor sceptre, and our subjects shall love us in peace and shall not be in fear of us.”

Thus spoke Jesus, and unto all the kingdoms of the earth I was blinded, and unto all the cities of walls and towers; and it was in my heart to follow the Master to His kingdom.

Then just at that moment Judas of Iscariot stepped forth. And he walked up to Jesus, and spoke and said: “Behold, the kingdoms of the world are vast, and behold the cities of David and Solomon shall prevail against the Romans. If you will be the king of the Jews we shall