{"id":17,"date":"2026-04-03T02:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquariangospel.augustjbrowne.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:26:31","slug":"page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aquariangospel.augustjbrowne.com\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Page 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-75f56b9d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:0vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f15145cb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">The Easter Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As told in the Aquarian Gospel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f911b2ec wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aquariangospel.augustjbrowne.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentyfive\/assets\/images\/red-hibiscus-closeup.webp\" alt=\"Photography close up of a red flower.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:-12vw\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-right:-5vw;margin-left:-5vw\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aquariangospel.augustjbrowne.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentyfive\/assets\/images\/grid-flower-2.webp\" alt=\"Black and white photography close up of a flower.\" style=\"width:202px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-831b2db5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--2\">Chapter 2: Jesus in Court<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--3 wp-block-paragraph\">Caiaphas was the high<br>priest of the Jews; the mob led<br>Jesus to his palace hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court had been<br>convened, and all the galleries<br>were packed with scribes and<br>Pharisees already sworn as<br>witnesses against the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maid who kept the<br>palace door knew John and this<br>disciple asked that he and Peter<br>be admitted to the hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The maid permitted them<br>to enter in, and John went in;<br>but Peter was afraid and tarried<br>in the outer court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman said to Peter,<br>as he stood beside the door, Are<br>you a follower of this man from<br>Galilee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Peter said, No, I am<br>not. The men who had brought<br>Jesus to the hall sat by a fire in<br>the outer court, because the<br>night was cool, and Peter sat<br>with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another maid who waited<br>in the place saw Peter and she<br>said to him, You surely are from<br>Galilee; your speech is that of<br>Galilee; you are a follower of<br>this man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Peter said, I know not<br>what you mean; I do not even<br>know this man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then a servant of<br>Caiaphas, one of those who<br>seized the Lord and brought<br>him to the court, saw Peter and<br>he said to him,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did I not see you in the<br>orchard of Massalian with this<br>seditious Nazarene? I&#8217;m sure I<br>did, and you are one of those<br>who followed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Peter rose and<br>stamped upon the floor, and<br>swore by every sacred thing,<br>that he knew not the criminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, John was standing<br>near and when he heard the<br>words and knew that Peter had<br>denied his Lord, he looked at<br>him in sheer astonishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just then a cock crew<br>loud beneath the court, and<br>Peter called to mind the words<br>the Lord had said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the cock shall<br>crow to-morrow morn you will<br>deny me thrice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--4 wp-block-paragraph\">And Peter&#8217;s conscience<br>smote him heavily, and he went<br>out into the night and wept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Easter Story As told in the Aquarian Gospel Chapter 2: Jesus in Court Caiaphas was the highpriest of the Jews; the mob ledJesus to his palace hall. The court had beenconvened, and all the gallerieswere packed with scribes andPharisees already sworn aswitnesses against the Lord. 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