Dictionary of Anecdote Mark 15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! When Napoleon was returning from his successful wars in Austria and Italy, amid the huzzas of the people, Bourrienne remarked to him that "it must be delightful to be greeted with such demonstrations of enthusiastic admiration." "Bah!" replied Napoleon, "this same unthinking crowd, under a slight change of circumstances, would follow me just as eagerly to the scaffold." (Dictionary of Anecdote.) Parallel Verses KJV: And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! |