35.
This “bearer of glad tidings” died as he lived and taught—not
to “save mankind,” but to show mankind how to live. It was a
way of life that he bequeathed to man: his demeanour before the
judges, before the officers, before his accusers—his demeanour on the
cross. He does not resist; he does not defend his rights; he makes
no effort to ward off the most extreme penalty—more, he invites it.
. . And he prays, suffers and loves with those, in those,
who do him evil . . . Not to defend one's self, not to
show anger, not to lay blames. . . On the contrary, to submit even
to the Evil One—to love him. . . .
