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Never were they allowed to feel safe any more. Go where they would, spies from the Temple were at their heels. The Jerusalem agents were still baffled by the Master's adroitness in avoiding open blasphemy but still hopeful of tripping Him. After two years, during which Jesus had been preaching north and south, they had failed, but their optimism was tireless.
One day, when they were quartered at Peter's house in Capernaum, the spies came, following a pair of taxgatherers and a Roman officer, wearing a baldric loop across his breast to hold his sword- all full of crafty smiles and palm rubbings.