7 THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER 1 But of the Jews none washed his hands, neither Herod nor any one of his j udges. And when they had refused to wash them, Pilate rose up. And then Herod t he king commandeth that the Lord be taken,(1) saying to them, What things soeve r I commanded you to do unto him, do. 2 And there was standing there Joseph the friend of Pilate and of the Lord; and, knowing that they were about to crucify(2) him, he came to Pilate and ask ed the body of the Lord for burial. And Pilate sent to Herod and asked his body . And Herod said, Brother Pilate, even if no one had asked for him, we purposed to bury him, especially as the sabbath draweth on:(3) for it is written in the law, that the sun set not upon one that hath been put to death. 3 And he delivered him to the people on the day before the unleavened bread , their feast. And they took the Lord and pushed him as they ran, and said, Let us drag away the Son of God, having obtained power over him. And they clothed him with purple, and set him on the seat of judgement, saying, Judge righteousl y, O king of Israel. And one of them brought a crown of thorns and put it on th e head of the Lord. And others stood and spat in his eyes, and others smote his cheeks: others pricked him with a reed; and some scourged him, saying, With th is honour let us honour the Son of God. 4 And they brought two malefactors, and they crucified the Lord between the m. But he held his peace, as though having no pain. And when they had raised th e cross, they wrote the title: This is the king of Israel. And having set his g arments before him they parted them among them, and cast lots for them. And one of those malefactors reproached them, saying, We for the evils that we have do ne have suffered thus, but this man, who hath become the Saviour of men, what w rong hath he done to you? And they, being angered at him, commanded that his le gs should not be broken, that he might die in torment. 5 And it was noon, and darkness came over all Judaea: and they were trouble d and distressed, lest the sun had set, whilst he was yet alive: [for] it is wr itten for them, that the sun set not on him that hath been put to death. And on e of them said, Give him to drink gall with vinegar. And they mixed and gave hi m to drink, and fulfilled all things, and accomplished their sins against their own head. And many went about with lamps, supposing that it was night, and fel l down.(4) And the Lord cried out, saying, My power, my power, thou hast forsak en me. And when he had said it he was taken up. And in that hour the vail of th e temple of Jerusalem was rent in twain.(5) 6 And then they drew out the nails from the hands of the Lord, and laid him upon the earth, and the whole earth quaked, and great fear arose. Then the sun shone, and it was found the ninth hour: and the Jews rejoiced, and gave his bo dy to Joseph that he might bury it, since he had seen what good things he had d one. And he took the Lord, and washed him, and rolled him in a linen cloth, and brought him into his own tomb, which was called the Garden of Joseph. 7 Then the Jews and the elders and the priests, perceiving what evil they h ad done to themselves, began to lament and to say, Woe for our sins: the judgem ent hath drawn nigh, and the end of Jerusalem. And I with my companions was gri eved; and being wounded in mind we hid ourselves: for we were being sought for by them as malefactors, and as wishing to set fire to the temple. And upon all these things we fasted and sat mourning and weeping night and day until the sab bath. 8 But the scribes and Pharisees and elders being gathered together one with another, when they heard that all the people murmured and beat their breasts s aying, If by his death these most mighty signs have come to pass, see how right eous he is,--the eiders were afraid and came 8 to Pilate, beseeching him and saying, Give us soldiers, that we may guard his s epulchre for three days, lest his disciples come and steal him away, and the pe ople suppose that he is risen from the dead and do us evil. And Pilate gave the m Petronius the centurion with soldiers to guard the tomb. And with them came e lders and scribes to the sepulchre, and having rolled a great stone together wi th(1) the centurion and the soldiers, they all together who were there set it a t the door of the sepulchre; and they affixed seven seals, and they pitched a t ent there and guarded it. And early in the morning as the sabbath. was drawing on, there came a multitude from Jerusalem and the region round about, that they might see the sepulchre that was sealed. 9 And in the night in which the Lord's day was drawing on, as the soldiers kept guard two by two in a watch, there was a great voice in the heaven; and th ey saw the heavens opened, and two men descend from thence with great light and approach the tomb. And that stone which was put at the door rolled of itself a nd made way in part; and the tomb was opened, and both the young men entered in . 10 When therefore those soldiers saw it, they awakened the centurion and th e elders; for they too were hard by keeping guard. And, as they declared what t hings they had seen, again they see three men come forth from the tomb, and two of them supporting one, and a cross following them: and of the two the head re ached unto the heaven, but the head of him that was led by them overpassed the heavens. And they heard a voice from the heavens, saying, Thou hast preached to them that sleep. And a response was heard from the cross, Yea. 11 They therefore considered one with another whether to go away and shew t hese things to Pilate. And while they yet thought thereon, the heavens again ar e seen to open, and a certain man to descend and enter into the sepulchre. When the centurion and they that were with him saw these things, they hastened in t he night to Pilate, leaving the tomb which they were watching, and declared all things which they had seen, being greatly distressed and saying, Truly he was the Son of God. Pilate answered and said, I am pure from the blood of the Son o f God: but it was ye who determined this. Then they all drew near and besought him and entreated him to command the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing of the things which they had seen: For it is better, say they, for us to be gui lty of the greatest sin before God, and not to fall into the hands of the peopl e of the Jews and to be stoned. Pilate therefore commanded the centurion and th e soldiers to say nothing. 12 And at dawn upon the Lord's day Mary Magdalen, a disciple of the Lord, f earing because of the Jews, since they were burning with wrath, had not done at the Lord's sepulchre the things which women are wont to do for those that die and for those that are beloved by them--she took her friends with her and came to the sepulchre where he was laid. And they feared lest the Jews should see th em, and they said, Although on that day on which he was crucified we could not weep and lament, yet now let us do these things at his sepulchre. But who shall roll away for us the stone that was laid at the door of the sepulchre, that we may enter in and sit by him and do the things that are due? For the stone was great, and we fear lest some one see us. And if we cannot, yet if we but set at the door the things which we bring for a memorial of him, we will weep and lam ent, until we come unto our home. 13 And they went and found the tomb opened, and coming near they looked in there; and they see there a certain young man sitting in the midst of the tomb, beautiful and clothed in a robe exceeding bright: who said to them, Wherefore are ye come? Whom seek ye? Him that was crucified?(2) He is risen and gone. But if ye believe not, look in and see the place where he lay, that he is not [her e]; for he is risen and gone thither, whence he was sent. Then the women feared and fled. 14 Now it was the last day of the unleavened bread, and many were going for th, returning to their homes, as the feast was ended. But we, the twelve discip les of the Lord, wept and were grieved: and each one, being grieved for that wh ich was come to pass, departed to his home. But I Simon Peter and Andrew my bro ther took our nets and went to the sea; and there was with us Levi the son of A lphaeus, whom the Lord ... 10 MATTHEW XXVII. 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our c hildren. [cf. v. 57.] 26. Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, h e delivered him to be crucified. 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and g athered unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked h im, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! 30 And they spit upon MARK XV. [cf. v. 43.] [cf. v. 42.] 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto th em, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, 18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! 19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and b owing their knees worshipped him. LUKE XXIII. [2 cf. Lk. xxiii. 7.] [3 cf. Lk. xxii. 66; Acts iv 27.] [cf. v. 50.] [4 cf. Lk. xxiii. 12.] 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. JOHN XIX. [1 cf. John passim.] [cf. v. 38.] [cf. xix. 31.] 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. 11 PETER. 1 But of the Jews (1) none washed his hands, neither Herod (2) nor any one of his judges. (3) 2 And when they had refused to wash them, Pilate rose up. An d then Herod the king commandeth that the Lord be taken, saying to them, What t hings soever I commanded you to do unto him, do. 3 And there was come there Joseph the friend of Pilate and of the Lord; and , knowing that they were about to crucify him, he came to Pilate and asked the body of the Lord for burial. 4 And Pilate sent to Herod and asked his body. 5 A nd Herod said, Brother (4) Pilate, even if no one had asked for him, we purpose d to bury him, especially as the sabbath draweth on: for it is written in the l aw, that the sun set not upon one that hath been put to death. And he delivered him to the people on the day before the unleavened bread, their feast. 6 And they took the Lord and pushed him as they ran, and said, Let us drag away the Son of God, having obtained power over him. 7 And they clothed him with purple, and set him on the seat of judgement, s aying, Judge righteously, O King of Israel. (8) And one of them brought a crown of thorns and put it on the head of the Lord. (9) And others stood and spat in his eyes, and others smote his cheeks: others pricked him with a reed; and som e scourged him, saying, With this honour let us honour the Son of God. 12 MATTHEW. him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. 32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him the y compelled to bear his cross. 33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that MARK. 20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the c ountry, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, LUKE. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, com ing out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it a fter Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which a lso bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for m e, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed a re the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suc k. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hi lls, Cover us. 31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the d ry? 32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to de ath. 33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, JOHN. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a s kull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 13 PETER. 14 MATTHEW. is to say, a place of a skull, 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had taste d thereof, he would not drink. 35 And they crucified him; and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spo ken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. 36 And sitting down they watched him there; 37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, a nd another on the left. 39 And they that MARK. being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it n ot. 24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF T HE JEWS. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and th e other on his left. 28 And the scripture LUKE. there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the o ther on the left. 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided hi m, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen o f God. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinega r, 37 And saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. 38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE jews. JOHN. 18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, an d Jesus in the midst. [cf. vv. 23, 24.] 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. 20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was cru cified was nigh to the city: and it was 15 PETER. 10 And they brought two malefactors, and they crucified the Lord between them. But he held his peace, as though having no pain. 11 And when they had raised the cross, they wrote upon it, This is the King of Israel. 12 And having set his garments before him, they parted them among them, and cast lots for them. 16 MATTHEW. passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three da ys, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders , said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, le t him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. [cf. v. 35.] 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his te eth. MARK. was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads and saying, A h, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the s cribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may se e and believe. [cf. v. 24.] And they that were crucified with him reviled him. LUKE. 39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and, us. 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, see ing thou JOHN. written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. 21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King o f the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, an d made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. 17 PETER. [cf.V. 12.] 13 And one of those malefactors reproached them, saying, We for the evils t hat we have done have suffered thus, but this man, who hath become the Saviour of men, what wrong hath he done to you? 18 MATTHEW. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ni nth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli , lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? MARK. 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou f orsaken me? LUKE. art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but th is man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy king dom. 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be wi th me in paradise. 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the e arth until the ninth hour. 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the mid st. JOHN. 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sist er, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour tha t disciple took her unto his own home. 19 PETER. 14 And they, being angered at him, commanded that his legs should not be br oken, that he might die in torment. 15 And it was noon, and darkness came over all Judaea: and they were troubled and distressed, lest the sun had set, whilst he was yet alive: [for] it is written for them, that the sun set not on him that hath been put to death. 20 MATTHEW. 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man call eth for Elias. 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with v inegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to th e bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept ar ose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the hol y city, and appeared unto many. MARK. 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he cal leth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, a nd gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. LUKE. 46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy h ands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. JOHN. 28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge wit h vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies shou ld not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an h igh day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the othe r which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brak e not his legs: 21 PETER. 16 And one of them said, Give him to drink gall with vinegar. And they mixe d and gave him to drink, 17 and fulfilled all things, and accomplished their si ns against their own head. 18 And many went about with lamps, supposing that it was night, and fell do wn. 19 And the Lord cried out, saying, My power, my power, thou hast forsaken m e. And when he had said it he was taken up. 20 And in that hour the vail of the temple of Jerusalem was rent in twain. 22 MATTHEW. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: 56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Josep h,who also himself was Jesus' disciple: MARK. 39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cr ied out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. 40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene , and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him ;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. 42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is , the day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for th e kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate LUKE. 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Cert ainly this was a righteous man. 48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the thing s which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. 50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a g ood man, and a just: 51 (The same had not JOHN. 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith cam e there out blood and water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth t hat he saith true, that ye might believe. 36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bo ne of him shall not be broken. 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pier ced. 38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but sec retly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might 23 PETER. 21 And then they drew out the nails from the hands of the Lord, and laid hi m upon the earth, and the whole earth quaked, and great fear arose. 22 Then the sun shone, and it was found the ninth hour: 23 and the Jews rejoiced, and 24 MATTHEW. 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded t he body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth , 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against t he sepulchre. MARK. and craved the body of Jesus. 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the c enturion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the line n, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. 47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid . LUKE. consented to the counsel and deed of them; ) he was of Arimathaea, a city of th e Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. 55 And the women also,which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sab bath day according to the commandment. JOHN. take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night , and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the g arden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; fo r the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 25 PETER. gave his body to Joseph that he might bury it, since he had seen what good things he had done. 24 And he took the Lord, and washed him, and wrapped him in a linen cloth, and brought him into his own tomb, which was called the Garden of Joseph. 25 Then the Jews and the elders and the priests, perceiving what evil they had done to themselves, began to lament and to say, Woe for our sins: the judge ment hath drawn nigh, and the end of Jerusalem. 26 And I with my companions was grieved; and being wounded in mind we hid o urselves: for we were being sought for by them as malefactors, and as wishing t o set fire to the temple. 26 MATTHEW. [1 cf. Mt. ix. 15.] 62 NOW the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief p riests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive , After three days I will rise again. 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, l est his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, H e is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and settin g a watch. MARK. [1 cf. Mk. ii. 20.] [2 cf. Mk. xvi. 10.] LUKE. JOHN. 27 PETER. 27 And upon all these things we fasted 1 and sat mourning 2 and weeping 2 n ight and day until the sabbath. 28 But the scribes and Pharisees and elders being gathered together one wit h another, when they heard that all the people murmured and beat their breasts, saying, If by his death these most mighty signs have come to pass, see how jus t he is,--29 the elders were afraid and came to Pilate, beseeching him and saying, 30 Give us soldiers, that we may gua rd his sepulchre for three days, lest his disciples come and steal him away, an d the people suppose that he is risen from the dead and do us evil. 31 And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to guard the tomb. And with them came the elders and scribes to the sepulchre, 32 And having rolled a great stone together with the centurion and the sold iers, they all together who were there set it at the door of the sepulchre; 33 And they affixed seven seals, and they pitched a tent there and guarded it. 34 And early in the morning as the sabbath was drawing on, there came a mul titude from Jerusalem and the region round about, that they might see the sepul chre that was sealed. 35 And in the night in which the Lord's day was drawing on, as the soldiers kept guard two by two in a watch, there was a great voice in the heaven; 36 an d they saw the heavens opened, and two men descend from thence with great light and approach the tomb. 37 And that stone which was put at the door rolled of i tself and made way in part; and the tomb was opened, and both the young men ent ered in. 38 When therefore those soldiers saw it, they awakened the centurion and th e elders,--for they too were hard by keeping guard; 39 and, as they declared wh at things they had seen, again they see three men coming forth from the tomb, a nd two of them supporting one, and a cross following them. 40 And of the two th e head reached unto the heaven, but the head of him that was led by them overpa ssed the heavens. 41 And they heard a voice from the heavens, saying, Hast thou preached to them that sleep? 42 And a response was heard from the cross, Yea. 43 They therefore considered one with another whether to go away and shew t hese things to Pilate. 44 And while they yet thought thereon, the heavens again are seen to open, and a certain man to descend and enter into the sepulchre. 4 5 When the centurion and they that were with him saw these things, they hastene d in the night to Pilate, leaving the tomb which they were 28 MATTHEW. [cf. Mt. xxvii. 24.] CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of t he week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord desc ended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat up on it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: MARK. CHAPTER XVI. 1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Ja mes, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto t he sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment ; and they were affrighted. LUKE. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they cam e unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, JOHN. CHAPTER XX. 1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet d ark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 29 PETER. watching, and declared all things which they had seen, being greatly distressed and saying, Truly he was the Son of God. 46 Pilate answered and said, I am pur e from the blood of the Son of God: but ye determined this. 47 Then they all drew near and besought him and entreated him to command th e centurion and the soldiers to say nothing of the things which they had seen: 48 For it is better, say they, for us to incur the greatest sin before God, and not to fall into the bands of the people of the Jews and to be stoned. 49 Pila te therefore commanded the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing. 50 And at dawn upon the Lord's day, Mary Magdalen, a disciple of the Lord, fearing because of the Jews, since they were burning with wrath, had not done a t the Lord's sepulchre the things which the women are wont to do for those that die and for those that are beloved by them--51 she took her friends with her a nd came to the sepulchre where he was laid. 52 And they feared lest the Jews should see them, and they said, Although o n the day on which he was crucified we could not weep and lament, yet now let u s do these things at his sepulchre. 53 But who shall roll away for us the stone that was laid at the door of th e sepulchre, that we may enter in and sit by him and do the things that are due ? 54 For the stone was great, and we fear lest some one see us. And if we canno t, yet if we but set at the door the things which we bring for a memorial of hi m, we will weep and lament, until we come unto our home. 55 And they went away and found the tomb opened, and coming near they looked in there; and they see there a certain young man sitting in the midst of the tomb, beauti ful and clothed in a robe exceeding bright; 30 MATTHEW. 