At this time, by the word of the holy angel, the disciples went to Mount Sinai with Jesus. There they stayed forty days. When this was past, Jesus drew near to the Jordan River, to go to Jerusalem. There, one of them who believed Jesus is God saw him. Then, with great gladness repeatedly cried, "Our God comes!" He reached the city and moved the whole city saying, "Our God comes, O Jerusalem; prepare to receive him!" He testified that he had seen Jesus near to the Jordan.

Everyone, small and great, went out from the city to see Jesus, so that the city became empty. When they saw this, the governor and the high priest rode forth and sent a messenger to Herod, who also rode forth to find Jesus, in order to suppress the sedition of the people.

For two days they sought him in the wilderness near to the Jordan, and the third day they found him near the hour of midday, when he with his disciples was purifying himself for prayer, according to the Book of Moses.

Jesus marvelled greatly, seeing the multitude, which covered the ground with people, and he said to his disciples, "Perhaps Satan has raised sedition in Judea. May it please God to take away from Satan the dominion, which he has over sinners?" When he had said this, the crowd drew near, and when they knew him, they began to cry out, "Welcome to you, O our God!" Moreover, they began to do him reverence, as to God.

Jesus gave a great groan and said, "Go from me, O madmen, for I fear that the earth shall open and devour me with you for your abominable words!" At this, the people were filled with terror and began to weep.

Then Jesus lifted his hand in token of silence and said, "Truly you have erred greatly, O Israelites in calling me, a man, your God. I fear that God may for this, give heavy plague upon the holy city, handing it over in servitude to strangers."

Having said this, Jesus smote his face with both his hands. Whereupon, arose such a noise of weeping that none could hear what Jesus was saying. Then, once more, he lifted up his hand in token of silence, and people got quiet from their weeping. He said, "I confess before heaven, and I call to witness everything that dwells upon the earth that I am a stranger to all that you have said; seeing that I am man, born of mortal woman, subject to the judgment of God, suffering the miseries of eating and sleeping, cold and heat like other men. Whereupon, when God shall come to judge, my words like a sword shall pierce each one of them who believe me to be more than man."

Having said this, Jesus saw a great multitude of equestrians. Whereby, he perceived that the governor with Herod and the high priest were coming. When they arrived there, everyone dismounted, and they made a circle around Jesus, insomuch that the soldiers could not keep back the people who were desirous to hear Jesus speaking with the priest.

Jesus drew near to the priest with reverence, but he was wishful to bow himself down and worship Jesus, when Jesus cried out, "Beware of what you do, o priest of the living God! Do not Sin against our God!" The priest answered, "Now is Judea so greatly moved over your signs and your teaching that they cry out that you are God; wherefore, constrained by the people, I came here with the Roman governor and King Herod. We pray you therefore from our heart that you will be content to remove the sedition, which is arisen on your account. For some say you are God; some say you are son of God; and some say you are a prophet."

Jesus answered, "And you, O high priest of God, why have you not quieted this sedition? Are you also perhaps, gone out of your mind? Have the prophecies, with the Law of God, so passed into oblivion?"

Having said this, Jesus said again, "I confess before heaven, and call to witness everything that dwells upon the earth that I am a stranger to all that men have said of me, to wit, that I am more than man. For I am a man, born of a woman, subject to the judgment of God; that live here like as other men, subject to the common miseries. As God lives, in whose presence my soul stands, you have greatly sinned, O priest, in saying what you have said. May it please God that there does not come upon the holy city, great vengeance for this sin."

Then the governor and Herod said, "Sir, it is impossible that man can do what you do. Therefore, we do not understand what you say." Jesus answered, "O governor, and you O king, you say this because you are strangers to our Law; for if you read the testament and covenant of our God, you would see that Moses with a rod made the water turn into blood, the dust into fleas, the dew into tempest, and the light into darkness. He made the frogs and flies to come into Egypt, which covered the ground. He opened the sea, wherein he drowned Pharaoh. Now everyone confesses that Moses is a dead man at this present. Joshua made the sun to stand still, and opened the Jordan, which I have not yet done; and of Joshua, everyone confesses that he is a dead man at this present. Elijah made fire to come visibly down from heaven, and rain, which I have not done; and of Elijah, everyone confesses that he is a human. Moreover, in like manner, many other prophets, holy men of God, who in the power of God have wrought things, which cannot be grasped by the minds of those who do not know God the Almighty and Merciful, who is blessed for evermore."

Then Jesus in order to quiet the people mounted up into a lofty place and said, "It is written in the testament that our God is everywhere, and that there is not any other god but Him who strikes down and makes whole, and does all that pleases Him."

Then Jesus, having lifted up his hands, said, "O Lord, our God, this is my faith wherewith I shall come to your judgment, in testimony against everyone who believe the contrary."

Then turning himself towards the people, he said, "I am a visible man and a morsel of clay that walks upon the earth, mortal as are other men. I have had a beginning, and shall have an end; and I am such that I cannot create a fly over again."

Thereupon, the people raised their voices weeping, said, "We have sinned, Lord our God against you; have mercy upon us." They asked Jesus that he would pray for the safety of the holy city. Therefore, Jesus, having lifted up his hands, prayed for the holy city and for the people.