So he could not resist asking, "Now that he has come, O Balthasar, you still think he is to be a Saviour, and not a king ?" Balthasar gave him a look thoughtful as it was tender.
"How shall I understand you ?" he asked, in return.

"The Spirit, which was the Star that was my guide of old, has not appeared to me since I met you in the tent of the good sheik; that is to say, I have not seen or heard it as formerly.

I believe the voice that spoke to me in my dreams was it; but other than that I have no revelation." "I will recall the difference between us," said Ben-Hur, with deference.
"You were of opinion that he would be a king, but not as Caesar is; you thought his sovereignty would be spiritual, not of the world." "Oh yes," the Egyptian answered; "and I am of the same opinion now.

I see the divergence in our faith.

You are going to meet a king of men, I a Saviour of souls." He paused with the look often seen when people are struggling, with introverted effort, to disentangle a thought which is either too high for quick discernment or too subtle for simple expression.
"Let me try, O son of Hur," he said, directly, "and help you to a clear understanding of my belief; then it may be, seeing how the spiritual kingdom I expect him to set up can be more excellent in every sense than anything of mere Caesarean splendor, you will better understand the reason of the interest I take in the mysterious person we are going to welcome.
"I cannot tell you when the idea of a Soul in every man had its origin.