Passage 32

In English

How protected in the war

During the war, was the charioteer of . was shooting arrows at . diverted these and all other arrows aimed at toward Himself, protecting in the process. As a result, every arrow wounded and He was bleeding profusely. Since was the charioteer, He had to receive instructions from regarding the direction in which the chariot should move. In those days, there were no indicators like left and right as we have today. Therefore, had to press the region beside the right eye of with his iron shoe to indicate that the chariot should move to the right. Similarly, he had to press the region beside the left eye to indicate to to turn the chariot to the left. Consequently, ’s face was also bleeding.