And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
He said ... Depart yet for three days. It was prudent to take the peoples demand into calm and deliberate consideration. Whether, had the advice of the sage and experienced counselors been adopted, any good result would have followed, it is impossible to say. It would at least have removed all pretext for the separation. But he preferred the counsel of his young companions (not in age, because they were all about forty-one, but in experience), who recommended prompt and decisive measures to quell the malcontents.