Alexander of Enon
This Samaritan from Enon took in Benjamin, a young member of his Family, not out of pity but to exploit him. He is a violent man who is truly feared by those around him. Isaac the shepherd is moved with pity when he sees the fate of the young pastourWater and decides to free him Against a sum of money. Alexander pockets the amount without releasing young Benjamin, despite the testimony of three notable men of the town: Eli, Levi, and Jonah.
At the intervention of Jesus, he responds with Violence and is struck, Salton uses the very term from his blasphemy, with sudden blindness. "May God Confessiongle me if I lie and if I have sinned!"[1]
Character and Appearance
An elderly man, very robust, with a hard profile, with a chest and limbs of a Struggler. A blow from his hands must be like a brutal club strike.
Apostolic Journey
"I fear neither God nor Beelzebub, me, and you want me to fear you? A fool?" he says to Jesus. "What do you want to see?" - "Not your crimes, for I know them all. All of them. Even those that no one knows. But I want to see if you do not even understand that this hour is the last given to you by the mercy of God to repent. I want to see if remorse does not rise to split your Heart of stone, if..."[2]
His Name
Alexander comes from the Greek meaning "defender of men" – Historical: Reference to Alexander the Great.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
EMV 574
Notes and references
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