Silence fell upon the vast assembly. The name of God, given to Moses to express the idea of the eternal presence, had been claimed as 470 His own by this Galilean Rabbi. He had announced Himself to be the self-existent One, He who had been promised to Israel, "whose goings forth have been from of old, from the days of eternity." Micah 5:2, margin.

Der blev tavshed i den store forsamling. Guds navn, der blev givet til Moses for at udtrykke tanken om evig nærhed, havde denne lærer fra Galilæa tiltaget sig som sit eget. Han havde erklæret sig selv for at være den, som har livet i sig selv, den, der var blevet lovet Israel, hvis udspring er fra fordum, fra evigheds dage. Mika 5,1.