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know t hat ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where th e Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; an d, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. MARK. 6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, w hich was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they la id him. 7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you in to Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. [Levi, etc.; cf. Mk. ii. LUKE. they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, 7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, an d be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered his words, 9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleve n, and to all the rest. JOHN. 31 PETER. who said to them, 56 Wherefore are ye come? Whom seek ye? Him that was crucifie d? He is risen and gone. But if ye believe not, look in and see the place where he lay, that he is not [here]; for he is risen and gone away thither, whence h e was sent. 57 Then the women feared and fled. 58 Now it was the last day of the unleavened bread, and many were going for th, returning to their homes, as the feast was ended. 59 But we, the twelve dis ciples of the Lord, mourned and were grieved: and each one, being grieved for t hat which was come to pass, departed to his home. 60 But I, Simon Peter and And rew my brother, took our nets and went to the sea; and there was with us Levi t he son of Alphaeus, whom the Lord ... 35 INTRODUCTION THE aim of the following introductory paragraphs is neither to furnish a de tailed restatement of facts already known, nor to offer an independent contribu tion to the discussion of the problems that arise, although in other circumstan ces such an attempt might be made with advantage. All that is needed and practi cable here is to describe briefly, if possible, the nature of the connection be tween the English treatise forming the next part of this volume and the ancient work known as the Diatessaron of Tatian; and then to indicate in a few words s ome of the more important or interesting features of the work itself, and some of the historical and other problems that are in one way or another connected w ith it. 1 The Text Translated.--What is offered to the reader is a translation into English of an Arabic text, published at Rome in 1888, in a volume entitled in Arabic Diatessaron, which Titianus Compiled from the Four Gospels, with the alt ernative Latin title, Tatiani Evangeliorum Harmonioe, Arabice. The Roman volume consists of two parts--the text, covering a little over 209 very clearly print ed Arabic pages, and a Latin half, comprising a scholarly introduction (pp. v.- xv.), a Latin translation (pp. 1-99), and a table showing the order in which th e passages taken from the gospels occur in the text. The editor is P. Agostino Ciasca, a well-known Orientalist, "scriptor" at the Vatican Library. 2 Former Translations.--In his Introduction (p. xiv. f.) Ciasca explains th at in his translation he aimed at preserving quantum, salva fidelitate, integru m fuit, indolem stylumque Clementinoe Vulgatoe. This Latin version was in its t urn translated into English by the Rev. J. Hamlyn Hill, B.D., and published in 1894 in a volume entitled The Earliest Life of Christ, with an interesting intr oduction and a number of valuable appendices. The MS. of Mr. Hill's translation of the Latin of Ciasca was compared with the Arabic original by Mr. G. Buchana n Gray, M.A., lecturer in Hebrew and the Old Testament in Mansfield College, Ox ford. 3 The Present Translation.--The translation offered here is quite independe nt of either of these two. Ciasca's Latin was seldom consulted, except when it was thought the Arabic might perhaps be obscured by a misprint. After the trans lation was completed, Hill's English was compared with it to transfer Mr. Hill' s valuable system of references to the margin of this work, and to lessen the r isk of oversights passing the last revision unnoticed. In two or three cases th is process led to the adoption of a different construction, and in a few of the more awkward passages a word was borrowed as being less harsh than that which had originally been written. Speaking generally, the present version appears to differ from Mr. Hill's in adhering more closely to the original.(1) 4 The Arabic Text.--Only two Arabic MSS. are known to exist. Ciasca tells u s (p. xiv.) that he took as the basis of his text that MS. which is more carefu l in its orthography, the Cod. Vat. Arab. No. 14. He, however, printed at the f oot of the page the variants of the other MS., and supplied from it two lacunae in the Cod. Vat.(2) substituted its readings for those of the Cod. Vat. where he thought them preferable, and followed its testimony in omitting two importan t passages.(3) Here and there Ciasca has emended the text, but he does not prof ess to have produced a critical edition.(4) 5 The Arabic MSS.--Unfortunately, the present writer has not had an opportu nity of examining these two MSS.; but they have been described at some length b y Ciasca; Codex XIV., in Pitra's Analecta Sacra, iv., 465 if, and the other cod ex in the volume with which we are dealing, p. vi. ff. I. The former, which we shall call the Vatican MS. (in Ciasca's foot-notes it is called A), was brought to the Vatican from the East by Joseph S. Assemani(5) about A.D. 1719. It was described by Stephen E. Assemani,(6) Rosenmuller, and Akerblad,(7) and then at length by 36 Ciasca, to whose account the reader must be referred for the details. It consis ts of 123 folios, of which the first seven are somewhat spoiled, and of which t wo are missing,(1) and is supposed by Ciasca, from the character of the writing , and from the presence of certain Coptic letters(2) by the first hand, to have been written in Egypt. S. Assemani assigned it to the twelfth century, and Cia sca accepts his verdict, while Akerblad says the thirteenth or fourteenth centu ry. The text of the MS. is pretty fully vocalised, but there are few diacritica l points. There are marginal notes, some of them by a later hand,(3) which Cias ca classifies as (1) emendations, (2) restorations, (3) explanations. II. The s econd MS., which we shall call the Borgian (in Ciasca's foot-notes it is called B), was brought to the Borgian Museum from Egypt in August, 1886. It has at th e end the following inscription in Arabic: "A present from Halim Dos Ghali, the Copt, the Catholic, to the Apostolic See, in the year of Christ 1886."(4) Anto nius Morcos, Visitor Apostolic of the Catholic Copts, when, in the beginning of 1886, he was shown and informed about the Vatican MS., told of this other one and was the means of its being sent to Rome. The Borgian MS., which Ciasca refe rs to the fourteenth century, consists of 355 folios. Folios 1--85(5) contain a n anonymous preface on the gospels, briefly described by Ciasca, who, however, does not say whether it appears to have been originally written in Arabic or to have been translated into that language. With folios 96b, 97a, which are repro duced in phototype in Ciasca's edition, begins the Introductory Note given in f ull at the beginning of the present translation. The text of the Diatessaron en ds on folio 353a, but is followed by certain appendices, for which see below, 5 5, 17, note. This MS. is complete, and has, as we shall see,(6) in some respect s a better text, though it is worse in its orthography than the Vatican MS. 6 Condition of the Arabic Text.--Ciasca's text does not profess to be criti cally determined, for which purpose a more careful study of each of the MSS. an d an estimate of their respective texts would be indispensable. Although the Bo rgian MS. is supposed by Ciasca to be a century or two later than the Vatican M S. it is clearly not a copy of the latter, for not only does it sometimes offer more original readings, but, as we shall see, its text in some points coincide s more exactly in scope with the original work. The list of various readings su pplied by Ciasca,(7) which is equal to about a fifth or a quarter of the text i tself, ought to yield, on being analysed, some canons of criticism. The foot-no tes of the present edition are enough to show that a number of the peculiar fea tures of Ciasca's text do not belong to the original Arabic MS.; and further st udy would dispose of still more. On the other hand, there are unfortunately som e indications(8) that the common ancestor of both MSS., though perhaps less tha n two centuries removed from the original, was not the original itself, and the refore emendation may be necessary even where both MSS. agree. From first to la st it has to be borne in mind that a great deal of work was done at Arabic vers ions of the gospels,(9) and the text of the copy from which our two MSS. are de scended may already have suffered from contact with other versions; while the s pecial activity of the thirteenth century may have left its mark in some places on the text of the Borgian MS., supposing it to be chronologically the later. 7 Origin of the Arabic Text.--If some of the uncouthness of the Arabic text is due to corruption in the course of transmission, much is also due to its be ing not an original work, but a translation. That it is, in the main, a transla tion from Syriac is too obvious to need proof.(10) The Introductory Notice and Subscription to the Borgian MS., moreover, expressly state that the work was tr anslated by one Abu'l Faraj 'Abdulla ibn-at-Tayyib,(11) an "excellent and learn ed priest," and the inferiority of parts of the translation,(12) and entire abs ence of any confirmatory evidence,(13) hardly suffice to refute this assertion. Still, the Borgian MS. is a late witness, and although it most probably preser ves a genuine tradition as to the author of our work, its statement need not th erefore necessarily be correct in every point. 8 The Arabic Editor and his Method.--Ibn-at-Tayyib (d. 1043) is a well-know n man, a Nestorian monk and scholar, secretary to Elias I., Patriarch of Nisibi s (for references to sources see, e.g., Ciasca's Introduction, p. xi. f. and St einschneider's long note in his Polemische und apologetische Lit. in Arabische Sprache, pp. 52-55). As we are here concerned with him 37 simply as a link in the chain connecting our present work with its original sou rce, the only point of interest for us is the method he followed in producing i t. Did he prepare an independent translation or did he make use of existing Ara bic versions, his own or others? Until this question, which space forbids us to discuss here, has been more thoroughly investigated,(1) it must suffice to say that in view of the features in the present text that have not yet been shown to exist in any other Arabic version, it is still at least a tenable hypothesis that Ibn-at-Tayyib's MS. constituted to a considerable extent a real translati on rather than a sort of Arabic parallel to the Codex Fuldensis (see below, 12) . 9 The Syriac Text Translated--The eleventh-century MS. of Ibn-at-Tayyib, co uld we reach it, would bring us face to face with the more interesting question of the nature of his Syriac original. The Subscription to the Borgian MS. stat es, probably copying the statement from its exemplar, that this was a Syriac MS . in the handwriting of 'Isa ibn-'Ali al Motatabbib, pupil of Honain ibn Ishak. This Honain was a famous Arabic physician and medical writer of Bagdad (d. 873 ), whose school produced quite a number of translations and translators, among whom Ibn-'Ali, supposed to be identical with the Syriac lexicographer of the sa me name, is known to have had a high place. The Syriac MS., therefore, that Ibn -at-Tayyib translated takes us back to about the year 900. But the Subscription to each of our MSS.(2) states that the work ended is the gospel called Diatess aron, compiled from the four gospels by Titianus; while the Introductory Note t o the Borgian MS. adds that this Titianus was a Greek. The next step, therefore , is to inquire whether any traces exist of such a Syriac work, or any statemen ts by which we can check the account just given of it. 10 Other Traces of a Syriac Text.--No copy of a Syriac Diatessaron has yet been shown to have survived.(3) A number of quotations(4) from such a work have , however, been found in a Syriac commentary on the New Testament by Isho'dad o f Merv (circ. 852), a contemporary of Honain, Ibn-'Ali's teacher.(5) The value of these extracts is apparent, for they take us back one generation earlier tha n Ibn-at-Tayyib's Syriac exemplar. More important still, they do not entirely a gree with the text of our Arabic version. To solve the problem thus raised, we must examine some of the statements about the Diatessaron to be found in eccles iastical writers. 11 Statements about the Diatessaron.--One of the most widely known is that of Isho'dad himself, who, in his Preface to the Gospel of Mark, says: "Tatian, disciple of Justin, the philosopher and martyr, selected from the four gospels, and combined and composed a gospel, and called it Diatessaron, i.e., the Combi ned, ... and upon this gospel Mar Ephraem commented."(6) Dionysius Bar Salibi ( twelfth century) repeats each of these phrases, adding, "Its commencement was, 'In the beginning was the Word.'"(7) These statements identify the author of th e Diatessaron with a man otherwise known, and tell us that the great Syrian fat her Ephraem (d. 373) wrote a commentary on it. Unfortunately, no Syriac MS. of Ephraem's work is known to have survived;(8) but quotations from it, or allusio ns to it, are being found in other Syriac writers. One further reference will s uffice for the present. Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, four hundred years before Isho'dad, wrote thus in his book on Heresies (written in 453): "Tatian the Syr ian. ... This [writer] also composed the gospel which is called Diatessaron, cu tting out the genealogies and whatever other passages show that the Lord was bo rn of the seed of David ac- 38 cording to the flesh."(1) Before examining the testimonials we have now adduced , we must notice certain more remote sources of information. 12 Non-Syriac Texts of the Diatessaron.--Although Ephraem's Syriac commenta ry on the Diatessaron is for the present lost, there is an Armenian version of it(2) extant in two MSS. dating from about the time of Bar Salibi and our Vat. MS.(3) A Latin translation of this work, published in 1876 by Moesinger,(4) for med the main basis of Zahn's attempt(5) to reconstruct the Diatessaron. Appendi x X in Hill's Diatessaron (pp. 334-377) contains an English translation of the texts commented on by Ephraem, made from Moesinger's Latin, but collated with t he Armenian by Professor J. Armitage Robinson, of Cambridge. A comparison of th is document with our Arabic text shows a remarkable agreement in the order and contents, but just as remarkable a lack of agreement in the kind of text presen ted. The same phenomenon is met with when we compare our Arabic text with a doc ument that carries us back three hundred years before the time of Isho'dad, and therefore more than six hundred years before the Armenian MSS.--the Codex Fuld ensis of the Vulgate.(6) This MS. contains an arrangement of the gospel matter that its discoverer and publisher, Bishop Victor of Capua (d. 554), rightly con cluded must represent the Diatessaron of Tatian, but for the text of which was apparently substituted that of the Vulgate.(7) We are now ready to weigh the te stimony we have gathered.(8) 13 Accretions to the Diatessaron.--The statements we are to consider are: ( 1) Bar Salibi's, that Tatian's Diatessaron began with "In the beginning was the Word";(9) (2) Theodoret's, that Tatian cut out the genealogies; and (3) the sa me writer's, that Tatian also cut out "whatever other passages show that the Lo rd was born of the seed of David according to the flesh." Of these statements 1 conflicts with the Arabic text, which begins with Mark, and the Codex Fuldensi s, which begins with Luke, but agrees with the Ephraem source; the same is true of 2; while 3 conflicts with all three texts. Our limits do not admit of our d iscussing these points in detail. It must suffice to say (1) that, although a m ore careful examination at first-hand of the introductory notices in the two Ar abic MSS. seems needed before one can venture to propound a complete theory, a comparison of the two texts, and a consideration of the descriptions given by C iasca and Lagarde,(10) make it almost certain that the genuine Arabic text of I bn-at-Tayyib began with John i. 1. Similarly the first four verses of Luke (on which see also below, 1, 6, note) were probably not in the original text of th e MS. that Victor found, for they are not mentioned in the (old) table of conte nts. We seem thus to detect a process of gradual accretion of material drawn fr om the ordinary gospel text. (2) The genealogies illustrate the same process. I n the Vatican MS. they form part of the text.(11) But in the Borgian MS., altho ugh they precede the Subscription, and therefore may have been already in the n inth-century Syriac MS. used by Ibn-at-Tayyib, they are still placed by themsel ves, after a blank space, at the end of the volume, with a title of their own.( 12) Here, therefore, we actually see stages of the process of accretion. (3) It is therefore possible that the same account must also be given of 3, although in this case we have no direct proof. 14 Passages Lost from the Diatessaron.--If the Diatessaron has thus been gr owing so as to represent the ordinary text of the canonical gospels more comple tely, we have also evidence that suggests that it has been at some time or time s purged of certain features that are lacking in these canonical gospels. For o ne case of this kind see below, 4, 36, note. 15 Preservation of the Text of the Diatessaron.--We have observed already t hat the Latin, Armenian, and Arabic Diatessarons correspond pretty closely in s ubject-matter and arrangement, but differ markedly in text. The Codex Fuldensis is really a MS. of the Vulgate, although the text that Victor found was probab ly somewhat different. The Armenian text differs materially from the ordinary S yriac version of the New Testament (the Peshitta), showing a marked connection with another type of Syriac text represented now by the Curetonian and Sinaitic (Lewis) MSS. The Arabic text, on the other hand, almost systematically represe nts the Peshitta. The explanation of the condition of text in the Codex Fuldens is is obvious. On the other hand, the relationship of the Armenian and Arabic t exts to the original Diatessaron must be determined by weighing 39 very multifarious evidence that cannot be even cited here (see above 6 ff.). Th e two texts depend, as we have seen, on late MSS.; but all the earlier referenc es and quotations go to show that the Armenian text(1) stands much more closely related to the original than does the Arabic. 16 Checkered History of the Diatessaron.--What use the Arabic edition of Ib n-at-Tayyib was put to when made we do not know. 'Abd Isho' (d. 1318) speaks in the highest terms of Tatian's work, saying, "... With all diligence he attende d to the utmost degree to the right order of those things which were said and d one by the Saviour; of his own he did not add a single saying."(2) But the lead en of the Syrian church had not always thought so. Theodoret (loc. cit.) some n ine hundred years earlier had written thus: "... Even those that follow the apo stolic doctrines, not perceiving the mischief of the composition," used "the bo ok too simply as an abridgment." A few years earlier Rabbula, Bishop of Edessa (d. 435), had said:(3) "Let the presbyters and deacons give heed that in all th e churches there be provided and read a copy of the Distinct Gospel," i.e., not the harmonized or mixed gospel. But obviously these men were trying to suppres s traditional practice due to very different views. Theodoret (loc. cit.) found more than two hundred copies of the work "held in respect in the churches"; an d the Doctrine of Addai (Edessa, third to fourth century) seems simply to ident ify the Diatessaron and the New Testament.(4) Outside of the Syriac-speaking ch urches we find no signs of any such use of the Diatessaron. It would seem, ther efore, that at a quite early stage the Diatessaron was very widely if not unive rsally read in the Syriac churches, and commented on by scholars as the gospel; that in time it fell under the condemnation of some at least of the church lea ders, who made violent efforts to suppress it; that it could not be suppressed; that a commentary on it was (perhaps in the fifth century(5)) translated into Armenian; that it was still discussed by commentators, and new Syriac MSS. of i t made in the ninth century, and thought worth the labor of reproduction in Ara bic in the beginning of the eleventh century; that MSS. of the Armenian volume continued to be made down to the very end of the twelfth century, and of the Ar abic edition down to the fourteenth century; but that this long life was secure d at the expense of a more or less rapid assimilation of the text to that of th e great Syriac Bible which from the fourth century onwards became more and more exclusively used--the Peshitta. 17 The Author of the Diatessaron.--The Diatessaron is such an impersonal wo rk that we do not need to know very much about its compiler.(6) It will suffice here to say that he tells us himself that he was born "in the land of the Assy rians," and brought up a heathen. After travelling in search of knowledge, he s ettled at Rome, where he became a pupil of Justin Martyr, professed Christianit y, and wrote in Greek his Address to the Greeks,(7) translated in vol. iii. of the Ante-Nicene Christian Library. He was too independent in his attitude to ma intain a permanent popularity, and after Justin's death left Rome and returned to Mesopotamia. It was probably here that he issued in Syriac his most importan t work, the Diatessaron, which won such a warm place in the heart of the Syrian church. Among the Greek scholars, however, he became more and more regarded as a heretic, Encratite (ascetic), and Gnostic. 18 The Diatessaron as a Harmony.--Not very much need be said on this subjec t, as every reader can collect the facts for himself. In its present form the H armony draws from all the four canonical gospels, and from very little else. Op inions differ as to whether it originally indicated the gospel from which any g iven piece was drawn, and some uncertainty must remain in special cases as to w hat gospel actually has been drawn upon. Professor G. F. Moore, in a very inter esting article on the Diatessaron,(8) having counted the references in the Ara bic MSS., states that the Arabic text contains 50 per cent. of Mark, 66 per cen t. of Luke, 76.5 per cent. of Matthew, and 96 per cent. of John. The summation of his figures gives the following result: out of a total of 3780 verses in the four gospels, the Diatessaron quotes 2769 and omits 1011. As to the order in w hich the whole is arranged, Moore thinks that Matthew has chiefly been followed ; while Zahn regards the Fourth Gospel as normative. For a specimen of the way in which words and phrases from the different gospels are woven together, we ma y refer to 52, 35 ff., and the notes thereon. In the Arabic MSS., and probably in the Syriac exemplar, the work is divided into fifty-four almost equal chapt ers, followed by one short one--a feature that agrees well with what we have le arned of the work as being of old the lectionary of the Syrian church. 40 19 Problems Connected with the Diatessaron.--The Diatessaron opens up a ver y wide field of study A few points may be here enumerated (see also above, 8, a nd note there). In what language was it written? On the view favoured by an inc reasing majority of scholars, that it was written in Syriac, was it a translati on or simply a compilation? What precisely is its relation to the Syriac versio ns and the "Western" text generally? Then there is its bearing on the date and formation of the canonical gospels; the phenomenon of its so long supplying the place of those gospels; the analogy it presents to the Pentateuch, according t o the critical view of the origin of the latter. These and other issues make th e Diatessaron an important and interesting study. 20 The Present Translation.