A farmer of no importance had come into town, and while there he saw a group of men gathered outside the temple, in a place where others often gathered to discuss money lenders openly by their name. The men seemed to be quite animated, and when the Farmer inquired what was going on, he was told they were rejoicing in the downfall of the King of Judea by his own hand.
"Have you heard the downfall of the King of Judea?" The man asked the farmer. "His wicked deeds have finally brought him low. All but a few have deserted him and he has fled into exile. Till this moment, it was thought he was descended of the line of David, but now all can see he is descended of Gomer, for he begat Nimrod!" He exclaimed to much mirth to the gathered assembly, except the farmer of no importance for his mind was troubled and he would not laugh.
"But Nimrod was not begat of Gomer, he was begat of Cush." The farmer of no importance said. "Also, that's apocryphal, as at this time being likened until Nimrod would be considered a compliment and not an insult."
Thinking the farmer simple, one of the gathered men took pity on farmer of no importance. This man attempted to instruct the farmer of no importance through example that their mirthful statements should not be taken as literal statements, by the quoting of prophets that had not existed, except in his own imaginings. But this man's mercy was again rebuffed when the farmer of no importance purported to have never heard of these made up prophets. And the rejoicing of the men ceased for a moment as they heaped the farmer of no importance with garbage and fragments of mosaic tiles, and he was mocked before the men returned to discussing how the King of Judea's action had be like a man who sold himself as a slave to himself.
Probably grabbed his ankles too.
