20 APRIL 1956, Page 35

St a , —Your correspondents overlook the fact, Perhaps not quite made sufficiently

clear by Christopher Hollis in his excellent article, that when Jesus said in the garden 'I AM' he was had the Name of God (Jahvch) just as he nad on another occasion with tremendous emphasis. (John viii 58, 'Verily, verily I say unto You before Abraham was 1 AM.') Then they took up stones to cast at Him because of the appalling blasphemy. Now, in the gar- `'en—at night, remember—it is not surprising ihat their courage failed them and they 'went eaekward and fell to the ground.'—Yours faithfully, C. G. HOOPER SI. Michael's Vicarage, Bishop's Stortford

Hertfordshire