--The work of translation has been found much mo re tedious than was anticipated, notwithstanding the fact that considerably mor e than half of it is the work of my wife, which I have simply revised with spec ial attention to the many obscurities dealt with in the foot-notes. We have, ho wever, worked so much together that it is very doubtful whether any one could a ssign the various parts to their respective sources. My wife also verified the Arabic references to the gospels printed on the margin to the right of the text ,(1) and prepared the Index to these references--an extremely laborious and per plexing piece of work. This Index is inserted merely for the practical purpose of enabling the reader to find any given gospel piece in the Diatessaron. When a verse is not found in the Index, an equivalent passage from some of the other gospels should be looked for. On the margin to the left of the text are indica ted the pages of the Arabic text and the sections and verses in HilI's version. (2) The aim has been to make a literal translation. As two freer translations a lready exist, it seemed best to incline to the side of being overliteral. If, h owever, features due simply to Arabic idiom have been preserved, this is an ove rsight. Uniformity could only have been secured by devoting a much longer time to the work than the editor was able to allow. The difficulties are due to the corrupt state of the Arabic text,(3) and to the awkward reproduction(4) or actu al misunderstanding(5) of the Syriac original by the author or authors of the A rabic translation. It has been impossible to maintain consistency in dealing wi th these phenomena. If any rendering seem strange, it will be well to consult t he Syriac versions before deciding that it is wrong. A good deal of attention, too, has to be paid to the usage of the Arabic text, which, though it has many points of contact with other Arabic versions of the gospels, e.g., the MS. desc ribed by Gildemeister (De evangg. in arab. e simp. Syr., 1865), is as yet for u s (see above, 8) a distinct version, possessed of an individuality of its own, one pronounced feature being its very close adherence to its Syriac original. A nother revision of the present translation, in the light of a fuller study of t hese features, would doubtless lead to changes both in the text and in the foot -notes. The latter aim at preventing misunderstanding and giving some examples of the peculiarities of the text, and of the differences between the MSS. To ha ve dealt systematically with the text and various readings would have required much more time and space than was available. The consequence of this incomplete ness has been some uncertainty at times what text to translate. As already stat ed (paragraphs 4 and 6), Ciasca's printed text neither represents any one MS. n or professes to be based in its eclecticism on any systematic critical principl es. On the whole Ciasca has here been followed somewhat mechanically in decidin g what to exhibit in the text and what to relegate to the foot-notes. As a rule conjectural emendations have not been admitted into the text except where the MS. readings would hardly bear translation. Italics in the text denote words su pplied for the sake of English idiom; in the foot-notes, quotations from the MS S. It is to be noted that many linguistic usages said, for shortness, in the fo ot-notes to be characteristic of the present work, i.e., as compared with ordin ary Arabic, are common in Arabic versions. "Syriac versions" means the three (P esh., Cur., Sin.), or as many of them as contain the passage in question; if th e Peshitta alone is quoted, it may be assumed that Cur. and Sin. are missing or diverge. In conclusion we may say that an effort has been made to preserve even the order of words; but it must be emphasized that it is very doubtful whether it i s wise for any one to use the Arabic Diatessaron for critical purposes who is n ot acquainted with Arabic and Syriac. The tenses, e.g., are much vaguer in Arab ic than in Greek and English, and are, moreover, in this work often accommodate d to Syriac idiom. The Greek and the Revised Version have been 43 THE TEXT OF THE DIATESSARON [SECTION I.] 1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God is the 2, 3 Word. This was in the beginning with God. Everything was by his hand, and 4 without him not even one existing thing was made. In him was life, and the li fe 5 is the light of men. And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkne ss apprehended it not. 6 There was in the days of Herod the king a priest whose name was Zacharias, of the family of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her na me 7 was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all his com- 8 mands, and in the uprightness of God without reproach. And they had no son, for 9 Elizabeth was barren, and they had both advanced in age. And while h e discharged 10 Arabic. the duties of priest in the order of his service before God, according to the p. 2 custom of the priesthood it was his turn to burn in cense; so he entered the 11 temple of the Lord. And the whole gathering of the people were praying without at the 12 time of the incense. And there appeared u nto Zacharias the angel of the Lord, stand- 13 ing at the right of the altar of incense; and Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, 14 and fear fell upon him . But the angel said unto him, Be not agitated,(2) Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shall 15 call hi s name John; and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice 16 at his birth. And he shall be great before the Lord, and shall not drink wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit(3) while he is in hi s mother's 17 womb. And he shall turn back many of the children of Israel to th e Lord their 18 God. And he shall go before him in the spirit, and in the power of Elijah the prophet, to turn back the heart of the fathers to the sons, and those that obey not to the knowledge(4) of the righteous; and to prepare for th e Lord a perfect people. 19 And Zacharias said unto the angel, How shall I know this, since I am an old man 20 and my wife is advanced in years? And the angel answered and said unto him, I am Gabriel, that standeth before God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and give 21 thee tidings of this. Henceforth thou shal l be speechless, and shalt not be able to speak until the day in which this sha ll come to pass, because thou didst not trust 22 this my word, which shall be a ccomplished in its time. And the people were stand- Arabic, ing awaiting Zacha rias, and they were perplexed at his delaying in the temple. 23 p. 3 And when Z acharias went out, he was not able to speak unto them: so they knew that he had seen in the temple a vision; and he made signs unto them, and 24 continued dum b. And when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his dwelling . 25 And after those days Elizabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five 26 months, and said, This hath the Lord done unto me in the days when he looke d upon me, to remove my reproach from among men. 27 And(5) in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from God to Galilee(6) to a 28 city called Nazareth, to a virgin given in marriage to a man named Jos eph, of the 29 house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel en tered unto her and said unto her, Peace be unto thee, thou who art filled with grace. Our Lord Jo. 1, 1. Jo. 1, 2. Jo. 1, 3. Jo. 1, 4. Jo. 1, 5. Lk. 1, 5.1 Lk. 1, 6. Lk. 1, 7. Lk. 1, 8. Lk. 1, 9. Lk. 1, 10. Lk. 1, 11. Lk. 1, 12. Lk. 1, 13. Lk. 1, 14. Lk. 1, 15. Lk. 1, 16. Lk. 1, 17. Lk. 1, 18. Lk. 1, 19. Lk. 1, 20. Lk. 1, 21. Lk. 1, 22. Lk. 1, 23. Lk. 1, 24. Lk. 1, 25. Lk. 1, 26. Lk. 1, 27. Lk. 1, 28. 44 1 30 is with thee, thou blessed amongst women. And she, when she beheld, was agitated 31 at his word, and pondered what this salutation could be. And the an gel said unto 32 her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God. Thou shall now con- 33 ceive, and bear a son, and call his name Jesus. This shall b e great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will gi ve him the throne of 34 David his father: and he shall rule over the house of J acob for ever; and to his 35 kingdom there shall be no end. Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be to 36 me when no man hath known me? The angel answered and said unto her, The Arabic. Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Mos t High shall rest upon thee, p. 4 and therefore shall he that is born of thee b e pure, and shall be called the Son 37 of God. And lo, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old 38 age; and this is the sixth month w ith her, her that is called barren. For nothing is 39 difficult for God. Mary s aid, Lo, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be unto me according unto thy wo rd. And the angel departed from her. 40 And then Mary arose in those days and went in haste into the hill country,( 1) to a(2) 41 city of Judah; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and asked for the health of 42 Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mar y, the babe leaped in 43 her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spiri t; and cried with a loud voice and said unto Mary, Blessed art thou amongst wom en, and blessed is the 44 fruit that is in thy womb. Whence have I this privilege, that the mother of my 45 Lord should come unto me? When the sound of thy salutation reached my ear s, 46 with great joy rejoiced(3) the babe in my womb. And blessed is she who be lieved 47 that what was spoken to her from the Lord would be fulfilled.And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 48 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour, 49 Who hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden: Lo, henceforth, all generations(4) shall pronounce blessing on me. 50 For(5) he hath done great things for me, who is mighty, And holy is his name. 51 And his mercy embraceth them who fear him, Throughout the ages and the times. 52 Arabic. He wrought the victory with his arm, p. 5 And scattered them that prided themselves in their opinions. 53 He overthrew them that acted haughtily from their thrones, And raised the lowly. 54 He satisfied with good things the hungry, And left the rich without anything. 55 He helped Israel his servant, And remembered his mercy 56 (According as he spake with our fathers) Unto Abraham and unto his seed for ever. 57 And Mary abode with Elizabeth about three months, and returned unto her hou se. 58, 59 And Elizabeth's time of delivery was come; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that God had multiplied his mercy towards her; 60 and they rejoiced with her. And when(6) it was the eighth day, they ca me to circumcise the child, and called him Zacharias, calling him by the name o f his father. 61 And his mother answered and said unto them, Not so; but he sha ll be called John. 62 And they said unto her, There is no man of thy kindred th at is called by this name. 63, 64 And they made signs to his father, saying, Ho w dost thou wish to name him? And he asked for a tablet, and wrote and said, Hi s name is John. And every one won-65 dered. And immediately his mouth was opene d, and his tongue, and he spake and 66 praised God. And fear fell on all their neighbours: and this was spoken of(7) in all Lk. 1, 29. Lk. 1, 30. Lk. 1, 31. Lk. 1, 32. Lk. 1, 33. Lk. 1, 34. Lk. 1, 35. Lk. 1, 36. Lk. 1, 37. Lk. 1, 38. Lk. 1, 39. Lk. 1, 40. Lk. 1, 41. Lk. 1, 42. Lk. 1, 43. Lk. 1, 44. Lk. 1, 45. Lk. 1, 46. Lk. 1, 47. Lk. 1, 48. Lk. 1, 49. Lk. 1, 50. Lk. 1, 51. Lk. 1, 52. Lk. 1, 53. Lk. 1, 54. Lk. 1, 55. Lk. 1, 56. Lk. 1, 57. Lk. 1, 58. Lk. 1, 59. Lk. 1, 60. Lk. 1, 61. Lk. 1, 62. Lk. 1, 63. Lk. 1, 64. Lk. 1, 65. 45 1 67 the mountains of Judah. And all who heard pondered in their hearts and s aid, What shall this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. 68 And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied an d said, 69 Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, Who hath cared for his people, and wrought for it salvation; 70 And hath raised for us the horn of salvation Arabic, In the house of David his servant 71 p. 6 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets from eternity), 72 That he might save us from our enemies, And from the hand of all them that hate us. 73 And he hath performed his mercy towards our fathers, And remembered his holy covenants, 74 And the oath which he sware unto Abraham our father, 75 That he would give us deliverance from the hand of our enemies, And without fear we shall(1) serve before him 76 All our days with equity and righteousness. 77 And as for thee, O child, prophet of the Most High shalt thou be calle d. Thou shalt go forth before the face of the Lord to prepare his way, 78 To give the knowledge of salvation(2) unto his people, For the forgiveness of their sins, 79 Through the mercy of(3) the compassion of our God, With which he careth for(4) us, to appear(5) from on high 80 To give light to them that sit in darkness and under the shadow of dea th, And to set straight our feet in the way of peace. 81 And the child grew and became strong in the spirit, and abode in the desert until the time of his appearing unto the children of Israel. SECTION II. 2 1 Arabic, Now(6) the birth of Jesus the Messiah was on this wise: In the time when p. 7 his mother was given in marriage to Joseph, before they cam e together, 2 she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husba nd was a just man and did not wish to expose her, and he purposed to put her aw ay secretly. 3 But when he thought of this, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, and said unto him, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary thy wife, for that 4 which is begotten(7) in her is of the Holy Spirit. She sh all bear a son, and thou shalt 5 call his name Jesus, and he shall save s his p eople from their sins.And all this was that the saying from the Lord by the pro phet might be fulfilled: 6 Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel, 7 which is, being interpreted, With us is our God. And when Joseph arose from h is 8 sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife; a nd knew her not until she brought forth her firstborn son. 9 And in those days there went forth a decree from Augustus Caesar that all t he LK. 1, 66. Lk. 1, 67. Lk. 1, 68. Lk. 1, 69. Lk. 1, 70. Lk. 1, 71. Lk. 1, 72. Lk. 1, 73. Lk. 1, 74. Lk. 1, 75. Lk. 1, 76. Lk. 1, 77. Lk. 1, 78. Lk. 1, 79. Lk. 1, 80. Mt. 1, 18. Mt. 1, 19. Mt. 1, 20. Mt. 1, 21. Mt. 1, 22. Mr. 1, 23. Mt. 1, 24. Mt. 1, 25a. Lk. 2, 1. 46 2 10 people of his dominion(1) should be enrolled. This first enrolment was(2 ) while Qui- 11, 12 rinius was governor of Syria. And every man went to be enro lled in his city. And Joseph went up also from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, to Judaea, to the city of David 13 which is called Bethlehem (for he was of the ho use of David and of his tribe), with 14 Arabic. Mary his betrothed, she being w ith child, to be enrolled there. And while 15 p. 8 she was there the days for h er being delivered were accomplished. And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them where they were staying. 16 And there were in that region shepherds abiding, keeping their flock in the watch 17 of the night. And behold, the angel of God came unto them, and the gl ory of the 18 Lord shone upon them; and they were greatly terrified. And the an gel said unto them, Be not terrified; for I bring you tidings of great joy whic h shall be to the 19 whole world; there is born to you this day a Saviour, whic h is the Lord the Mes- 20 siah, in the city of David. And this is a sign for yo u: ye shall find a babe wrapped 21 in swaddling cloths and laid in a manger. An d there appeared with the angels suddenly many heavenly forces praising(3) God and saying, 22 Praise be to God in the highest, And on the earth peace, and good hope to men. 23 And when the angels departed from them to heaven, the shepherds spake to on e another and said, We will go to Bethlehem and see this word which hath been, as 24 the Lord made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and 25 Joseph, and the babe laid in a manger. And when they saw, they reported the word 26 which was spoken to them about the child. And all that heard wondered at the 27 description which the shepherds described(4) to them. But Mary kept t hese(5) sayings 28 and discriminated(6) them in her heart. And those shepherds returned, magnifying and praising God for all that they had seen and heard, acc ording as it was described unto them. 29 Arabic. And when eight days were fulfilled that the child should be circumci sed, p. 9 his name was called Jesus, being that by which he was called by the a ngel before his conception in the womb. 30 And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were 31 completed, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him before the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male opening the womb shall be call ed the 32 holy thing of the Lord), and to give a sacrificial victim as it is sa id in the law of 33 the Lord, A pair of doves or two young pigeons. And there w as in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and this man was upright and pious , and expecting 34 the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been said unto him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death till he had seen with 35 his eyes the Messiah(7) of the Lord. And this man cam e by the Spirit to the temple; and at the time when his parents brought in the child Jesus, that they might 36 present for him a sacrifice, as it is written i n the law, he bare him in his arms and praised God and said, 37 Now loosest thou the bonds of thy servant, O Lord, in peace,(8) According to thy saying; 38 For mine eye hath witnessed thy mercy, 39 Which thou hast made ready because of the whole world; 40 A light for the unveiling(9) of the nations, And a glory to thy people Israel. 41 And Joseph and his mother were marvelling at the things which were being sa id 42 concerning him. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Beho ld, he is set for the overthrow and rising of many in Israel; and for a sign of conten- 43 tion; and a spear 10 shall pierce(11) through thine own soul; that the thoughts of the Lk. 2, 2. Lk. 2, 3. Lk. 2, 4. Lk. 2, 5. Lk. 2, 6. Lk. 2, 7. Lk. 2, 8. Lk. 2, 9. Lk. 2, 10. Lk. 2, 11. Lk. 2, 12. Lk. 2, 13. Lk. 2, 14. Lk. 2, 15. Lk. 2, 16. Lk. 2, 17. Lk. 2, 18. Lk. 2, 19. Lk. 2, 20. Lk. 2, 21. Lk. 2, 22. Lk. 2, 23. Lk. 2, 24. Lk. 2, 25. Lk. 2, 26. Lk. 2, 27. Lk. 2, 28. Lk. 2, 29. Lk. 2, 30. Lk. 2, 31. Lk. 2, 32. Lk. 2, 33. Lk. 2, 34. Lk. 2, 35. 47 44 Arabic, hearts of many may be revealed. And Anna the prophetess, the daught er p. 10 of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, was also advanced in years (and she dwelt 45 with her husband seven years from her virginity, and she remained a w idow about eighty-four years); and she left not the temple, and served night an d day with 46 fasting and prayer. And she also rose in that hour and thanked th e Lord, and she 47 spake of him with every one who was expecting the deliveranc e of Jerusalem. And when they had accomplished everything according to what is in the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to Nazareth their city. SECTION III. 3 1, 2 And after that,(1) the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, and said , Where is the King of the Jews which was born? We have seen his star in the ea st, and have 3 come to worship him. And Herod the king heard, and he was troubl ed, and all 4 Jerusalem with him. And he gathered all the chief priests and the scribes of the 5 people, and asked them in what place(2) the Messiah should be born. They said, In Bethlehem of Judaea: thus it is written in the prophet, 6 Thou also, Bethlehem of Judah, Art not contemptible among the kings of Judah: From thee shall go forth a king, And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel. 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which 8 the star appeared to them. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said unto them, Go and search about the child diligently; and when ye have found him, co me and 9 make known to me, that I also may go and worship him. And they, when t hey Arabic, heard the king, departed; and lo, the star which they had seen in t he east p. 11 went before them, until it came and stood above the place where t he child 10, 11 was. And when they beheld the star, they rejoiced with very gre at joy. And they entered the house and beheld the child with Mary his mother, a nd fell down worshipping him, and opened their saddle-bags and offered to him o fferings, gold and 12 myrrh and frankincense. And they saw in a dream a that th ey should not return to Herod, and they travelled by another way in going to th eir country. 13 And when they had departed, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Jo seph, and said unto him, Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egy pt, and be thou there until I speak to thee; for Herod is determined to seek th e child 14 to slay him. And Joseph arose and took the child and his mother in t he night, and 15 fled into Egypt, and remained in it until the time of the deat h of Herod: that that might be fulfilled which was said by the Lord in the prop het, which said, From 16 Egypt did I call my son. And Herod then, when he saw t hat he was mocked of the Magi, was very angry, and sent and killed all the male children which were in Bethlehem and all its borders, from two years old and u nder, according to the time 17 which he had inquired from the Magi.Then was ful filled the saying in Jeremiah the prophet, which said, 18 A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and much lamentation; Rachel weeping(4) for her children, And not willing to be consoled for their loss. 19 But when Herod the king died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to 20 Joseph in Egypt, and said unto him, Rise and take the child and his mother, and Arabic. go into the land of Israel; for they have died who sought the child 's life. 21 p. 12 And Joseph rose and took the child and his mother, and came t o the land 22 of lsrael. But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judaea instead of Herod his father, he feared to go thither; and he saw in a dr eam that he should Lk. 2, 36. Lk. 2, 37. Lk. 2, 38. Lk. 2, 39. Mt. 2, 1b. Mt. 2, 2. Mt. 2, 3. Mt. 2, 4. Mt. 2, 5. Mt. 2, 6. Mt. 2, 7. Mt. 2, 8. Mt. 2, 9. Mt. 2, 10. Mt. 2, 11. Mr. 2, 12. Mt. 2, 13. Mt. 2, 14. Mt. 2, 15. Mt. 2, 16. Mt. 2, 17. Mt. 2, 18. Mt. 2, 19. Mt. 2, 20. Mt. 2, 21. Mt. 2, 22. 48 3 23 go into the land of Galilee, and that he should abide in a city called N azareth: that the saying in the prophet might be fulfilled, that he should be c alled a Nazarene. 24 And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, becoming filled with wisdo m; and the grace of God was upon him. 25 And his kinsfolk(1) used to go every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the pass- 26 over. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to thei r custom, 27 to the feast. And when the days were accomplished, they returned; and the child 28 Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew no t: and they supposed that he was with the children of their company. And when t hey had gone one day's journey, they sought him beside their people and those w ho knew them, 29 and they found him not; so they returned to Jerusalem and soug ht him again. 30 And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teach- 31 ers, hearing them and asking them questions; and all who heard him wondered at 32 his wisdom and his words. And when they saw him t hey wondered, and his mother said unto him, My son, why hast thou dealt with us thus? behold, I and thy father 33 have been seeking for thee with much anxiety . And he said unto them, Why were 34 ye seeking me? know(2) ye not that I must be in the house of my Father? And they 35 understood not the word which he spak e unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was obedi ent to them: and his mother used to keep all these sayings in her heart. 36 Arabic. And Jesus grew in his stature and wisdom, and in grace with God p. 13 and men. 37 And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pil ate was governor in Judaea, and one of the four rulers, Herod, in Galilee; and Philip his brother, one of the four rulers, in Ituraea and in the district of T rachonitis; and 38 Lysanias, one of the four rulers, in Abilene; in the chief-p riesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the command(3) of God went forth to John the s on of Zacharias in the 39 desert. And he came into all the region which is abou t Jordan, proclaiming the 40 baptism of repentance unto(4) the forgiveness of s ins. And he was preaching in the 41 wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye ; the kingdom of heaven is come near. 42 This is he that was spoken of in Isaia h the prophet, The voice which crieth in the desert, 43 Prepare ye the way of the Lord, And make straight in the plain, paths for our God. 44 All the valleys shall become filled, And all the mountains and hills shall become low; And the rough shall become plain, And the difficult place, easy; 45 And all flesh shall see the salvation(5) of God. 46 This man came to bear witness, that he might bear witness to the light, tha t 47 every man might believe through his mediation. He was not the light, bat t hat he 48 might bear witness to the light, which was the light of truth, that g iveth light to 49 every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made 50 by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, an d his own received 51 him not. And those who received him, to them gave he the power(6) that they might 52 be sons of God,--those which believe in his name: w hich were born, not of blood, 53 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of God. And the Word became flesh, and took up his abode among us; and we saw his glory as the glory 54 of the only Son from the Father, which is full of grace and equity.(7) John bare wit- Arabic, ness of him, and cried, and said, This is he that I sai d cometh after me and 55 p. 14 was before me, because he was before me.(8) And of his fulness received 56 we all grace for grace. For the law was given throug h the mediation of Moses, but truth and grace were(9) through Jesus Christ. Mt. 2, 23. Lk. 2, 40. Lk. 2, 41. Lk. 2, 42. Lk. 2, 43. Lk. 2, 44. Lk. 2, 45. Lk. 2, 46. Lk. 2, 47. Lk. 2, 48. Lk. 2, 49. Lk. 2, 50. Lk. 2, 51. Lk. 2, 52. Lk. 3, 1. Lk. 3, 2. Lk. 3, 3. Mt. 3, 1b. Mt. 3, 2. Mt. 3, 3a. Lk. 3, 4b. Lk. 3, 5. Lk. 3, 6. Jo. 1, 7. Jo. 1, 8. Jo. 1, 9. Jo. 1, 10. Jo. 1, 11. Jo. 1, 12. Jo. 1, 13. Jo. 1, 14. Jo. 1, 15. Jo. 1, 16. Jo. 1, 17. 49 SECTION IV. 4 1 No man hath seen God at any time; the only Son, God,(1) which is in the b osom of his Father, he hath told of him. 2 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent to him from Jerusalem priests 3 and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? And he acknowledged, and denied not; 4 and he confessed that he was not the Messiah. And they asked him again, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not he. Art thou a prophet? He 5 said, No. They said unto him, Then who art thou? that we may answer them that 6 sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? And he said, I am the voice that crieth in 7 the desert, Repair ye the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. An d they 8 that were sent were from(2) the Pharisees. And they asked him and said unto him, Why baptizest thou now, when thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, n or a prophet? 9 John answered and said unto them, I baptize with(3) water: amon g you is standing 10 one whom ye know not: this is he who I said cometh after m e and was before 11 me, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. And that was in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 12 Now John's raiment was camel's hair, and he was girded with skins, and his food 13 Arabic, was of locusts and honey of the wilderness.