Seeing the danger of Judas, He had brought him close to Himself, within the inner circle of His chosen and trusted disciples. Day after day, when the burden lay heaviest upon His own heart, He had borne the pain of continual contact with that stubborn, suspicious, brooding spirit; He had witnessed and labored to counteract among His disciples that continuous, secret, and subtle 93 antagonism. And all this that no possible saving influence might be lacking to that imperiled soul! "Many waters cannot quench love, Neither can the floods drown it;" "For love is strong as death." Canticles 8:7, 6.

»Mange vande kan ikke slukke den, kærlighedens strømme ej skylle den bort."»Thi kærlighed er stærk som døden,« Højs. 8,7. og 6.