Samuel, fiancé of Annaleah
Fiancé of Annaleah, the phthisical dying woman healed by the prayer of John. His fiancée would then take a path of conversion which led her to postpone the marriage by one year:
"I told Samuel… and he understood me. He also wanted to be a nazirite for one year, starting on the day which was to be the day of our wedding, that is the day after the calends of Adar. In the meantime he has been looking for You, because he wanted to love and know Him Who had given him back his fiancee: You. And he found You, after many months, at the Clear Water."[1]
His determination does not last, he begins to turn against Jesus,[2] then breaks off with his fiancée[3] whom he had already turned away from in favor of Rebecca, the daughter of the sandal maker.
This path leads him to become murderer of Annaleah's uncle, who came to reprimand him, whom he stunned with an axe after drinking too much.
Warned by Samuel's uncle, Jesus heals the dying man. Then he obtains from him that he forgives Samuel and does not denounce him:
"Forgive in the name of God. That is why I cured you. You care for Annaleah's mother because she has suffered. Samuel’s mother would suffer even more. So forgive."[4]
When coming, Jesus brought with him Judas, very close to his final betrayal, to teach him in view of this misfortune, and try once again to To Save his soul:
"Do you see to what result a first sin leads? To this, Judas! He began by perjuring himself over the girl, then over God; he then became slanderer, liar, blasphemer, then he took to drinking and now he is a murderer. That is how one becomes subject to Satan, Judas. Always bear it in mind…"[5]
Annaleah, at the threshold of her death, asks Jesus to redeem the heart of her former fiancé.[6] But inexorably Samuel will slip towards murder.
Apostolic Journey
Saved from the death reserved for murderers by the healing that Jesus performs on the dying man,[7] he will not convert nonetheless: during the Passion, his mother wanting to stop him, he will kill her with a kick[8] to be able to go and strike the Master with a stick.
His Name
Samuel (Chemouel) means "heard or answered by God". Historical reference: the prophet.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
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