(4) Then went out u nto him the p. 15 people of Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region which is about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confes sing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees(5) and Sadducees(6) comi ng to be baptized, he said unto them, Ye children of vipers, who hath led you t o flee from the wrath to come? 16, 17 Do now the fruits which are worthy of rep entance; and think and say not within yourselves, We have a father, even Abraha m; for I say unto you, that God is able to 18 raise up of these stones children unto Abraham. Behold, the axe hath been laid at the roots of the trees, and so every tree that beareth not good fruit shall be taken and 19 cast into the fir e. And the multitudes were asking him and saying, What shall we do? 20 He answe red and said unto them, He that hath two tunics shall(7) give to him that 21 ha th not; and he that hath food shall(7) do likewise. And the publicans also came 22 to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do? He said unto 23 them, Seek not more than what ye are commanded to seek. And the servant s(8) of the guard asked him and said, And we also, what shall we do? He said un to them, Do not violence to any man, nor wrong him; and let your allowances sat isfy you. 24 And when the people were conjecturing about John, and all of them thinki ng 25 in their hearts whether he were haply(9) the Messiah, John answered and s aid unto them, I baptize you with water; there cometh one after me who is stron ger than I, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen; he will bapt ize you with the 26 Holy Spirit and fire: who taketh the fan in his hand to cle anse his threshing-floors, Arabic, and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, while the straw he shall burn p. 16 in fire which can(10) not be put out. 27 And other things he taught and preached among the people. 28 Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized of hi m. 29 And Jesus was about thirty years old, and it was supposed that he was the son of 30 Joseph.(11) And John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, This is th e Lamb of 31 God, that taketh on itself the burden of the sins of the world! Th is is he concerning whom I said, There cometh after me a man who was before me, because he was Jo. 1, 18. Jo. 1, 19. Jo. 1, 20. Jo. 1, 21. Jo. 1, 22. Jo. 1, 23. Jo. 1, 24. Jo. 1, 25. Jo. 1, 26. Jo. 1, 27. Jo. 1, 28. Mt. 3, 4. Mt. 3, 5. Mt. 3, 6. Mt. 3, 7. Mt. 3, 8. Mt. 3, 9. Mt. 3, 10. Lk. 3, 10. Lk. 3, 11. Lk. 3, 12. Lk. 3, 13. Lk. 3, 14. Lk. 3, 15. Lk. 3, 16. Lk. 3, 17. Lk. 3, 18, Mt. 3, 13. Lk. 3, 23a. Jo. 1, 29. Jo. 1, 30. 50 4 32 before me.(1) And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest t o Israel, 33 for this cause came I to baptize with water. And John was hinderin g him and 34 saying, I have need of being baptized by thee, and comest thou to me? Jesus answered him and said, Suffer this now: thus it is our duty to fulfil all righteous- 35 ness. Then he suffered him. And when all the people were bap tized, Jesus also 36 was baptized. And immediately he went up out of the water, and heaven opened 37 Arabic, to him,(2) and the Holy Spirit descended upon h im in the similitude of the 38 p. 17 body of a dove; and lo, a voice from heav en, saying, This is my beloved 39 Son, in whom I am well pleased. And John bare witness and said, I beheld the 40 Spirit descend from heaven like a dove; and it abode upon him. But I knew him not; but he that sent me to baptize with wat er, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt behold the Spirit descending an d lighting upon him, the same is he that 41 baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God. 42, 43 And Jesus returned from the Jordan, filled with the Holy Spirit. And i mmediately the Spirit took him out into the wilderness, to be tried of the devi l;(3) and he 44 was with the beasts. And he fasted forty days and forty nights. And he ate noth- 45 ing in those days, and at the end of them he hungered. And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, speak, and the se stones shah become 46 bread. He answered and said, It is written, Not by bre ad alone shall man live, but 47 by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil(3) brought 48 him to the holy city, and set him on the p innacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thys elf down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: And they shall take thee on their arms, So that thy foot shall not stumble against a stone. 49 Jesus said unto him, And(4) it is written also, Thou shalt not tempt the Lor d thy 50 God. And the devil(5) took him up to a high mountain, and shewed him a ll the king- 51 Arabic, doms of the earth, and their glory, in the least time; and the devil(5) said unto p. 18 him, To thee will I give all this dominion, and its glory, which is delivered to 52 me that I may give it to whomsoever I w ill. If then thou wilt worship before me, all of it shall be thine. SECTION V. 51 Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is writte n, Thou 2 shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. And w hen the 3 devil(5) had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season. And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him. 4,5 And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he saw Jesu s as 6 he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! And his two disciples heard 7 him saying this,(6) and they followed Jesus. And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Ou r master, 8 where art thou staying? And he said unto them, Come and see. And th ey came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it was about the te nth hour. 9 One of the two which heard from(7) John, and followed Jesus, was An drew the 10 brother of Simon. And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have 11 found the Messiah. And he brought him unto Jesus. And Jesus lo oked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Ceph as.(8) 12 And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Phi lip, 13 Arabic, and said unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city p. 19 of Andrew and Simon. And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto h im, He of whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found th at 15 he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible Jo. 1, 31. Mt. 3, 14. Mt. 3, 15. Lk. 3, 21b. Mt. 3, 16b. Lk. 3, 22a. Mt. 3, 17. Jo. 1, 32. Jo. 1, 33. Jo. 1, 34. Lk. 4, 1a. Mk. 1, 12. Mk. 1, 13b. Mt. 4, 2a. Lk. 4, 2b. Mt. 4, 2b, 3. Mt. 4, 4. Mt. 4, 5. Mt. 4, 6. Mt. 4, 7. Lk. 4, 5. Lk. 4, 6. Lk. 4, 7. Mt. 4, 10. Lk. 4, 13. Mt. 4, 11b. Jo. 1, 35. Jo. 1, 36. Jo. 1, 37. Jo. 1, 38. Jo. 1, 39. Jo. 1, 40. Jo. 1, 41a. Jo. 1, 42a. Jo. 1, 43. Jo. 1, 44. Jo. 1, 45. Jo. 1, 46. 51 5 that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and 16 see. And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is in deed a(1) 17 son of Israel in whom is no guile. And Nathanael said unto him, Wh ence knowest thou me? Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while tho u wast under the 18 fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art 19 the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou b elieved? thou shalt see what is 20 greater than this. And he said unto him, Ver ily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and th e angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. 21 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee. 22 And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,(2) a(1) city of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also and his disciples were invit ed to the feast. And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They hav e no wine. And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath no t mine hour come?(3) And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do. 27 And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews' pur ification, such as Arabic, would contain two or three jars. And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels 29 p. 20 with water. And they filled them to the top. He said unto the m, Draw 30 out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so. And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and kne w not whence it was(but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), t he ruler of the company called 31 the bridegroom, and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine, and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; b ut thou hast kept the good wine until 32 now. And this is the first sign(4) whi ch Jesus did in Cans of Galilee, and manifested 33 his glory; and his disciples believed on him. And his fame spread in all the coun- 34 try which was around them. And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified 35 by(5) every man. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according t o his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood 36 up to read. A nd he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet.And Jesus opened the book and fo und the place where it was written, 37 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to the poor; And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, And to proclaim forgiveness to the evil-doers,(6) and sight to the blind, And to bring the broken into forgiveness,(7) 38 And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord. 39 And he rolled up the book and gave it to the servant, and went and sat down: 40 and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were observing him. And he b egan to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with 41 your ears. And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the wor ds of grace which were proceeding from his mouth. 42 Arabic, And from that time began Jesus to proclaim the gospel of the kingd om 43 p. 21 of God, and to say, Repent ye, and believe in the gospel. The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven hath come near. 44 And while he was walking on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two bre thren, Simon who was called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into 45 the sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, an d I will 46 make you fishers of men. And they immediately left their nets there and followed 47 him. And when he went on from thence, he saw other two brother s, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee the ir father, mending 48 their nets; and Jesus called them. And they immediately f orsook the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed him. Jo. 1, 47. Jo. 1, 48. Jo. 1, 49. Jo. 1, 50. Jo. 1, 51. Lk. 4, 14a. Jo. 2, 1. Jo. 2, 2. Jo. 2, 3. Jo. 2, 4. Jo. 2, 5. Jo. 2, 6. Jo. 2, 7. Jo. 2, 8. Jo. 2, 9. Jo. 2, 10. Jo. 2, 11. Lk. 4, 14b. Lk. 4, 15. Lk. 4, 16. Lk. 4, 17. Lk. 4, 18. Lk. 4, 19. Lk. 4, 20. Lk. 4, 21. Lk. 4, 22a. Mt. 4, 17a. Mk. 1, 15. Mt. 4, 18. Mt. 4, 19. Mt. 4, 20. Mt. 4, 21. Mt. 4, 22. 52 5 49 And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, whil e he 50 was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret, he saw two boats st anding beside the sea, while(1) the two fishers which were gone out of them wer e washing their 51 nets. And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas. And Jesus we nt up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little fro m the land into 52 the water. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from th e boat. And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your 53 net for a draught. And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master, we toiled 54 all night and caught nothing; now(2) at thy word I will cast the net. And when they did this, there were enclosed(3) a great man y fishes; and their net was on the 55 point of breaking. And they beckoned to t heir comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of sinking. SECTION VI. 61 Arabic, But when Simon Cephas saw this he fell before the feet of Jesus, a nd p. 22 said unto him, My Lord, I beseech of thee to depart from me, for I am 2 a sinful man. And amazement took possession of him, and of all who were with him, 3 because of the draught of the fishes which they had taken. And thus als o were James and John the sons of Zebedee overtaken,(4) who were Simon's partne rs. And Jesus said 4 unto Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be a fisher of men unto life. And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everythin g, and followed him. 5 And after that came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and he went 6 about there with them, and baptized. And John also was baptizing in AEn on, which is beside Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, a nd were bap- 7, 8 tized. And John was not yet come into prison. And there was a n inquiry between 9 one of John's disciples and one of the Jews about purifying . And they(5) came unto John, and said unto him, Our master, he that was with t hee beyond Jordan, to whom 10 thou hast borne witness, behold, he also baptizet h, and many come to him. John answered and said unto them,(6) A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be 11 given him(7) from heaven. Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am 12 not the Messiah, but I am one sent(8 ) before him. And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the friend of the b ridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly becau se of the bridegroom's voice. Lo now,(9) behold, my 13, 14 Arabic, joy becomet h complete.(10) And he must increase and I decrease. For(11) he p. 23 that is come from above is higher than everything; and he that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh; and he that came down from heaven is 15 higher than all. And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man 16 receiveth his witness. And he that hath received his witness hath as serted(12) that he is 17 truly God.(13) And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words(14) of God: God gave 18 not the Spirit by measure. The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in 19 his hands. Whosoever believeth in the Son ha th eternal(15) life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh(16) upon him. 20 And Jesus learned(17) that the Pharisees had heard that he had received ma ny dis- 21 ciples, and that he was baptizing more than John (not that Jesus was himself bap- 22 tizing, but his disciples); and so he left Judaea. 23 And Herod the governor, because he used to be rebuked by John because of Lk. 5, 1. Lk. 5, 2. Lk. 5, 3. Lk. 5, 4. Lk. 5, 5. Lk. 5, 6. Lk. 5, 7. Lk. 5, 8. Lk. 5, 9. Lk. 5, 10. Lk. 5, 11. Jo. 3, 22. Jo. 3, 23. Jo. 3, 24. Jo. 3, 25. Jo. 3, 26. Jo. 3, 27. Jo. 3, 28. Jo. 3, 29. Jo. 3, 30. Jo. 3, 31. Jo. 3, 32. Jo. 3, 33. Jo. 3, 34. Jo. 3, 35. Jo. 3, 36. Jo. 4, 1. Jo. 4, 2. Jo. 4, 3a. Lk. 3, 19. 53 6 Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and for all the sins which he was c ommit- 24 ting, added to all that also this, that he shut up John in prison. 25 And when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he went away to Galilee. 26 And he entered again into Cans, where he had made the water wine. And there 27 was at Capernaum a king's servant, whose son was sick. And this man heard th at Jesus was come from Judaea to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought of h im that he would come down and heal his son; for he had come near unto death. 2 8, 29 Jesus said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye do(1) not believ e. The Arabic, king's servant said unto him, My Lord, come down, that the child die not. 30 p. 24 Jesus said unto him, Go; for thy son is alive. And that man believed the 31 word which Jesus spake, and went. And when he went down, his se rvants met him 32 and told him, and(2) said unto him, Thy son is alive. And he asked them at what time he recovered. They said unto him, Yesterday at the seve nth hour the fever left 33 him. And his father knew that that was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, 34 Thy son is alive. And he believed, he and the whole people of his house. And this 35 is the second sign(3) which Jesus did wh en he returned from Judaea to Galilee. And he was preaching in the synagogues o f Galilee. 36 And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea shore, in the 37 borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: that it might be fulfilled which was s aid in Isaiah the prophet, who said, 38 The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali, The way of the sea, the passage of the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: 39 The people sitting in darkness Saw a great light, And those sitting in the region and in the shadow of death, There appeared to them a light. 40 And he taught them on the sabbaths. And they wondered because of his doc- 4 1 trine:(4) for his word was as if it were authoritative. And there was in the synagogue 42 a man with an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, a nd said, Let me alone; what have I to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come for our 43 destruction? I know thee who thou art, thou Holy One of G od. And Jesus rebuked him, and said, Stop up thy mouth, and come out of him. An d the demon threw him 44 in the midst and came out of him, having done him no h arm. And great amaze- Arabic, ment took hold upon every man. And they talked on e with another, and p. 25 said, What is this word that orders the unclean spiri ts with power and 45 authority, and they come out? And the news of him spread a broad in all the region which was around them. 46 And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, he saw a man sitting among the pu blicans,(5) named Matthew: and he said unto him, Come after me. And he rose, an d followed him. 47, 48 And Jesus came to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. An d Simon's wife's mother was oppressed with a great fever, and they besought him for 49 her. And he stood over her and rebuked her fever, and it left her, and immediately 50 she rose and ministered to them. And at even they brought to him many that had 51 demons: and he cast out their devils with the(6) word. And a ll that had sick, their diseases being divers and malignant, brought them unto him. And he laid his hand 52 on them one by one(7) and healed them: that that m ight be fulfilled which was said 53 in the prophet Isaiah, who said, He taketh our pains and beareth our diseases. And 54 all the city was gathered together u nto the door of Jesus. And he cast out devils also from many, as they were cryi ng out and saying, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God; and he rebuked them. A nd he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him that he was the L ord the Messiah. Lk. 3, 20. Mt, 4, 12. Jo. 4, 46. Jo. 4, 47. Jo. 4, 48. Jo. 4, 49. Jo. 4, 50. Jo. 4, 51. Jo. 4, 52. Jo. 4, 53. Jo. 4, 54. Lk. 4, 44. Mt. 4, 13. Mt. 4, 14. Mt. 4, 15. Mt. 4, 16. Lk. 4, 31b. Lk. 4, 32. Lk. 4, 33. Lk. 4, 34. Lk. 4, 35. Lk. 4, 36. Lk. 4, 37. Lk. 4, 38. Mt. 9, 9b. Mk. 1, 19b. Lk. 4, 38c. Lk. 4, 39. Mt. 8, 16a. Lk. 4, 40b. Mt. 8, 17. Mk. 1, 33. Lk. 4, 41. 54 SECTION VII. 7 Arabic, And in the morning of that day he went out very early, and went t o a p. 26 desert place, and was there praying. And Simon and those that were w ith him sought him. And when they found him, they said unto him, All the people seek for thee. He said unto them, Let us go into the adjacent villages and tow ns, that I may preach there also; for to this end did I come. And the multitude s were seeking him, and came till they reached him; and they took hold of him, that he should not go away from them. But Jesus said unto them, I must preach o f the kingdom of God in other cities also: for because of this gospel was I sen t. And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, and teaching in t heir synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the d iseases and all the sicknesses, 8 and casting out the devils. And his fame beca me known that(1) he was teaching in 9 every place and being glorified by every man. And when he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting among the t ax-gatherers;(2) and he said unto him, Follow 10 me: and he rose and followed h im. And the news of him was heard of in all the land of Syria: and they brought unto him all those whom grievous ills had befallen through divers diseases, an d those that were enduring torment, and those that were possessed, and lunatics ,(3) and paralytics; and he healed them. 11, 12 And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again. And when they heard that he was in the house,(4) many gathered, so that it could not hold the m, even about 13 Arabic, the door; and he made known to them the word of God. A nd there were p. 27 there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, si tting, come from all the villages of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem; and th e power of the Lord was 14 present to heal them. And some men brought a bed wit h a man on it who was para- 15 lytic. And they sought to bring him in and lay h im before him. And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multit ude of people, they went up to the roof, and let him down with his bed from the roofing,(5) into the midst before Jesus. 16 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, My son, thy sins are for- 17 given thee. And the scri bes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts, Why doth this man blasphe me?(6) Who is it that is able to forgive sins, but God alone? 18 And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, and he 19 said u nto them, Why do ye think this within your heart? Which is better,(7) that it s hould be said to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or that it should b e said 20 to him, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk? That ye may know that the Son of man 21 is empowered on earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralyt ic), I say unto thee, 22 Arise, take thy bed, and go to thine house. And he ros e forthwith, and took his bed, and went out in the presence of all. And he went to his house praising God. 23 And when those multitudes saw, they feared; and amazement took possession of 24 them, and they praised God, who had given such power to men. And they said, We have seen marvellous things to-day, of which we have never before seen the like. 25 Arabic, And after that, Jesus went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, s itting 26 p. 28 among the publicans:(8) and he said unto him, Follow me. And h e left everything, and rose, and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house. And there was a great multitude of the publicans and others sitti ng with him. 28 And the scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said unto his disci ples, Why do ye eat 29 and drink with the publicans and sinners? Jesus answered and said unto them, The physician seeketh not those who are well, but those th at are afflicted with grievous 30, 31 sickness.(9) I came not to call the right eous, but the sinners, to repentance. And they said unto him, Why do the discip les of John fast always, and pray, and the 32 Pharisees also, but thy disciples eat and drink? He said unto them, Ye cannot make 33 the sons of the marriage f east(10) fast, while the bridegroom is with them. Days will Mk. 1, 35. Mk. 1, 36. Mk. 1, 37. Mk. 1, 38. Lk. 4, 42. Lk. 4, 43. Mt. 9, 35. Mk. 1, 39. Lk. 4, 14b. Lk. 4, 15. Mk. 2, 14. Mt. 4, 24. Mk. 2, 1. Mk. 2, 2. Lk. 5, 17b. Lk. 5, 18. Lk. 5, 19. Lk. 5, 20. Lk. 5, 21. Mk. 2, 8. Mk. 2, 9. Mk. 2, 10. Mk. 2, 11. Mk. 2, 12a. Lk. 5, 25b. Mt. 9, 8a. Lk. 5, 26a. Mt. 9, 8b. Lk. 5, 26c. Mk. 2, 12c. Lk. 5, 27. Lk. 5, 28. Lk. 5, 29. Lk. 5, 30. Lk. 5, 31. Lk. 5, 32. Lk. 5, 33. Lk. 5, 34. Lk. 5, 35. 55 7 come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then will they fast in t hose 34 days. And he spake unto them a parable: No man inserteth a new patch an d seweth it in a worn garment, lest the newness of the new take from the worn, and 35 there occur a great rent. And no man putteth fresh wine into old skins, lest the wine burst the skins, and the skins be destroyed, and the wine spilled ; but they put 36 the fresh wine in the new skins, and both are preserved. And no man drinketh old wine and straightway desireth fresh; for he saith, The old is better. 37 And while Jesus was walking on the sabbath day among the sown fields, his dis- Arabic, ciples hungered. And they were rubbing the ears with their hands, and 38 p. 29 eating. But some of the Pharisees, when they saw them, said unto h im, See, 39 why(1) do thy disciples on the sabbath day that which is not lawful ? But Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in olden time what David did, when he had need and 40 hungered, he and those that were with him? how he entered t he house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the table of the Lord, which it was not lawful that any should eat, save the priests, and gave to them that were with him also? 41 And he said unto them, The sabbath wa s created because of man, and man was not 42 created because of the sabbath. Or have ye not read in the law, that the priests in 43 the temple profane the sab bath, and yet they are blameless? I say unto you now, 44 that here is what(2) i s greater than the temple. If ye had known this.(3) I love mercy, 45 not sacrif ice, ye would not have condemned(4) those on whom is no blame. The 46 Lord of t he sabbath is the Son of man. And his relatives heard, and went out to take him , and said, He hath gone out of his mind. 47 And on the next(5) sabbath day he entered(6) into the synagogue and was t each- 48 ing. And there was there a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, whether he would heal on the sabba th day, 49 that they might find the means of accusing him. But he knew their th oughts, and said unto the man whose hand was withered, Rise and come near into the midst of 50 the synagogue. And when he came and stood, Jesus said unto them , I ask you, which is lawful to be done on the sabbath day, good or evil? shall lives be saved or 51 Arabic, destroyed? But they were silent. Regarding(7) th em with anger, being p. 30 grieved because of the hardness of their hearts. And he said unto the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand became straight. 