thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly. The Good Shepherd. 1 * “Amen, amen, I say to you, a whoever does not enter a sheepfold * through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? * If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” m 25Jesus answered them, “I told you * and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me. n 26But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep. o 27My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. Forester also does a really good job of breaking up the various submarine confrontations, so that they all unfold in unique ways. Along the way, you learn a lot about antisubmarine warfare in the 1940s. It is a beautifully written novella.The prose is elegant and there is sustained tension .Forsyth would later turn to writing political thrillers,but for me,this is his best book.

The twist here – and it’s a clever one – is that almost all the action takes place within Krause’s head, as he is forced to make hundreds of time-sensitive decisions while battling fatigue, hunger, and an aching bladder. A U-boat for certain, and Keeling was rushing down upon her at twenty-two knots. We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.”The best Forster ever. Better than Hornblower. Out techno-babbles Clancy. The reader feels Krause’s pain. Immediate and real.

you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated * and sent into the world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? v 37If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; The pilot thought Kavanaugh must have bought his old Mosquito with JK painted on it, still flew it on occasion, had seen a plane in distress and directed it to his old base. Before Joe left the room he told the pilot that Kavanaugh died on Christmas Eve, 1943, when he went down with his plane in the North Sea. John 10:11 : Isa. 40:11; Ezek. 34:12, 23; 37:24; Zech. 13:7; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; [ch. 21:15-17; Ps. 23; Rev. 7:17]Keep us in suspense: literally, “How long will you take away our life?” Cf. Jn 11:48– 50. If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly: cf. Lk 22:67. This is the climax of Jesus’ encounters with the Jewish authorities. There has never yet been an open confession before them. Every man shall bear his own burden, and this was his—that was a text from Galatians; he could remember learning it, so many years ago—and all he had to do was his duty; no one needed an audience for that. He was alone with his responsibility in this crowded pilothouse, at the head of the crowded convoy. God setteth the solitary in families.” Jensen, Robin Margaret (2000). Understanding Early Christian Art. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-20454-5.