(Now about five thousand men<n id="1" /> were there.)<n id="2" /> Then<n id="3" /> he said to his disciples, &#8220;Have<n id="4" /> them sit down in groups of about fifty each.&#8221;

But these words seemed like pure nonsense<n id="1" /> to them, and they did not believe them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">So<n id="1" /> Jesus, when he began his ministry,<n id="2" /> was about thirty years old. He was<n id="3" /> the son (as was supposed)<n id="4" /> of Joseph, the son<n id="5" /> of Heli,

He went away from them about a stone&#8217;s throw, knelt down, and prayed,

<p class="bodytext">It was now<n id="1" /> about noon,<n id="2" /> and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> about eight days<n id="2" /> after these sayings, Jesus<n id="3" /> took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

And in his anguish<n id="1" /> he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]<n id="2" />

And after about an hour still another insisted,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean.&#8221;<n id="2" />