52 Then he said unto them, What man of you shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a 53 well on the sabbath day, will not take it and lift it out? And how much is man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath to do good. SECTION VIII. 8 1 And the Pharisees went out, and consulted together concerning him, that they 2 might destroy him. And Jesus perceived, and removed thence: and great m ultitudes 3 followed him; and he healed all of them: and he forbade them that t hey should 4 not make him known:(8) that the saying in Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which said, 5 Behold, my servant(9) with whom I am pleased; My beloved in whom my soul hath delighted:(10) My spirit have I put upon him, And he shall proclaim to the nations judgement. 6 He shall not dispute, nor cry out; And no man shall hear his voice in the marketplace. 7 And a bruised reed shall he not break, And a smoking lamp(11) shall he not extinguish, Lk. 5, 36a. Mk. 2, 21. Mk. 2, 22. Lk. 5, 38, 39. Mt. 12, 1. Mt. 12, 2a. Mk. 2, 24. Mk. 2, 26. Mk. 2, 27. Mt. 12, 5. Mt. 12, 6. Mt. 12, 7. Mt. 12, 8. Mk. 3, 21. Lk. 6, 6. Lk. 6, 7. Lk. 6, 8. Lk. 6, 9. Mk. 3, 4b. Mk. 3, 5. Mt. 12, 14. Mt. 12, 15. Mt. 12, 16. Mt. 12, 17. Mt. 12, 18. Mt. 12, 19. Mt. 12, 20. 56 8 Until he shall bring forth judgement unto victory. 8 And the nations shall rejoice in his name.(1) 9 And in those days Jesus went out to the mountain that he might pray, and he 10 spent the night(2) there in prayer to God. And when the morning was come, he called the disciples. And he went towards the sea: and there followed him much people 11 from Galilee that he might pray,(3) and from Judaea, and from Jerusa lem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon, a nd from De- 12 capolis; and great multitudes came unto him, which had heard wha t he did. And he spake to his disciples to bring him the boat because of the mu ltitudes, that they 13 might not throng him. And he healed many, so that they w ere almost falling on Arabic, him(4) on account of their seeking to get near h im. And(5) those that had 14 p. 31 plagues and unclean spirits, as soon as they beheld him, would fall, and 15 cry out, and say, Thou art the Son of God. And he rebuked them much, that they 16 should not make him known. And those that we re under the constraint of(6) un- 17 clean spirits were healed. And all of the crowd were seeking to come near(7) him; because power went out from him, and he healed them all. 18, 19 And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he went up to the mountain. And he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve; and they are those whom he na med 20 apostles: Simon, whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James and 21 John, and Philip and Bartholomew, and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son 22 of Alphaeus, and Simon which was called the Zealot, and Judas the son o f James, 23 and Judas the Iscariot, being he that had betrayed him.(8) And Jesu s went down with them and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and the great 24 multitude of people. And these twelve he chose to be with him , and that he might 25 send them to preach, and to have power to heal the sick and to cast out devils. 26 Then he lifted up his eyes unto them, and opened his mouth, and taught th em, and said, 27 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. 28 Blessed are the sorrowful: for they shall be comforted. 29 Blessed are the humble: for they shall inherit the earth. 30 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shal l be satisfied. 31 Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercy. 32 Arabic, Blessed are the pure in their hearts: for they shall see God. 33 p. 32 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the sons of God. 34 Blessed are they that were persecuted(9) for righteousness' sake: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs. 35 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and separate you from them, and pe rsecute you, and reproach you, and shall speak against you with all evil talk, for my 36 sake, falsely. Then rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets before you. 37 But woe unto you rich! for ye hive received your consolation. 38 Woe unto you that are satisfied! ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! ye shall weep and be sad. 39 Woe unto you when men praise you! for so did their fathers use to do to th e false prophets. 40 Unto you do I say, ye which hear, Ye are the salt of the earth: if then the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? For any purpose it is of no use, but 41 is thrown outside, and men tread upon it. Ye are the light of th e world. It is 42 impossible that a city built on a mountain should be hid. Nei ther do they light a Mt 12, 21. Lk. 6, 12. Lk. 6, 13a. Mk. 3, 7. Mk. 3, 8. Mk. 3, 9. Mk. 3, 10. Mk. 3, 11. Mk. 3, 12. Lk. 6, 18. Lk. 6, 19. Mt. 5, 1a. Lk. 6, 13b. Lk. 6, 14. Lk. 6, 15. Lk. 6, 16. Lk. 6, 17a. Mk. 3, 14. Lk. 6, 20. Mt. 5, 2. Mt. 5, 3. Mt. 5, 4. Mt. 5, 5. Mt. 5, 6. Mt. 5, 7. Mt. 5, 8. Mt. 5, 9. Mt. 5, 10. Lk. 6, 22a. Mt. 5, 11b. Mt. 5, 12. Lk. 6, 24. Lk. 6, 25. Lk. 5, 26. Lk. 6, 27. Mt. 5, 13. Mt. 5, 14. Mt. 5, 15. 57 8 lamp and place it under a bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it giveth ligh t to all 43 who are in the house. So shall(1) your light shine before men, that they may see 44 your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. T here is nothing 45 secret that shall not be revealed, or hidden that shall not be known. Whoever hath ears that hear, let him hear. 46 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets; I came not to d estroy, 47 but to complete. Verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth shall pass, there Arabic, shall not pass one point or one letter of the law, until a ll of it shall be 48 p. 33 accomplished. Every one who shall violate now one of these small commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called lacking in t he kingdom of heaven: every one that shall do and teach shall(2) be called grea t in the kingdom 49 of heaven. I say unto you now, unless your righteousness ab ound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter the kingdo m of heaven. 50 Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Do not kill; and every on e that 51 killeth is worthy of the judgement. But I say unto you that every one who is angry with his brother without a cause is worthy of the judgement; and every one that saith to his brother, Thou foul one, is condemned(3) by the syna gogue; and whoso- 52 ever saith to him, Thou fool, is worthy of the fire of Geh enna. If thou art now offering thy gift at the altar, and rememberest there tha t thy brother hath conceived 53 against thee any grudge, leave thy gift at the altar, and go first and satisfy thy 54 brother, and then return and offer thy g ift. Join(4) thine adversary quickly, and while thou art still with him in the way, give a ransom and free thyself from him; 55 test thine adversary deliver t hee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the tax- 56 collector, and thou fall into prison. And verily I say unto thee, Thou shall not go out thence until thou payest the last farthing. 57, 58 Ye have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery: but I now say unto you, that every one that looketh at a woman lusting after her hath forthwi th already 59 Arabic, committed adultery with her in his heart. If thy right e ye injure thee, put p. 34 it out and cast it from thee; for it is preferable fo r thee that one of thy 60 members should perish, and not thy whole body go into the fire of hell. And if thy right hand injure thee, cut it off and cast it fr om thee; and it is better for thee that 61 one of thy members should perish, an d not thy whole body fall into Gehenna. It was said that he that putteth away h is wife should give her a writing of divorcement: 62 but I say unto you, that e very one that putteth away his wife, except for the cause of adultery, hath mad e it lawful for(5) her to commit adultery: and whosoever taketh one that is put away committeth adultery. SECTION IX. 9 1 Ye have heard also that it was said unto the ancients, Lie not, but perf orm unto 2 God in thy oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by h eaven, for it 3 is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is a footstool under his feet; nor yet by 4 Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great(6) King. Neit her shalt thou swear by thy 5 head, for thou canst not make in it one lock of h air black or white. But your word shall be either Yea or Nay, and what is in ex cess of this is of the evil one. 6, 7 Ye have heard that it was said, Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: but I say unto you, Stand not in opposition to the evil;(7) but whosoever smiteth the e on thy right 8 cheek,(8) turn to him also the other. And he that would sue th ee, and take thy tunic, 9 leave to him also thy wrapper. And whosoever compelle th thee one mite, go with 10 Arabic, him twain. And he that asketh thee, give unto him: and he that would p. 35 borrow of thee, prevent him not. And prosecut e(9) not him that taketh thy 11 substance. And as ye desire that men should do to you, so do ye also to them. 12, 13 Ye have heard that it was said, Love thy neighbour and hate thine enem y: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that curse you, an d deal well Mt. 5, 16. Mk. 4, 22. Mk. 4, 23. Mt. 5, 17. Mt. 5, 18. Mt. 5, 19. Mt. 5, 20. Mt. 5, 21. Mt. 5, 22. Mt. 5, 23. Mt. 5, 24. Mt. 5, 25a. Lk. 12, 58a. Mt. 5, 25c. Mt. 5, 26. Mt. 5, 27. Mt. 5, 28. Mt. 5, 29. Mt. 5, 30. Mt. 5, 31. Mt. 5, 32. Mt. 5, 33. Mt. 5, 34. Mt. 5, 35. Mt. 5, 36. Mt. 5, 37. Mt. 5, 38. Mt. 5, 39. Mt. 5, 40. Mt. 5. 41. Mt. 5, 42. Lk. 6, 30b. Lk. 6, 31. Mt. 5, 43. Mt. 5, 44. 58 9 with those that hate you, and pray for those who take you with violence and per- 14 secute you; that ye may be sons of your heavenly Father, who maketh hi s sun to rise on the good and the evil, and sendeth down his rain on the righte ous and the 15 unrighteous. If ye love them that love you, what reward shall ye have? for the pub- 16 licans and sinners also love those that love them. And i f ye do a kindness to those 17 who treat you well, where is your superiority? f or sinners also do likewise. And if ye lend to him of whom ye hope for a reward ,(1) where is your superiority? for the 18 sinners also lend to sinners, seekin g recompense from(2) them. But love your enemies, and do good to them, and lend , and cut not off the hope of any man; that your reward may be great, and ye ma y be the children of the Highest: for he is lenient 19 towards the wicked and t he ungrateful. Be ye merciful, even as your Father also is 20 merciful. And if ye inquire for the good of your brethren only, what more have 21 ye done than o thers? is not this the conduct of the publicans also? Be ye now(3) perfect, eve n as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 22 Consider your alms; do them not before men to let them see you: and if it be not 23 so,(4) ye have no reward before your Father which is in the heavens. When then thou givest an alms now, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as do th e people of hypocrisy, Arabic, in the synagogues and the marketplaces, that men may praise them. And 24 p. 36 verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when 25 thou doest alms, let thy left hand not know what thy right hand doeth; that thine alms may be concealed: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 26 And whenever thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites, who love to stand in the synagogues and in the corners of the marketplaces for prayers, that men may be- 27 hold them. And verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and fasten thy door, and pr ay to thy Father in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward t hee openly. 28 And whenever ye pray, be not babblers, as the heathen; for they think that by the 29 abundance of their words they shall be heard. Then be not ye now like unto them: 30 for your Father knoweth your request before ye ask hi m. One of his disciples said 31 unto him, Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John t aught his disciples. Jesus said unto 32 them, Thus now pray ye now:(5) Our Fath er which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 33, 34 name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,(6) as in heaven, so on earth. Give us the 35 food of to-day. And forg ive, us our trespasses, as we forgave those that trespassed 36 against us. And bring us not into temptations, but deliver us from the evil one. For 37 thine i s the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.(7) If ye forgiv e Arabic, men their wrong-doing,(8) your Father which is in heaven will forgive you. 38 p. 37 But if ye forgive not men, neither will your Father pardon your wrong-doing. 39 When ye fast, do not frown, as the hypocrites; for they make their faces a ustere, that they may be seen of(9) men that they are fasting. Verily I say unt o you, They 40 have received their reward. But when thou fastest, wash thy face and anoint thy 41 head; that thou make not an appearance to men of fasting, bu t to thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee. 42 Be not agitated, little flock; for your Father hath delighted to give you the king- 43 dom. Sell your possessions, and give in alms; take to yourselves p urses that wax 44 not old. Lay not up treasure on earth, where moth and worm co rrupt, and where 45 thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where 46 moth and worm do not corrupt, nor thieves break th rough nor steal: for where your 47 treasure is, there also will your heart be. The lamp of the body is the eye: if then(10) 48 thine eye now be sound, thy who le body also shall be light. But if thine eye be evil, all thy body shall be da rk. And if the light which is in thee is darkness, how 49 great is(11) thy dark ness! Be watchful that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 50 Because t hat, if thy whole body is light, and have no part dark, it shall all be light, as the lamp giveth light to thee with its flame. Mt. 5, 45. Mt. 5, 46. Lk. 6, 32b. Lk. 6, 33. Lk. 6, 34. Lk. 6, 35. Lk. 6, 36. Mt. 5, 47. Mt. 5, 48. Mt. 6, 1. Mt. 6, 2. Mt. 6, 3. Mt. 6, 4. Mt. 6, 5. Mt. 6,6. Mt. 6, 7. Mt. 6, 8. Lk. 11, 1b. Lk. 11, 2a. Mt. 6, 9. Mt. 6, 10. Mt. 6, 11. Mt. 6, 12. Mt. 6, 13. Mt. 6, 14. Mt. 6, 15. Mt. 6, 16. Mt. 6, 17. Mt. 6, 18. Lk.12, 32. Lk.12, 33a. Mt. 6, 19. Mt. 6, 20. Mt. 6, 21. Mt. 6, 22. Mt. 6, 23. Lk. 11, 35. Lk. 11, 36. 59 SECTION X. 10 1 Arabic, NO man can serve two masters; and that because it is necessary that he p. 38 hate one of them and love the other, and honour one of them and d espise the 2 other. Ye cannot serve God and possessions. And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,(1) what ye shall eat and what ye s hall drink; neither for your bodies, what ye shall put on. Is not the life bett er than the food, and the body 3 than the raiment? Consider the birds of the he aven, which sow not, nor reap, nor store in barns; and yet your Father which is in heaven feedeth them. Are not ye 4 better than they? Who of you when he trie th is able to add to his stature one 5 cubit? If then ye are not able for a sma ll thing, why are ye anxious about the 6, 7 rest? Consider the wild lily, how i t grows, although it toils not, nor spins; and I say unto you that Solomon in t he greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of 8 them. And if God so clo the the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow 9 is cast(2) into th e oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith! Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With 10 what shal l we be clothed? Neither let your minds be perplexed in this: all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth 11 yo ur need of all these things. Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteou s- 12 Arabic. ness; and all these shall come to you as something additional for you. Be p. 39 not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil. 13 Judge not, that ye be not judged: condemn(3) not, that ye be not condemne d: 14 forgive, and it shall be forgiven you: release, and ye shall be released: give, that ye may be given unto; with good measure, abundant, full, they shall thrust(4) into your 15 bosoms. With what measure ye measure it shall be measur ed to you. See to it what ye hear: with what measure ye measure it shall be mea sured to you; and ye 16 shall be given more. I say unto those that hear, He tha t hath shall be given unto; and he that hath not, that which he regards(5) as h is shall be taken from him. And he spake unto them a parable, Can a blind man h aply guide a blind man? 18 shall(6) they not both fall into a hollow? A discipl e is not better than his master; 19 every perfect man shall be as his master. W hy lookest thou at the mote which is in the eye of thy brother, but considerest not the column that is in thine own eye? 20 Or how canst thou say to thy broth er, Brother, I will take out the mote from thine eye; and the column which is i n thine eye thou seest not? Thou hypocrite, take out first the column from thin e eye; and then shalt thou see to take out the mote from the eye of thy brother . 21 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and return and wound you. 2 2 And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at mid- 2 3 night, and saith unto him, My friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend hath come 24 to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him: and that fri end shall Arabic, answer him from within, and say unto him, Trouble me not; for the door p. 40 is shut, and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give thee? 25 And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because 26 of his importunity he will rise and give him what h e seeketh. And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be 27 opened unto you. Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and 28 he that knocketh, it shall be o pened to him. What father of you, shall his son ask for bread--will he, think y ou, give him a stone?(7) and if he ask of him a fish, will he, 29 think you, in stead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will MT. 6, 24. Mt. 6, 25. Mt. 6, 26. Mt. 6, 27. Lk. 12, 26. Mt. 6, 28. Mt. 6, 29. Mt. 6, 30. Mt. 6, 31. Lk. 12, 29b. Mt. 6, 32. Mt. 6, 33. Mt. 6, 34. Mt.7, 1. Lk.6, 37b. Lk.6, 38. Mk. 4, 24b. Mk. 4, 25. Lk. 6, 39. Lk. 6, 40. Lk. 6, 41. Lk. 6, 42. Mt. 7, 6. Lk. 11, 5. Lk. 11, 6. Lk. 11, 7. Lk. 11, 8. Lk. 11, 9. Lk. 11, 10. Lk. 11, 11. Lk. 11, 12. 60 10 30 he, think you, extend to him a scorpion? If ye then, although being evi l, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your 31 Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: this is the law and the prophets. 32 Enter(1) ye by the narrow gate; for the wide gate and the broad way lead t o de- 33 struction, and many they be which go therein. How narrow is the gate a nd straitened the way leading to life! and few be they that find it. 34 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's(2) clothing, while within 35 they are ravening wolves. But by their fruits ye shall know them. For every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered(3) of thorns, neit her are grapes plucked of 36 briers. Even so every good tree bringeth forth goo d fruit, but the evil tree bringeth 37 Arabic, forth evil fruit. The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the 38 p. 41 evil tree bring forth good fruit. The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in his he art bringeth forth evil things: and from the overflowings of the 39 heart the l ips speak. Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast 40, 41 i nto the fire. Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not all that say un to me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that do eth 42 the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast o ut 43 devils, and in thy name do many powers? Then shall I say unto them, I nev er 44 knew you: depart from me, ye servants of iniquity. Every man that cometh unto 45 me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like: he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the 46 foundations on a rock: and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not: for its foundation was laid on 47 rocks. And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like 48 the foolish man which built his house on sand, with out foundation: and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the wind s blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell: and the fall of it was great. Lk. 11, 23. Mt. 7, 12. Mt. 7, 13. Mt. 7, 14. Mt. 7, 15. Mt. 7, 16a. Lk. 6, 44. Mt. 7, 17. Mt. 7, 18. Lk. 6, 45. Mt. 7, 19. Mt. 7, 20. Mt. 7, 21. Mt. 7, 22. Mt. 7, 23. Lk. 6, 47. Lk. 6, 48. Mt. 7, 25. Mt. 7, 26. Mt. 7, 27. SECTION XI. 11 1 Arabic, And when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were asto nished 2 p. 42 at his teaching; and that because he was teaching them as one ha ving authority, not as their scribes and the Pharisees. 3 And when he descended from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 4 And when Jesus entered Capernaum, the servant of one of the chiefs was in a n 5 evil case, and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of death. An d he 6 heard of Jesus, and came to him with the elders of the Jews; and he beso ught him, and said, My Lord, my boy is laid in the house paralysed,(4) and he i s suffering griev- 7 ous torment. And the elders urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that 8 this should be done unto him: for he loveth our peop le, and he also built the syna- 9, 10 gogue for us. Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. That chief answered and said, My Lord, I am not worthy that my roof should shade thee; but it sufficeth 11 that thou speak a word, and my lad shall be healed. And I also am a man in obedience to authority, having unde r my hand soldiers:(5) and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant that he do this, 12 and he doeth it. An d when Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,(6) and turned and said unto the m ultitude that were coming with him, Verily I say unto you, I have 13 not found in Israel the like of this faith. I say unto you, that many shall come from Ara bic, the east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob 14 p. 43 in the kingdom of heaven: but the children of the kingdom shall be cas t Mt. 7, 28. Mt. 7, 29. Mt. 8, 1. Mt. 8, 5a. Lk. 7, 2. Lk. 7, 3. Mt. 8, 5b. Mt. 8, 6. Lk. 7, 4b. Lk. 7, 5. Mt. 8, 7. Mt. 8, 8. Lk. 7, 8. Lk. 7, 9a. Mt. 8, 10b. Mt. 8, 11. Mt. 8, 12. 61 11 15 forth into the outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing o f teeth. And Jesus said to that chief, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so sh all it be unto thee. 16 And his lad was healed in that hour. And that chief ret urned to the house and found that sick servant healed. 17 And the day after, he was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples w ith him, 18 and a great multitude. And when he was come near the gate of the ci ty, he saw a crowd(1) accompanying one that was dead, the only son of his mothe r; and his mother was a widow: and there was with her a great multitude of the people of the 19 city. And when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and sa id unto her, Weep 20 not. And he went and advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and 21 he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And that dead man sat up and began 22 to speak; and he gave him to his mother. And fear came on all the people: and they praised God, and said, There hath risen among us a great prophet: and, God 23 hath had regard to his people. And this news c oncerning him spread in all Judaea, and in all the region which was about them. 24 And when Jesus saw great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to 25 depart to the other side. And while they were going in the way, there came one of the scribes and said unto him, My Master, I will follow thee whithersoev er thou 26 goest. Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of t he heaven have 27 nests; but the Son of man hath not a place in which to lay hi s head. And he said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My Lord, suf fer me first to go and 28 bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead t o bury their dead; but thou, 29 follow me and preach the kingdom of God. And an other said unto him, I will fol- Arabic, low thee, my Lord; but first suffer me to go and salute my household and 30 p. 44 come. Jesus said unto him, There is no one who putteth his hand to the plough(2) and looketh behind him, and yet i s fit for the kingdom of God. 31 And he said to them on that day in the evening, Let us go over to the ot her side 32 of the lake; and he left(3) the multitudes. And Jesus went up and s at in the ship, 33 he and his disciples, and there were with them other ships. And there occurred on the sea a great tempest(4) of whirlwind and wind, and the ship was on the point of 34 sinking from the greatness(5) of the waves. But Je sus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the ship; and his disciples came and awoke him, and said unto him, Our 35 Lord, save us; lo, we perish. And he r ose, and rebuked the winds and the turbulence of the water, and said to the sea , Be still, for thou art rebuked; and the wind 36 was still, and there was a gr eat calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye thus 37 afraid? and why have ye no faith? And they feared greatly.(6) And they marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who commandeth also the wind and the waves and the se a, and they obey him? 38 And they departed and came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is on th e 39 other side, opposite the land of Galilee. And when he went out of the ship to the land, there met him from among the tombs a man who had a devil for a lo ng time, 40 and wore no clothes, neither dwelt in a house, but among the tombs. And no man was Arabic, able to bind him with chains, because an y time that he was bound with chains 41 p. 45 and fetters he cut the chains and loosened the fetters; and he was snatched(7) 42 away of the devil into the desert, and no ma n was able to quiet him; and at all times, in the night and in the day, he woul d be among the tombs and in the mountains; and no man was able to pass by that way; and he would cry out and wound himself 43 with stones. And when he saw Jes us at a distance, he hastened and worshipped 44 him, and cried with a loud voic e and said, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, 45 Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. And Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: and he had suffered(8) a long 46 time since the time when he came into captivity to it. And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? He said un to him, Legion; for there had entered into him many 47 devils. And they besough t him that he would not command them to depart into 48 the depths. And there wa s there a herd of many swine, feeding in the mountain, Mt. 8, 13. Lk. 7, 10. Lk. 7, 11. Lk. 7, 12. Lk. 7, 13. Lk. 7, 14. Lk. 7, 15. Lk. 7, 16. Lk. 7, 17. Mt. 8, 18. Lk. 9, 57a. Mt. 8, 19. Mt. 8, 20. Lk. 9, 59. Lk. 9, 60. Lk. 9, 61. Lk. 9, 62. Mk. 4, 35. Lk. 8, 22d. Mk. 4, 36a. Lk. 8, 22b. Mk. 4, 36c. Mt. 8, 24a. Lk. 8, 23c. Mk. 4, 38a. Mt. 8, 25. Lk. 8, 24b. Mk. 4, 39b. Mk. 4, 40. Lk. 8, 25b. Lk. 8, 26. Lk. 8, 27a. Mk. 5, 3b. Mk. 5, 4a. Lk. 8, 29c. Mk. 5, 4b, 5a. Mt. 8, 28b. Mk. 5, 5b. Mk. 5, 6. Mk. 5, 7a. Lk. 8, 28b. Mk. 5, 7c. Lk. 8, 29a. Lk. 8, 30. Lk. 8, 31. Lk. 8, 32. 62 11 and those devils besought him to give them leave to enter the swine; and h e gave 49 them leave. And the devils went out of the man and entered into the s wine. And that herd hastened to the summit and fell down into the midst of the sea, about two 50 thousand, and they were choked in the water. And when the kee pers saw what 51 happened, they fled, and told those in the cities and villages . And the people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man whose Arabic, devils had gone out, clothed, modest,(1) seated a t the feet of Jesus; and they 52 p. 46 feared. And they reported what they saw, and how the man was healed who had a devil, and concerning those swine also. Lk. 8, 33. Mk. 5, 13b. Lk. 8, 34. Lk. 8, 35. Lk. 8, 36. Mk. 5, 16b. SECTION XII. 12 1 And all the multitude of the Gadarenes entreated him to depart from the m, because that great fear took hold upon them. 2, 3 But Jesus went up into the ship, and crossed, and came to his city. And that man from whom the devils went out entreated that he might stay with him; but 4 Jesus sent him away, and said unto him, Return to thy house, and make kno wn what 5 God hath done for thee. And he went, and began to publish in Decapoli s(2) what Jesus had done for him; and they all marvelled. 6 And when Jesus had crossed in the ship to that side, a great multitude rece ived 7 him; and they were all looking for him. And a man named Jairus, the chie f of the 8 synagogue, fell before the feet of Jesus, and besought him much, and said unto him, I have an only daughter, and she is come nigh unto death; but c ome and lay thy 9 hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus rose, and his di sciples, and they fol- 10 lowed him. And there joined him a great multitude, an d they pressed him. 11, 12 And a woman, which had a flow of blood for twelve years, had suffered much of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not benefited at a ll, but her 13 trouble increased further. And when she heard of Jesus, she came in the thronging of 14 Arabic, the crowd behind him, and touched a his garment s; and she thought within 15 p. 47 herself, If I could reach to touch his garme nts, I should live. And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried; and sh e felt in her body that she was healed 16 of her plague. And Jesus straightway knew within himself that power had gone out of him; and he turned to the crowd, and said, Who approached unto my garments? 17 And on their denying, all of the m, Simon Cephas and those with him said unto him, Our Master, the multitudes th rong thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who ap- 18 proached unto me? And he said, Some one approached unto me; and I knew that 19 power went forth from me. And that woman, when she saw that she was not hid 20 from him, came fearing an d agitated (for she knew what had happened to her), and fell down and worshippe d him, and told, in the presence of all the people, for what 21 reason she touc hed him, and how she was healed immediately. And Jesus said unto her, Be of goo d courage, daughter; thy faith hath made thee alive; depart in peace, and be wh ole from thy plague. 22 And while he was yet speaking, there came a man from the house of the chi ef of the synagogue, and said unto him, Thy daughter hath died; so trouble not the 23 teacher. But Jesus heard, and said unto the father of the maid, Fear not : but be- 24 lieve only, and she shall live. And he suffered no man to go with him, except 25 Simon Cephas, and James, and John the brother of James. And they reached the house of the chief of the synagogue; and he saw them agitated, wee ping and wail- 26 ing. And he entered, and said unto them, Why are ye agitated and weeping? the 27 Arabic, maid hath not died, but she is sleeping. And they laughed at him, for 28 p. 48 they knew that she had died. And he put every man forth without, and took the father of the maid, and her mother, and Simon, and James, and John, and 29 entered into the place where the maid was laid. And he took hold of the hand of the maid, and said unto her, Maid, arise. And her spir it returned, and straightway 30 she arose and walked: and she was about twelve years of age. And he commanded 31 that there should be given to her something t o eat. And her father wondered greatly: Lk. 8, 37a. Mt. 9, 1. Lk. 8, 38. Lk. 8, 39a. Mk. 5, 20. Mk. 5, 21a. Lk. 8, 40b. Lk. 8, 41a. Mk. 5, 23a. Mt. 9, 18b. Mt. 9, 19. Mk. 5, 24b. Mk. 5, 25. Mk. 5, 26. Mk. 5, 27. Mk. 5, 28. Mk. 5. 29. Mk. 5, 30. Lk. 8, 45b. Lk. 8, 46. Lk. 8, 47a. Mk. 5, 33b. Lk. 8, 47c. Lk. 8, 48. Mk. 5, 34b Lk. 8, 49. Lk. 8, 50. Mk. 5, 37. Mk. 5, 38. Mk. 5, 39. Lk. 8, 53. Mk. 5, 40b. Mk. 5, 41. Lk. 8, 55a. Mk. 5, 42b. Lk. 8, 55b. Lk. 8, 56. 63 12 32 and he warned them that they should tell no man what had happened. And this report spread in all that land. 33 And when Jesus crossed over from there, there joined him two blind men, c ry- 34 ing out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David. And when he ca me to the house, those two blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, Bel ieve ye 35 that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, our Lord. Then h e touched(1) 36 their eyes, and said, As ye have believed, it shall be unto you . And immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus forbade them, and said, See that no man know. 37 But they went out and published the news in all that land . 38 And when Jesus went out, they brought to him a dumb man having a devil. 39 And on the going out of the devil that dumb man spake. And the multitudes marv elled, and said, It was never so seen in Israel 40 And Jesus was going about in all the cities and in the villages, and teac hing in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and hea ling every disease 41 Arabic, and sickness; and many followed him. And when Jes us saw the multitudes, p. 49 he had compassion on them, for they were wearied a nd scattered,(2) as sheep 42 that have no shepherd. And he called his twelve di sciples, and gave them power and 43 much authority over all devils and diseases ; and sent them two and two, that they 44 might proclaim the kingdom of God, an d to heal the sick. And he charged them, and said, Walk not in the way of the h eathen, nor enter into the cities of the Sa- 45, 46 maritans.(3) Go especially unto the sheep that are lost of the sons of Israel. And 47 when ye go, proclaim and say, The kingdom of heaven is come near. And heal the sick, and cleanse th e lepers, and cast out the devils: freely ye have received, freely 48, 49 give. Get you not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; and take nothing for t he way, except a staff only; nor bag, nor bread; neither shall ye have two tuni cs, 50 nor shoes, nor staff, but be shod with sandals; for the labourer is wort hy of his food. 51 And whatever city or village ye enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and there be until 52, 53 ye go out. And when ye enter into the house, ask for the peace of the house: and if the house is worthy, your peace shall co me upon it; but if it is not worthy, your 54 peace shall return unto you. And w hosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your sayings, when ye go out from that house, or from that village, shake off the dust 55 Arabic, that is under your feet against them for a testimony. And verily I say p. 50 unto you, To the land of Sodom and Gomorrah there shall be rest in the day of judgement, rather than to that city. Mt. 9, 26. Mt. 9, 27. Mt. 9, 28. Mt. 9, 29. Mt. 9, 30. Mt. 9, 31. Mt. 9, 32. Mt. 9, 33. Mt. 9, 35. Mt. 9, 36. Mt. 10, 1a. Lk. 9, 1b. Lk. 9, 2. Mt. 10, 5. Mt. 10, 6. Mt. 10, 7. Mt. 10, 8. Mt. 10, 9f. Mk. 6, 8b. Lk. 9, 3. Mt. 10, 10c. Mk. 6, 9a. Mt. 10, 10d. Mt. 10, 11. Mt. 10, 12. Mt. 10, 13. Mt. 10, 14a. Mk. 6, 11b. Mt. 10, 15. SECTION XIII. 13 1 I am sending you as lambs among wolves: be ye now wise as serpents, and harmless(4) as doves. Beware of men: they shall deliver you to the councils of the magistrates, and scourge you in their synagogues; and shall bring you befo re governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and against th e nations. And when they deliver you up, be not s anxious, nor consider beforeh and, what ye shall say; but ye shall be given(6) in that hour what ye ought to speak. Ye do not speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaketh in you. The brot her shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and the sons shall rise against their parents, and put them to death. And ye shall be hated of every man because of my name; but he that endureth unto the end of the matt er shall be saved.(7) When they expel you from this city, flee to another. Veri ly I say unto you, Ye shall not finish all the cities of the people of Israel, until the Son of man come. 9, 10 A disciple is not superior to his lord, nor a servant to his master. Fo r it is enough then for the disciple that he be as his lord, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much mo re the people Mt. 10, 16. Mt. 10, 17. Mt. 10, 18. Mt. 10, 19. Mt. 10, 20. Mt. 10, 21. Mt. 10, 22. Mt. 10, 23. Mt. 10, 24. Mt. 10, 25. 64 13 11 of his house! Fear them not therefore:(1) for there is nothing covered , that shall 12 Arabic, not be revealed; nor hid, that shall not be disclosed and published. What p. 51 I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light ; and what ye have told 13 secretly in the ears in closets, let it be proclaime d on the housetops. I say unto you now, my beloved, Be not agitated at(2) those who kill the body, but have no power to 14 kill the soul. I will inform you wh om ye shall fear: him(3) which is able to destroy 15 soul and body in hell. Yea , I say unto you, Be afraid of him especially. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing in a bond?(4) and one of them shall not fall on the 16 ground without your Father. But what concerns you: even the hair of your heads 17, 18 also is numbered. Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows. Every man who c onfesseth me now before men, I also will confess him before my Father 19 which is in heaven; but whosoever denieth me before men, I also will deny him before my Father which is in heaven. 20 Think ye that I am come to cast peace into the earth? I came not to cast peace, 21 but to cast dissension. Henceforth there shall be five in one house, three of them 22 disagreeing with two, and the two with the three. The father s hall become hostile to his son, and the son to his father; and the mother to he r daughter, and the daughter to her mother; and the mother in law to her daught er in law, and the daughter 23 in law to her mother in law: and a man's enemies shall be the people of his house. 24 Whosoever loveth father or mother better than me is not worthy of me; and whoso- Arabic, ever loveth son or daughter mor e than his love of me is not worthy of me. 25 p. 52 And every one that doth not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of 26 me. Whosoever findeth his lif e(5) shall lose it; and whosoever loseth his life(5) for my sake shah find it. 27 And whosoever receiveth you receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me re- 28 ceiveth him that sent me. And whosoever receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall take(6) a prophet's reward; and whosoever shall receive a righte ous man 29 in the name of a righteous man shall take(6) a righteous man's rewar d. And every one that shall give to drink to one of these least ones a drink of water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not los e his reward. 30 And when Jesus finished charging his twelve disciples, he removed thence to 31 teach and preach in their cities. And while they were going in the way th ey entered into a certain village; and a woman named Martha entertained him in her house. 32 And she had a sister named Mary, and she came and sat at the feet of our Lord, 33 and heard his sayings. But Martha was disquieted by much servi ng; and she came and said unto him, My Lord, givest thou no heed that my sister left me alone to 34 serve? speak to her that she help me. Jesus answered and s aid unto her, Martha, 35 Martha, thou art solicitous and impatient(7) on accoun t of many things: but what is sought is one thing. But Mary hath chosen for her self a good portion, and that which shall not be taken from her. 36 And the apostles went forth, and preached to the people that they might r epent. 37 And they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick with oil, and h ealed them. 38, 39 And the disciples of John told him s of all these things. An d when John heard in Arabic, the prison of the doings of the Messiah, he called two of his disciples, and p. 53 sent them to Jesus, and said, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for 40 another? And they came to Jesus, and said unto him, John the Baptist hath sent 41 us unto thee, and said. Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another? And in that hour he cured many of diseases, and of plag ues of an evil spirit; and he gave sight 42 to many blind. Jesus answered and s aid unto them, Go and tell John everything ye have seen and heard: the blind se e, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the blind(9) hear, and t he dead rise, and the poor have the gospel preached to 43 them. And blessed is he who doubteth not in me. Mt. 10, 26. Mt. 10, 27a. Lk. 12, 3b. Lk. 12, 4a. Lk. 10, 28b. Lk. 12, 5. Mt. 10, 29. Mt. 10, 30. Mt. 10, 31. Mt. 10, 32. Mt. 10, 33. Lk. 12, 51. Lk. 12, 52. Lk. 12, 53. Mt. 10, 36. Mt. 10, 37. Mt. 10, 38. Mt. 10, 39. Mt. 10, 40. Mt. 10, 41. Mt. 10, 42a. Mk. 9, 41b. Mt. 11, 1. Lk. 10, 38. Lk. 10, 39. Lk. 10, 40. Lk. 10, 41. Lk. 10, 42. Mk. 6, 12. Mk. 6, 13. Lk. 7, 18. Mt. 11, 2a. Lk. 7, 19. Lk. 7, 20. Lk. 7, 21. Lk. 7, 23. 65 44 And when John's disciples departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes co ncerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the 45 winds? And if not, then what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft r aiment? Behold, they that are in magnificent garments and in voluptuousness are in the abode 46 of kings. And if not, then what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto 47 you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is writ ten, I am sending my messenger before thy face To prepare the way before thee. Lk. 7, 24. Lk. 7, 25. Lk. 7, 26. Lk. 7, 27. SECTION XIV. 14 1 Verily I say unto you, There hath not arisen among those whom women hav e borne a greater than John the Baptist; but he that is little now in the kingd om of heaven is greater than he. 2 Arabic, And all the people which heard, and the publicans, justified: God , for 3 p. 54 they had been baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisee s and the scribes wronged(2) the purpose of God in themselves, in that they wer e not baptized of 4 him. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the ki ngdom of heaven is 5 snatched away by violence. The law and the prophets were u ntil John; and after that, the kingdom of God is preached, and all press to ent er it: and they that exert them- 6, 7 selves snatch it away. All the prophets a nd the law until John prophesied. And if ye 8 will, then receive it, that he is Elijah, which is to come. Whosoever hath ears that hear 9 let him hear. Easier is the perishing of heaven and earth, than the passing away of 10 one point of the law. To whom then shall I liken the people of this generation,(3) and 11 t o whom are they like? They are like the children sitting in the market, which c all to their companions, and say, We sang to you, and ye danced not; we wailed to you, 12 and ye wept not. John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drin king wine; 13 and ye said, He hath demons: and the Son of man came eating and d rinking; and ye said, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drinker of wine, and an a ssociate of pub- 14, 15 licans and sinners! And wisdom was justified of all her children. And when he said that, they came to the house. And there gathered un to him again multitudes, 16 so that they found not bread to eat. And while he w as casting out a devil which was dumb, when he cast out that devil, that dumb m an spake. And the multitudes 17 Arabic. marvelled. And the Pharisees, when they heard, said, This man doth not cast p. 55 out the devils, except by Beelzebul the chief of the demons, which is in him. 18, 19 And others requested of him a sign from heaven, to tempt him. And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto th em in parables, Every kingdom that withstandeth itself shall become desolate; a nd every house or city that disagreeth with itself shall not 20 stand: and if a devil cast out a devil, he withstandeth himself; neither shall he be 21 able t o stand, but his end shall be. Then how now shall his kingdom stand? for ye 22 said that I cast out devils by Beelzebul. And if I by Beelzebul cast out the de vils, then your children, by what do they cast them out? And for this cause the y shall 23 be judges against you. But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils , then the king- 24 dom of God is come near unto you. Or how can a man enter in to the house of a valiant man, and seize his garments,(5) if he do not beforeha nd secure himself(6) from 25 that valiant man? and then will he cut off(7) his house. But when the valiant man is 26 armed, guarding his house, his possession s are in peace. But if one come who is more valiant than he, he overcometh him, and taketh his whole armour, on which 27 he relieth, and divideth his spoil. W hosoever is not with me is against me; and 28 whosoever gathereth not with me s cattereth abroad. For this reason I say unto you, Arabic. that all sins and bla sphemies with which men blaspheme shall be forgiven 29 p. 56 them: but whosoeve r shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, there is no 30 forgiveness for him f or ever, but he is deserving of eternal punishment: because they Mt. 11, 11. Lk. 7, 29. Lk. 7, 30. Mt. 11, 12a. Lk. 16, 16. Mt. 11, 12b. Mt. 11, 13. Mt. 11, 14. Mt. 11, 15. Lk. 16, 17. Lk. 7, 31b. Lk. 7, 32. Lk. 7, 33. Lk. 7, 34. Lk. 7, 35. Mk. 3, 20.(4) Lk. 11, 14. Mt. 12, 24. Lk. 11, 16. Mt. 12, 25. Mt. 12, 26a. Mk. 3, 26b. Mt. 12, 26b. Lk. 11, 18b. Mt. 12, 27. Mt. 12, 28. Mt. 12, 29. Lk. 11, 21. Lk. 11, 22. Lk. 11, 23. Mk. 3, 28. Mk. 3, 29. Mk. 3, 30. 66 14 31 said that he had an unclean spirit. And he said also, Every one that sp eaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever s peaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to 32 come. Either ye must make a good tree(1) and its fruit good; or ye must make an evil 33 tree(2) and its fruit evil: for the tree is known by its fruit. Ye children of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak go od things? from the overflowings of the heart the mouth 34 speaketh. The good m an from the good treasures which are in his heart bringeth forth good things; a nd the wicked man from the evil treasures which are in his 35 heart bringeth fo rth evils. I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall 36 speak, they shall give an answer for in the day of judgement: for by thy sayings thou shalt be justified, and by thy sayings thou shalt be judged. 37 And he said to the multitudes, When ye see the clouds appear from the wes t, 38 straightway ye say that there cometh rain; and so it cometh to pass. And when 39 the south wind bloweth, ye say that there will be heat; and it cometh t o pass. And when the evening is come, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven has become 40 red. And in the morning ye say, To-day there will be sever e weather, for the redness Arabic. Of the heaven is paling. Ye hypocrites, ye k now to examine the face of the P. 57 heaven and the earth; but the signs of thi s time ye know not to discern. Then they brought to him one possessed of a demo n, dumb and blind; and he 42 healed him, so that the dumb and blind began to sp eak and see. And all the multitudes wondered, and said, Is this, think you, the son of David? 43 And the apostles returned unto Jesus, and told him everything that they h ad 44 done and wrought.(4) And he said unto them, Come, let us go into the dese rt alone, and rest yea little. And many were going and returning, and they had not leisure, not even to eat bread. 45 And after that, there came to him one of the Pharisees, and besought him th at he would eat bread with him. And he entered into the house of that Pharisee, and 46 reclined. And there was in that city a woman that was a sinner; and whe n she knew that he was sitting in the house of that Pharisee, she took a box of sweet oint- 47 ment, and stood behind him, towards his feet, weeping, and bega n to wet his feet with her tears, and to wipe them with the hair of her head, a nd to kiss his feet, and 48 anoint them with the sweet ointment. And when that s Pharisee saw it, who invited him, he thought within himself, and said, This m an, if he were a prophet, would know who she is and what is her history: for th e woman which touched him was a sinner. Mt. 12, 32. Mt. 12, 33. Mt. 12, 34. Lk. 6, 45a. Mt. 12, 36. Mt. 12, 37. Lk. 12, 54. Lk. 12, 55. Mt. 16, 2b. Mt. 16, 3. Mt. 16, 4.(3) Mt. 12, 22. Mt. 12, 23. Mk. 6, 30. Mk. 6, 31. Lk. 7, 36. Lk. 7, 37. Lk. 7, 38. Lk. 7, 39. SECTION XV. 15 1 Jesus answered and said unto him, Simon, I have something to say unto t hee. And 2 he said unto him, Say on, my Master. Jesus said unto him, There were two debtors Arabic, to one creditor; and one of them owed five hundred pence, and the other 3 p. 58 owed fifty pence. And because they had not wherewith to p ay, he forgave 4 them both. Which of them ought to love him more? Simon answere d and said, I suppose, he to whom he forgave most. Jesus said unto him, Thou ha st judged rightly. 5 And he turned to that woman, and said to Simon, Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy dwelling, and thou gavest me not water to wa sh my feet: but this 6 woman hath bathed(6) my feet with her tears, and dried t hem with her hair. And thou kissedst me not: but this woman, since she(7) enter ed, hath not ceased to kiss my 7 feet. And thou anointedst not my head with oil :(8) but this woman hath anointed 8 my feet with sweet ointment.(8) And for thi s, I say unto thee, Her many sins are forgiven her, because she loved much; for he to whom little is forgiven loveth little. 10 And he said unto that woman, T hy sins are forgiven thee. And those that were in- 11 vited began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And Jesus said to that woman , Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. Lk. 7, 40. Lk. 7, 41. Lk. 7, 42. Lk. 7, 43. Lk. 7, 44. Lk. 7, 45. Lk. 7, 46. Lk. 7, 47. Lk. 7, 48. Lk. 7, 49. Lk. 7. 50. 67 15 12 And many believed in him when they saw the signs which he was doing. 14 But Jesus did not trust(1) himself to them, for he knew every man, and he n eeded not any man to testify to him concerning every man; for he knew what was in man. 15 And after that, Jesus set apart from his disciples other seventy, and sen t them two and two before his face to every region and city whither he was purp osing to 16 go. And he said unto them, The harvest is abundant, and the laboure rs are few: 17 entreat now the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourer s into his harvest. Go 18 Arabic, ye: and lo, I am sending you as lambs among w olves. Take not with you 19 p. 59 purses, nor a wallet, nor shoes; neither salu te any man in the way. And 20 whatsoever house ye enter, first salute that hous e: and if there be there a son of peace, 21 let your peace rest upon him; but i f there be not, your peace shall return to you. And be ye in that house eating and drinking what they have:(2) for the labourer is worthy of 22 his hire. And remove not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, 23 and they receive you, eat what is presented to you: and heal the sick that are 24 therei n, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come near unto you. But whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go out into the market, and say, 25 Ev en the dust that clave to our feet from your city, we shake off against you; bu t 26 know(3) this,(4) that the kingdom of God is come near unto you. I say unto you, that for Sodom there shall be quiet in the day of judgement, but there sh all not be for 27 that city. Then began Jesus to rebuke the cities in which the re had been many 28 mighty works,(5) and they repented not. And he said, Woe un to thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! if there had been in Tyre and Sido n the signs which were in 29 thee, it may be that they would have repented in s ackcloth and ashes. Howbeit I say unto you, that for Tyre and Sidon there shall be rest in the day of judgement, 30 more than for you. And thou, Capernaum, wh ich art exalted unto heaven, shalt sink down unto Hades; for if there had been in Sodom the wonders(6) which were 31 in thee, it would have remained until thi s day. And now I say unto thee, that for the land of Sodom there shall be quiet in the day of judgement, more than for thee. 32 Arabic. And he said again unto his apostles, Whosoever heareth you heare th p. 60 me; and whosoever heareth me heareth him that sent me: and whosoever w rongeth(7) you wrongeth me; and whosoever wrongeth me wrongeth him that sent me . 33 And those seventy returned with great joy, and said unto him, Our Lord, ev en 34 the devils also are subject unto us in thy name. He said unto them, I beh eld 35 Satan(8) fallen like lightning from heaven. Behold, I am giving you auth ority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and the whole race(9) of the enemy; and nothing shall 36 hurt you. Only ye must not rejoice that the devils are su bject unto you; but be glad that your names are written in heaven. 37 And in that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I acknowledg e thee, my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto children: yea, my F ather; so 38 was thy will. And he turned to his disciples,(10) and said unto th em, Everything hath been delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who t he Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and to whomsoe ver the Son willeth 39 to reveal him. Come unto me, all of you, ye that are wea ried and bearers of bur- 40 dens, and I will give you rest. Bear my yoke upon y ou, and learn of me; for(11) I 41 am gentle and lowly in my heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light. 42 And while great multitudes were going with him, he turned, and said unto them, 43 Whosoever cometh unto me, and hateth not his father, and his mother, a nd his brethren, and his sisters, and his wife, and his children, and himself(1 2) also, cannot 44 Arabic, be a disciple to me. And whosoever doth not take his cross, and follow 45 p. 61 me, cannot be a disciple to me. Which of you desire th to build a tower, Jo. 2, 23b. Jo. 2, 24. Jo. 2, 25. Lk. 10, 1. Lk. 10, 2. Lk. 10, 3. Lk. 10, 4. Lk. 10, 5. Lk. 10, 6. Lk. 10, 7. Lk. 10, 8. Lk. 10, 9. Lk. 10, 10. Lk. 10, 11. Lk. 10, 12. Mt. 11, 20. Mt. 11, 21. Mt. 11, 22. Mt. 11, 23. Mt. 11, 24. Lk. 10, 16. Lk. 10, 17. Lk. 10, 18. Lk. 10, 19. Lk. 10, 20. Lk. 10, 21. Lk. 10, 22. Mt. 11, 28. Mt. 11, 29. Mt. 11, 30. Lk. 14, 25. Lk. 14, 26. Lk. 14, 27. Lk. 14, 28. 68 15 and doth not sit down first and reckon his expenses and whether he hath eno ugh to 46 complete it?(1) lest when he hath laid the foundations, and is not ab le to finish, all that 47 behold him(2) laugh at him, and say, This man began t o build, and was not able to 48 finish. Or what king goeth to the battle to fig ht with another king,(3) and doth not consider first whether he is able with te n thousand to meet him that cometh to him 49 with twenty thousand? And if he is not able, he sendeth unto him while he is afar 50 off, and seeketh peace. So s hall(4) every man of you consider, that desireth to be a disciple to me; for if he renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be a disciple to me. Lk. 14, 29. Lk. 14, 30. Lk. 14, 31. Lk. 24, 32. Lk. 14, 33. SECTION XVI. 16 1 Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, that they might tem pt him, 2 and said, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. He answered and said, This evil and adulterous generation(5) seeketh a sign; and it shall not be given a sign, 3 except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And as Jonah was a sig n to the inhabitants 4 of Nineveh, so shall the Son of man also be to this gene ration. And as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three ni ghts, so shall the Son of man 5 be in the heart of the earth three days and thr ee nights. The queen of the south shall rise in the judgement with the people o f this generation, and condemn(6) them: for she came from the ends of the earth that she might hear the wisdom of Solomon; 6 Arabic, and behold, here is a bet ter than Solomon. The men of Nineveh shall stand p. 62 in the judgement with t his generation, and condemn it: for they repented at 7 the preaching of Jonah; and behold, here is a greater than Jonah. The unclean spirit, when he goeth out of the man, departeth, and goeth about through places wherein are no waters, t hat he may find rest for himself; and when he findeth it not, he 8 saith, I wil l return to my house whence I came out. And if he come and find it 9 adorned an d set in order, then he goeth, and associateth with himself seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter and dwell in it: and the end of that man 10 shall be worse than his beginning. Thus shall it be unto this evil generation. 11 And while he was saying that, a woman from the multitude lifted up her vo ice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts tha t nursed 12 thee. But he said unto her, Blessed is he that heareth the word of God, and keepeth it. 13 And while he was speaking unto the multitude, there came unto him his mot her 14 and his brethren, and sought to speak with him; and they were not able, because of 15 the multitude; and they stood without and sent, calling him unto them. A man said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing wit hout, and seek to 16 speak with thee. But he answered unto him that spake unto him, Who is my 17 mother? and who are my brethren? And he beckoned with his han d, stretching it out towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother! and be hold, my brethren! 18 And every man that shall do the will of my Father which i s in heaven is my brother, and my sister, and my mother. 19 And after that, Jesus was going about in the cities and in the villages, and pro- Arabic, claiming and preaching the kingdom of God, and his; twelve wit h him, 20 p. 63 and the women which had been healed of diseases and of evil spi rits, Mary 21 that was called Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven devils , and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, w ho were ministering to them of their substance. 22 And after that, Jesus went out of the house, and sat on the sea shore. An d there 23 gathered unto him great multitudes. And when the press of the people was great upon him, he went up and sat in the boat; and all the multitude was standing on the 24 shore of the sea. And he spake to them much in parables, and said, The sower 25 went forth to sow: and when he sowed, some fell on the beat en highway; and it was 26 trodden upon, and the birds ate it. And other fell on the rocks: and some, where Mt. 12, 38. Mt. 12, 39. Lk. 11, 30. Mt. 12, 40. Lk. 11, 31. Mt. 12, 41. Lk. 11, 24. Lk. 11, 25. Lk. 11, 26. Mt. 12, 45b. Lk. 11, 27. Lk. 11, 28. Mr. 12, 46a. Lk. 8, 19a. Mt. 12, 46c. Lk. 8, 19b. Mk. 3, 31. Mt. 12, 47. Mr. 12, 48. Mt. 23, 49. Mt. 12, 50. Lk. 8, 1. Lk. 8, 2. Lk. 8, 3. Mt. 13, 1. Mt. 13, 2. Mt. 13, 3. Mt. 13, 4a. Lk. 8, 5b. Mt. 13, 5. 69 16 there was not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no depth in 27 the earth: and when the sun rose, it withered; and because it had n o root, it dried 28 up. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up wi th it, and choked it; 29 and it yielded no fruit. And other fell into excellent and good(1) ground; and it came up, and grew, and brought forth fruit, some th irty, and some sixty, and some 30 a hundred. And when he said that, he cried, H e that hath ears that hear, let him 31 hear. And when they were alone, his disc iples came, and asked him, and said unto 32 him, What is this parable? and why spakest thou unto them in parables? He Arabic, answered and said unto them, Unt o you is given the knowledge of the p. 64 secrets of the kingdom of God; but it is not given unto them that are 33 without. He that hath shall be given unto, and there shall be added; and he that 34 hath not, that which he hath shah be t aken from him also. For this cause therefore I speak unto them in parables; bec ause they see, and see not; and hear, and hear 35 not, nor understand. And in t hem is being fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, Hearing they shall hear, and shall not understand; And seeing they shall see, and shall not perceive: 36 The heart of this people is waxed gross, And their hearing with their ears is become heavy, And they have closed their eyes; Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their hearts, And should return, And I should heal them. 37, 38 But ye, blessed are your eyes, which see; and your ears, which hear. Ble ssed 39 are the eyes which see what ye see. Verily I say unto you, Many of the prophets and the righteous longed to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye 40 hear, and heard not. When ye know not this parable, how shall ye kno w all para- 41, 42 bles? Hear ye the parable of the sower. The sower which sowe d, sowed the word 43 of God. Every one who heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the word that hat h been sown in his 44 heart: and this is that which was sown on the middle of t he highway. But that which was sown on the rocks is he that heareth the word, a nd straightway receiveth 45, 46 Arabic, it with joy; only, it hath no root in his soul, but his belief in it is for a p. 65 time; and whenever there is distr ess or persecution because of a(4) word, he 47 stumbleth(5) quickly. And that w hich was sown among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of thi s world, and the error of riches, and the rest of the 48 other lusts enter, and choke the word, and it becometh without fruit. And that which was sown in good ground is he that heareth my word in a pure and good heart, and understandeth it, and holdeth to it, and bringeth forth fruit with patience, and produceth ei ther a hundredfold or sixtyfold or thirty. 49 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, like a man who casteth seed into t he 50 earth, and sleepeth and riseth by night and day, and the seed groweth and cometh 51 up, whence(6) he knoweth not. And the earth bringeth it to the fruit ; and first it 52 will be blade, and after it ear, and at last perfect wheat in the ear: and whenever the fruit ripeneth,(7) he bringeth immediately the sickl e, for the harvest hath come. Mt. 13, 6. Lk.8, 7. Mk.4, 7b. Lk.8, 8a. Mk.4, 8b. Lk.8, 8c. Mk.4, 10.(2) Mk.4, 11.(3) Mt. 13, 12. Mt. 13, 13. Mt. 13, 14. Mt. 13, 15. Mt 13, 16. Lk. 10, 23b. Mt. 13, 17. Mk. 4, 13b. Mt. 13, 18. Mk. 4, 14. Mt. 13, 19. Mt. 13, 20. Mt. 13, 21a. Lk. 8, 13b. Mt. 13, 21c. Mt. 13, 22a. Mk. 4, 19b. Lk. 8, 15. Mt. 13, 23b. Mk. 4, 26. Mk. 4, 27. Mk. 4, 28. Mk. 4, 29. SECTION XVII. 17 1 And he set forth to them another parable, and said, The kingdom of heav en is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but when men slept, his enem y came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. And when the blade spran g up and brought forth fruit, there were noticed the tares also. And the servan ts of the master of the house came, and said unto him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good Mt. 13, 24. Mt. 13, 25. Mt. 13, 26. Mt. 13, 27. 70 17 5 Arabic. seed in thy field? whence are there tares in it? He said unto th em, An p. 66 enemy hath done this. His servants said unto him, Wilt thou that w e go 6 and separate it? He said unto them, Perhaps,(1) when ye separate the tar es, ye would 7 root up with them wheat also. Leave them to grow both together u ntil the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say unto the reapers, S eparate the tares first, and bind them in bundles to be burned with fire; and g ather the wheat into my barns. 8, 9 And he set forth to them another parable, and said, To what is the king dom of 10 God like? and to what shall I liken it? and in what parable shall I s et it forth? It 11 is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and plant ed in his field: and of the number of the things that are sown in the earth it is smaller than all of the things 12 which are sown, which are upon the earth; but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and produceth large bra nches, so that the birds of heaven make their nests in its branches. 13, 14 And he set forth to them another parable: To what shall I liken the k ingdom of 15 God? It is like the leaven which a woman took, and kneaded into th ree measures of flour, until the whole of it was leavened. 16 And Jesus spake all that to the multitudes by way of parables, according as they 17 were able to hear. And without parables spake he not unto them; that the saying of the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: I will open my mouth in parables; And I will utter secrets which were before the foundations(3) of the wor ld. 18 But he explained to his disciples privately everything. 19 Then Jesus left(4) the multitudes, and came to the house. And his discipl es came Arabic. unto him, and said unto him, Explain unto us that parable about the tares 20 p. 67 and the field. He answered and said unto them, He that sowe d good seed is 21 the Son of man; and the field is the world; and the good seed are the children of the 22 kingdom; and the tares are the children of the evil one; and the enemy that sowed them(5) is Satan; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 23 And as the tares are separated an d burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of 24 this world. The Son of ma n shall send his angels, and separate from his kingdom 25 all things that injur e, and all the doers of iniquity, and they shall cast them into the 26 furnace of fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous s hall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whosoever hath ears that hear, let him hear. 27 And again the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field: that whi ch a man found and hid; and, for his pleasure in it, went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. 28 And again the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a merchant seeking ex- 29 cellent pearls; and when he found one pearl of great price, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it. 30 And again the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast(6) into the s ea, and 31 gathered of every kind: and when it was filled, they drew it up on t o the shore of the sea, and sat down to select; and the good of them they threw into the vessels, 32 and the bad they threw outside. Thus shall it be in the e nd of the world: the angels 33 shall go forth, and separate the wicked from amo ng the good, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weepi ng and gnashing of teeth. 34 Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They said unto 35 Arabic, him, Yea, our Lord. He said unto them, Therefore every scribe that be- p. 68 cometh a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a ho useholder, who bringeth out of his treasures the new and the old. 36, 37 And when Jesus had finished all these parables, he removed thence, an d came to his city; and he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were p erplexed. 38 And when the sabbath came, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue; and many of 39 those that heard marvelled, and said, Whence came these things t o this man? And many envied him and gave no heed to him, but said, What is this wisdom that is Mt. 13, 28. Mt. 13, 29. Mt. 13, 30. Mt. 13, 31a. Lk. 13, 18b. Mk. 4, 30b. Lk. 13, 19a. Mt. 13, 31c. Mk. 4, 31b. Mt. 13, 32b. Mk. 4, 32b. Mk. 4, 33.(2) Lk. 13, 20b. Mt. 13, 33b. Mt. 13, 34a. Mk. 4, 33b. Mt. 13, 34b. Mt. 13, 35. Mk. 4, 34b. Mt. 13, 36. Mt. 13, 37. Mt. 13, 38. Mt. 13, 39. Mt. 13, 40. Mt. 13, 41. Mt. 13, 42. Mt. 13, 43. Mt. 13, 44. Mt. 13, 45. Mt. 13, 46. Mt. 13, 47. Mt. 13, 48. Mt. 13, 49. Mt. 13, 50. Mt. 13, 51. Mt. 13, 52. Mt. 13, 53. Mt. 13, 54. Mk. 6, 2. 71 17 given to this man, that there should happen at his hands such as these migh ty works?(1) 40 Is not this a carpenter, son of a carpenter? and is not his mot her called Mary? and 41 his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? A nd his sisters, all of them, 42 lo, are they not all with us? Whence hath this man all these things? And they were in doubt concerning him. And Jesus knew the ir opinion, and said unto them, Will ye haply"(2) say unto me this proverb, Phy sician, heal first thyself: and all that 43 we have heard that thou didst in Ca pernaum, do here also in thine own city? And he said, Verily I say unto you, A prophet is not received in his own city, nor among 44 his brethren: for a proph et is not despised, save in his own city, and among his own 45 kin, and in his own house. Verily I say unto you, In the days of Elijah the prophet, there were many widows among the children of Israel, when the heaven held back 46 three y ears and six months, and there was a great famine in all the land; and Elijah A rabic, was not sent to one of them, save to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman that was 47 p. 69 a widow. And many lepers were among the children of Israel in the days of Elisha the prophet; but not one of them was cleansed, save Naaman the Nabathaean.(3) 48 And he was not able to do there many mighty works,(4) because of their unbelief; 49 except that he laid his hand upon a few of the sick, and healed them. And he mar- 50 velled at their lack of faith. And when those who were in the synagogue heard, 51 they were all filled with wrath; and they rose up, and brought him forth outside the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill upon which their city was built, that 52 they might cast him from its summ it: but he passed through among them and went away. 53 And he went about in the villages which were around Nazareth, and taught in their synagogues. Mt. 13, 55. Mt. 13, 56. Mt. 13, 57. Lk. 4, 23. Lk. 4, 24. Mk. 6, 4b. Lk. 4, 25. Lk. 4, 26. Lk. 4, 27. Mk. 6, 5. Mk. 6, 6a. Lk. 4, 28. Lk. 4, 29. Lk. 4, 30. Mk. 6, 6b. SECTION XVIII. 18 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and all the things which came to pass at his hand; and he marvelled, for he had obtained e xcellent 2 information concerning him.(5) And same men said that John the Bapti st was risen 3 from among the dead; and(6) others said that Elijah had appeared ; and others, Jere- 4 miah; and others, that a prophet of the old prophets was risen; and others said that he 5 was a prophet like one of the prophets. Herod said to his servants, This is John the Baptist, he whom I beheaded; he is risen from among the dead: therefore mighty 6 Arabic. works result from him. For Her od himself had sent and taken John, and cast p. 70 him into prison, for the sak e of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, whom he 7 had taken. And John said to Herod, Thou hast no authority to take the wife of thy 8 brother. And Herodias a voided him and wished to kill him; and she could not. 9 But Herod feared John, for he knew that he was a righteous man and a holy; and 10 he guarded him, and heard him much, and did, and obeyed him with gladness. And he wished to kill hi m; but he feared the people, for they adhered to him as the 11 prophet. And the re was a celebrated day, and Herod had made a feast for his great men on the da y of his anniversary,(7) and for the officers and for the chief men 12 of Galil ee. And the daughter of Herodias came in and danced in the midst of the company , and pleased Herod and those that sat with him. And the king said to the 13 da msel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, 14 Whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom. And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask him?(8) She said u nto her, The 15 head of John the Baptist. And immediately she came in hastily t o the king, and said unto him, I desire in this hour that thou give me on a dis h the head of John 16 the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; but becaus e of the oath and the 17 guests he did not wish to refuse her. But immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded that he should bring the head of Jo hn: and he went and cut off Mt. 14, 1. Lk. 9, 7b. Mk. 6, 14b. Lk. 9, 7c. Lk. 9, 8a. Mt. 16, 14b. Lk. 9, 8b. Mk. 6, 15b. Mk. 6, 16. Mt. 14, 2b. Mk. 6, 17. Mk. 6, 18. Mk. 6, 19. Mk. 6, 20. Mt. 14, 5. Mk. 6, 21. Mk. 6, 22. Mk. 6, 23. Mk. 6, 24. Mk. 6, 25. Mk. 6, 26. Mk. 6, 27. 72 18 18 the head of John in the prison, and brought it on a dish, and delivere d it to the 19 damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. And his disciples heard, and came Arabic, and took his body, and buffed it. And they came and tol d(1) Jesus what 20 p. 71 had happened. And for this cause Herod said, I beheade d John: who 21 is this, of whom I hear these things. And he desired to see him. And Jesus, when he heard, removed thence in a boat to a waste place alone, to the other side of the sea of the Galilee of Tiberias.(2) 22 And many saw them going, and knew them, and hastened by land(3) from all the cities, and came thither beforehand; for they saw the signs which he was do ing on the 23, 24 sick. And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his disciples. And 25 the feast of the passover of the Jews was near. And Jesu s lifted up his eyes, and saw great multitudes coming to him. And he was moved with compassion for them, for 26 they were like sheep that were without a sheph erd. And he received them, and spake to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing. 27 And when the evening approached,(4) h is disciples came to him, and said unto 28 him, The place is desert, and the ti me is past; send away the multitudes of the people,(5) that they may go to the towns and villages which are around us, and buy for 29 themselves bread; for th ey have nothing to eat. But he said unto them, They have 30 no need to go away; give ye them what may be eaten. They said unto him, We have not here enough. H e said unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? 31, 32 And he said that proving him; and he knew what he was resolved to do. Philip said Ara bic. unto him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread would not suffice them after(6) 33 p. 72 every one of them hath taken a small amount. One of his disciples said unto 34 him (namely, Andrew the brother of Simon Cephas), Here is a lad having five loaves 35 of barley and two fishes: but this amount, what is it for all t hese? But wilt thou that we go and buy for all the people what may be eaten? fo r we have no more 36 than these five loaves and the two fishes. And the grass w as plentiful in that place. Jesus said unto them, Arrange all the people that t hey may sit down on the grass, 37 fifty people in a company. And the disciples did so. And all the people sat down 38 by companies, by hundreds and fifties. T hen Jesus said unto them, Bring hither 39 those five loaves and the two fishes. And when they brought him that, Jesus took the bread and the fish, and looked to heaven, and blessed, and divided, and gave to 40 his disciples to set before them; and the disciples set for the multitudes the bread 41 and the fish; and they ate, all of them, and were satisfied. And when they were satisfied, he sai d unto his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain over, that noth- 42 ing be lost. And they gathered, and filled twelve baskets with fragments, being tho se that remained over from those which ate of the five barley loaves and the tw o 43 fishes. And those people who ate were five thousand, besides the women and children. 44 Arabic, And straightway he pressed his disciples to go up into th e ship, and p. 73 that they should go before him unto the other side to Bethsai da, while he 45 himself should send away the multitudes. And those people who s aw the sign which 46 Jesus did, said, Of a truth this is a prophet who hath com e into the world. And Jesus knew their purpose to come and take him, and make h im a king; and he left them, and went up into the mountain alone for prayer. 47, 48 And when the nightfall was near, his disciples went down unto the sea , and sat(9) in a boat, and came to the side of Capernaum. And the darkness cam e on, and Jesus 49 had not come to them. And the sea was stirred up against the m by reason of a vio- 50 lent wind that blew. And the boat was distant from the land many furlongs, and they were much damaged by the waves, and the wind was against them. Mk. 6, 28. Mk. 6, 29. Mt. 14, 12b. Lk. 9, 9. Mt. 14, 13a. Jo. 6, 1b. Mk. 6, 33a. Jo. 6, 2b. Jo. 6, 3. Jo. 6, 4. Jo. 6, 5a. Mk. 6, 34b. Lk. 9, 11b. Mt. 14, 15a. Mk. 6, 36. Mt. 14, 16. Mt. 14, 17a. Jo. 6, 5b. Jo. 6, 6. Jo. 6, 7. Jo. 6, 8. Jo. 6, 9. Lk. 9, 13b.(7) Jo. 6, 10b.(8) Mk. 6, 40. Mt. 14, 18. Mk. 6, 41a. Mt. 14, 19b. Mt. 14, 20a. Jo. 6, 12. Jo. 6, 13. Mt. 14, 21. Mk. 6, 45. Jo. 6, 14. Jo. 6, 15. Jo. 6, 16. Jo. 6, 17. Jo. 6, 18. Mt. 14, 24. SECTION XIX. 19 1 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upo n the 2 water, after they had rowed(10) with difficulty about twenty-five or th irty furlongs. Mt. 14, 25. Jo. 6, 19a, c. 73 19 And when he drew near unto their boat, his disciples saw him walking on the water; and they were troubled, and supposed that it was a false appearance; an d they cried out from their fear. But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and sa id, Take courage, for it is I; fear not. Then Cephas answered and said unto him , My Lord, if it be thou, bid me to come unto thee on the water. And Jesus said unto him, Come. And Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. But Arabic, when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sink- p. 74 ing; and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord , save me. And immediately our Lord stretched out his hand and took hold of him , and said unto him, 9 Thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt? And when Jes us came near, he went up 10 unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediat ely the wind ceased. And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, a nd said, Truly thou art the 11 Son of God. And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. 12 And when they came out of the ship to the lan d, they marvelled greatly and were 13 perplexed in themselves: and they had not understood by means of(1) that bread, because their heart was gross. 14 And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they mad e haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,(2) borne in their 15 beds to the place where they heard that he was. And wheresoever th e place might be which he entered, of the villages or the cities, they laid the sick in the markets, and sought of him that they might touch(3) were it only t he edge of his garment: and all that touched(4) him were healed and lived.(5) 16 And on the day after that, the multitude which was standing on the shore of the sea saw that there was there no other ship save that into which the disc iples had 17 gone up, and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his discipl es (but there were other ships from Tiberias near(6) the place where they ate t he bread when Jesus blessed 18 it): and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they 19 Arabic, went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. And p. 75 when they found him on the othe r side of the sea, they said unto him, Our 20 Master, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of(7) your seeing the signs, but because of 21 your eating th e bread and being satisfied. Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food w hich abideth in eternal life,(8) which the Son of man will give unto you: him(9 ) 22 hath God the Father sealed. They said unto him, What shall we do that we m ay 23 work the work of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of 24 God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wroug ht? 25 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread fr om heaven 26 gave he them to eat. Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say u nto you, Moses gave you not bread from heaven; but my Father gave(10) you the b read of truth n from 27 heaven. The bread of God is that which came down from h eaven and gave the 28, 29 world life. They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever c ometh unto me shall not hun- 30 ger, and whosoever believeth in me shall not th irst for ever. But I said unto you, 31 Ye have seen me, and have not believed. And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh un to me I shall not cast him forth with- 32 out. I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him 33 that sent me; and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of 34 Arabic, that which he ga ve me, but raise it up in the last day. This is the will of p. 76 my Father, th at every one that seeth the Son, and believeth in him, should have eternal life ; and I will raise him up in the last day. 35 The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the b read 36 which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came dow n from 37, 38 heaven? Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with an other. No Mt. 14, 26. Mt. 14, 27. Mt. 14, 28. Mt. 14, 29. Mt. 14, 30. Mt. 14, 31. Mt. 14, 32. Mt. 14, 33. Jo. 6, 21b. Mk. 6, 54a. Mk. 6, 51b. Mk. 6, 52. Mk. 6, 54. Mk. 6, 55. Mk. 6, 56. Jo. 6, 22a. Jo. 6, 23. Jo. 6, 24. Jo. 6, 25. Jo. 6, 26. Jo. 6, 27. Jo. 6, 28. Jo. 6, 29. Jo. 6, 30. Jo. 6, 31. Jo. 6, 32. Jo. 6, 33. Jo. 6, 34. Jo. 6, 35. Jo. 6, 36. Jo. 6, 37. Jo. 6, 38. Jo. 6, 39. Jo. 6, 40. Jo. 6, 41. Jo. 6, 42. Jo. 6, 43. Jo. 6, 44. 74 19 man is able to come unto me, except the Father which sent me draw him; and I will 39 raise him up in the last day. It is written in the prophet, They shal l all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,(1) and l earneth of him, cometh 40 unto me. No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth 41 the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Wh osoever believeth in me hath eternal 42, 43 life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and 44 they died. This is the bread wh ich came down from heaven, that a man may eat 45 of it, and not die. I am the b read of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he sha ll live for ever: and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world. 46 The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us 47 Arabic, his body that we may eat it? Jesus said unto them, Verily, veril y, I say unto p. 77 you, If ye do not eat the body of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall 48 not have life in yourselves. Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood 49 hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. My body truly is meat,(3) and 50 my blood truly is drink.(4) Whosoeve r eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth 51 in me, and I in him--as the l iving Father sent me, and I am alive because of the 52 Father; and whosoever ea teth me, he also shall live because of me. This is the bread which came down fr om heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the 53 manna, and died: whosoe ver eateth of this bread shall live for ever. This he said in 54 the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it? Jo. 6, 45. Jo. 6, 46. Jo. 6, 47. Jo.6, 50. Jo.6, 51. Jo.6, 51b.(2) Jo. 6, 52. Jo. 6, 53. Jo. 6, 54. Jo. 6, 55. Jo. 6, 56. Jo. 6, 57. Jo. 6, 58. Jo. 6, 59. Jo. 6, 60. SECTION XX. 20 1 And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of a that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? What if ye should see the Son 3 of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? It is the spiri t that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words(5) that I speak un to you are spirit 4 and life. But there are some of you that do not believe. An d Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should(6) not believe, and who it was that should betray 5 him. And he said unto them, Therefore I said unto you, No man can come unto me, if that hath not been given him by the Father. 6 Arabic, And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and wal ked 7 p. 78 not with him. And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to 8 go away? Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? th ou 9 hast the words of eternal life. And we have believed and known that thou a rt the 10 Messiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus said unto them, Did not I c hoose you, 11 ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was p urposed to(7) betray him. 12 And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that h e 13 would eat with him: and he went in, and reclined to meat. And that Pharise e, when 14 he saw it,(8) marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself befor e his eating. Jesus said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees wash the outside of the cup and the dish, and ye think that ye are cleansed; but your inside is full of injustice and wickedness. 15, 16 Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside? Now give what ye have(9) in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you. 17, 18 And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed thei r hands, 19 they found fault. For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wa sh not their 20 hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held(10) to the ordinance(1 1) of the elders. And they ate not what was bought from the market, except they washed it; and many other things did they keep of what they had received, such as the washing of cups, and 21 measures, and vessels of brass, and couches. An d scribes(12) and Pharisees asked him, Jo. 6, 61. Jo. 6, 62. Jo. 6, 63. Jo. 6, 64. Jo. 6, 65. Jo. 6, 66. Jo. 6, 67. Jo. 6, 68. Jo. 6, 69. Jo. 6, 70. Jo. 6, 71. Lk. 11, 37. Lk. 11, 38. Lk. 11, 39. Lk. 11, 40. Lk. 11, 41. Mk. 7, 1. Mk. 7, 2. Mk. 7, 3. Mk. 7, 4. Mk. 7, 5. 75 20 Arabic, Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the e lders, but 22 p. 79 eat bread without washing their hands? Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your or dinance? 23 God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and 24 his mother shall surely die. But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, 25 What thou receivest(1) from me is an offering,--an d ye(1) suffer him not to do any- 26 thing for his father or his mother; and ye (1) make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye hav e ordained and commanded, such as the wash- 27 ing of cups and measures, and wh at resembles that ye do much. And ye forsook 28 the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men. Do(2) ye well to wrong(3) 29 the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance? Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the proph et prophesy concerning you, and say, 30 This people honoureth me with its(4) lips; But their heart is very far from me. 31 But in vain do they fear me, In that they teach the commands of men. 32 And Jesus called all the multitude, and said unto them. Hear me, all of you, and 33 understand: nothing without the man, which then enters him, is able to defile him; 34 but what goeth out of him, that it is which defileth the man. He that hath ears 35 that hear, let him hear. Then his disciples drew near, and s aid unto him, Knowest 36 thou that the Pharisees which heard this word were ang ry? He answered and said unto them, Every plant which my Father which is in hea ven planted not shall be 37 Arabic, uprooted. Let them alone; for they are blin d leading blind. And if the p. 80 blind lead(5) the blind, both of them shall f all into a hollow. 38 And when Jesus entered the house from the multitude, Simon Cephas asked h im, 39 and said unto him, My Lord, explain to us that parable. He said unto the m, Do ye also thus not understand? Know ye not that everything that entereth in to the 40 man from without cannot defile him; because it entereth not into his heart; it entereth into his stomach only, and thence is cast forth in the clean sing which maketh 41 clean all the food?(6) The thing which goeth forth from th e mouth of the man pro- 42 ceedeth from his heart, and it is that which defilet h the man. From within(7) the 43 heart of men proceed evil thoughts, fornicatio n, adultery, theft, false witness, murder, injustice, wickedness, deceit, stupi dity, evil eye, calumny, pride, foolishness: 44 these evils all of them from wi thin proceed from the heart, and they are the things 45 which defile the man: b ut if a man eat while he washeth not his hands, he is not defiled. 46 And Jesus went out thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a certain house, and desired that no man should know it;(8) an d 47 he could not be hid. But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter h ad an 48, 49 unclean spirit, heard of him. And that woman was a Gentile of Emes a of Syria. And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou 50 son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan.(9) And he answered Arabic. her not a word. And his disciples came and b esought him, and said, Send 51 p. 81 her away: for she crieth after us. He answ ered and said unto them, I was 52 not sent except to the sheep that are gone as tray of the house of Israel. But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord , help me, have mercy upon me. 53 Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children's bread should be ta ken and 54 thrown to the dogs. But she said, Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs 55 that fall from their masters' tables, and live. Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, 56 great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast de sired. Go then thy way; and 57 because of this word, the devil is gone out of t hy daughter. And her daughter was 58 healed in that hour. And that woman went a way to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her. Mt. 15, 3. Mt. 15, 4a. Mk. 7, 10b. Mk. 7, 11. Mk. 7, 12. Mk. 7, 13. Mk. 7, 8. Mk. 7, 9. Mt. 15, 7. Mt. 15, 8. Mt. 15, 9. Mk. 7, 14. Mk. 7, 15. Mk. 7, 16. Mt. 15, 12. Mt. 15, 13. Mt. 15, 14. Mk. 7, 17a. Mt. 15, 15. Mk. 7, 18b. Mk., 7, 19. Mt. 15, 18. Mk. 7, 21. Mk. 7, 22. Mk. 7, 23. Mt. 15, 20b. Mt. 15, 21a. Mk. 7, 24b. Mk. 7, 25a. Mk. 7, 26a. Mt. 15, 22b. Mt. 15, 23. Mt. 15, 23. Mt. 15, 25. Mt. 15, 26. Mt. 15, 27. Mt. 15, 28a. Mk. 7, 29b. Mt. 15, 28b. Mk. 7, 30. 76 SECTION XXI. 21 1 And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came t o the 2 sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him a nd heal 3 him. And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, an d spat 4 upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongu e; and looked 5 to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. And in tha t hour his ears 6 were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he sp ake with ease. And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to an y man: but the more 7 he charged them, the mare they increased in publishing, a nd marvelled much, and Arabic. said, This man doeth everything well: he made th e deaf to hear, and those p. 82 that lacked speech to speak. 8, 9 And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to his son. And there was there a spring of water of Jacob's. And Je sus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring. And the t ime was about the sixth hour.(1) And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto 12 her, Give me water, that I may drink. And Iris disciples ha d entered into the city 13 to buy for themselves food. And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? 14 (And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.(2)) J esus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me 15 to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he woul d give thee the water of life. That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from 16 whence hast thou the water of life? Can i t be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and dr ank from it, and his children, and his sheep? 17 Jesus answered and said unto h er, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever dri nketh of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever: but the wa ter which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing 19 up un to eternal life. That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that 20 I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here. Jesus said u nto her, 21 Arabic. Go and call thy husband, and come hither. She said unto him , I have no 22 p. 83 husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not th y husband; and 23 in this thou saidst truly. That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to 24 be a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; a nd ye say that in Jeru- 25 salem is the place in which worship must be. Jesus s aid unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye wor- 26 ship the Father. Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which 27 we know: for salvation is of the Jews . But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the F ather in spirit and truth: and the Father also 28 seeketh such as these worship pers. For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him 29 must worship him in spi rit and in truth. That woman said unto him, I know that 30 the Messiah cometh: and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that s peak unto thee am he. 31 And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he w ould speak(3) with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest tho u? or, 32 What(4) speakest thou with her? And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the 33 city, and said to the people, Come, and see a man who told me al l that ever I did: 34 perhaps then he is the Messiah. And people went out from the city, and came to 35 him. And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our 36, 37 master, eat. And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?(5) Mk. 7, 31. Mk. 7, 32. Mk. 7, 33. Mk. 7, 34. Mk. 7, 35. Mk. 7, 36. Mk. 7, 37. Jo. 4, 4. Jo. 4, 5. Jo. 4, 6. Jo. 4, 7. Jo. 4, 8. Jo. 4, 9. Jo. 4, 10. Jo. 4, 11. Jo. 4, 12. Jo. 4, 13. Jo. 4, 14. Jo. 4, 15. Jo. 4, 16. Jo. 4, 17. Jo. 4, 18. Jo. 4, 19. Jo. 4, 20. Jo. 4, 21. Jo. 4, 22. Jo. 4, 23. Jo. 4, 24. Jo. 4, 25. Jo. 4, 26. Jo. 4, 27. Jo. 4, 28. Jo. 4, 29. Jo. 4, 30. Jo, 4, 32. Jo, 4, 33. 77 21 38 Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, an d to accom- 39 Arabic, plish his work. Said ye not that after four months come th the harvest? p. 84 behold, I therefore say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and behold the lands, 40 that they have become white, and the harvest is already co me.(1) And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eter nal life;(2) and the sower and 41 the reaper rejoice together. For in this is f ound the word of truth, One soweth, and 42 another reapeth. And I sent you to r eap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour. 43 And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the words 44 of that woman, who testified and said, He told me all that ever I did. And when those Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them; and he 45, 46 abode with them two days. And many believed in him because of hi s word; and they said to that woman, Now not because of thy saying have we beli eved in him: we have heard and known that this truly is the Messiah, the Saviou r of the world. 47, 48 And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee. And J esus 49 testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city.And when he ca me to Galilee, the Galilaeans received him. Jo. 4, 34. Jo. 4, 35. Jo. 4, 36. Jo. 4, 37. Jo. 4, 38. Jo. 4, 39. Jo. 4, 40. Jo. 4, 42. Jo. 4, 43. Jo. 4, 44. Jo. 4, 45a. SECTION XXII. 22 1 And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a lepe r, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said unto him, If thou wilt, tho u art able to cleanse me. And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and said, I will cleanse(3) thee. And immediately his l eprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, Arabic, and said unto him, See that thou tell not any man: but go and shew thy- p. 85 self to the priests, and offer an offering for thy cleansi ng as Moses com- 6 manded for their testimony. But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, bu t he remained without in a des- 7 ert place. And much people came unto him from one place and another,(4) to hear 8 his word, and that they might be healed of their pains. And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray. 9 And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem . And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,(5) which was called in 11 Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. And there were laid in th em much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving of the water. And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,(5) and moved the water; and the first that went down after the movi ng of 13 the water, every pain that he had was healed. And a man was there who had a 14 disease for thirty-eight years. And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew( 6) that he had 15 been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moveth, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, anoth er goeth down before 16, 17 me. Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and wa lk. And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked. 18 And that day was a sabbath. And when the Jews saw that healed one, they(7 ) said 19 unto him, It is a sabbath: thou hast no authority to carry thy bed. A nd he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me , Take thy bed, 20 Arabic, and walk. They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, 21 p. 86 Take thy bed, and walk? But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great mul- 22 titude which was in that place. And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou ar t whole: sin not again, lest there come upon Lk. 5, 12. Mk. 1, 41. Mk. 1, 42. Mk. 1, 43. Mk. 1, 44. Mk. 1, 45a. Lk. 5, 15. Lk. 5, 16. Jo. 5, 1. Jo. 5, 2. Jo. 5, 3. Jo. 5, 4. Jo. 5, 5. Jo. 5, 6. Jo. 5, 7. Jo. 5, 8 Jo, 5, 9. Jo. 5, 10. Jo. 5, 11. Jo. 5, 12. Jo. 5, 13. Jo. 5, 14. 78 22 23 thee what is worse than the first. And that man went, and said to the J ews that it 24 was Jesus that had healed him. And because of that the Jews pers ecuted Jesus and 25 sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbat h. And Jesus said unto 26 them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work. A nd because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profa ned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God. 27 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, ve rily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but what be seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, 28 that the Son also doeth like him. The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him: and more th an these works will he shew him, that ye 29 may marvel. And as the Father raise th the dead and giveth them life, so the Son 30 also giveth life to whomsoever he will. And the Father judgeth no man, but hath 31 given all judgement unto th e Son; that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father. And he th at honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which 32 sent him. Verily, ve rily, I say unto you, Whosoever heareth my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath eternal. life, and cometh not into judgement, but passeth from 33 Ar abic. death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now p. 87 is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and th ose 34 which hear shall live. And as the Father hath life in himself,(1) likewi se he gave to 35 the Son also that he might have life in himself,(1) and author ity to do judgement also, 36 because(2) he is the Son of man. Marvel not then a t that: I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: 37 those that have done good, to the resurrec tion of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judge ment. 38 I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge: and my ju dge- 39 ment is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. I(3) bear wit- 40 ness of myself, and so a my witness is not true. It is anoth er that beareth witness 41 of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true. Ye have sent 42 unto John, and he hath borne witness of the trut h. But not from man do I seek 43 witness; but I say that ye may live.(4) That(5 ) was a lamp which shineth and 44 giveth light: and ye were pleased to glory no w(6) in his light. But I have witness greater than that of John: the works whic h my Father hath given me to accomplish, 45 those works which I do, bear witnes s of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father which sent me, he hath bo rne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his 46 voice at any time, nor seen his appearance. And his word abideth not in you; because 47 in him whom he hath se nt ye do not believe. Search the scriptures, in which ye rejoice(7) 48 that ye have eternal life; and they bear witness of me; and ye do not wish to come to 4 9. 50 Arabic. me, that ye may have eternal life. I seek not praise of men. But I know 51 p. 88 you, that the love of God is not in you. I am come in the na me of my Father, and ye received me not; but if another come in his own name, t hat one will 52 ye receive. And how can ye believe, while ye receive praise one from another, and 53 praise from God, the One, ye seek not? Can it be that ye think that I will accuse you before the Father? Ye have one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye have 54 rejoiced.(7) If ye believed Moses, ye would believe m e also; Moses wrote of me. 55 And if ye believed not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? Jo. 5, 15. Jo. 5, 16. Jo. 5, 17. Jo. 5, 18. Jo. 5, 19. Jo. 5, 20. Jo. 5, 21. Jo. 5, 22. Jo. 5, 23. Jo. 5, 24. Jo. 5, 25. Jo. 5, 26. Jo. 5, 27. Jo. 5, 28. Jo. 5, 29. Jo. 5, 30. Jo. 5, 31. Jo. 5, 32. Jo. 5, 33. Jo. 5, 34. Jo. 5, 35. Jo. 5, 36. Jo. 5, 37. Jo. 5, 38. Jo. 5, 39. Jo. 5, 41. Jo. 5, 43. Jo. 5, 44. Jo. 5, 45. Jo. 5, 46. Jo. 5, 47. SECTION XXIII. 23 1 And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went up into the mountain, and sat there. And there came unto him great mul titudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many other s, and they cast them at the feet of Jesus: for they had seen all the signs whi ch he did in Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. And he healed the m all. And Mt. 15, 29. Mt. 15, 30a. Jo. 4, 45b. Mt. 15, 30b. Mt. 15, 31. 79 23 those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men hea led, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel. 5 And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, I have compassion on this multitude, because of their continuing with me three days, having nothing to eat; and to send them away fasting I am not willing, lest they faint in the way, some of them hay- 6 Arabic, ing come from far. His disciples said unto him , Whence have we in the des- 7 p. 89 ert bread wherewith to satisfy all this mu ltitude? Jesus said unto them, How 8 many loaves have ye? They said unto him, S even, and a few small fishes. And he 9 commanded the multitudes to sit down upo n the ground; and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and bra ke, and gave to his disciples to set before 10 them; and the disciples set befo re the multitudes. And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took that whi ch remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls. 11 And the people that ate were four thousand men, besides the women and children. 12 And when the multit udes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada.(1) 13 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and began to seek a discussi on with him. And they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven, tempting him. 14 And Jesus sighed within himself, and said, What sign seeketh this evil and a dulterous generation? It seeketh a sign, and it shall not be given a sign, exce pt the sign 15 of Jonah the prophet. Verily I say unto you, This generation sha ll not be given a 16 sign. And he left(2) them, and went up into the boat, and went away to that side. 17 And his disciples forgot to take with them bread, and there was not with them 18 in the boat, not even(3) one loaf. And Jesus charged them, and said, Ta ke heed, and guard yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, a nd from the 19 leaven of Herod. And they reflected within themselves that they had taken with them 20 no bread. And Jesus knew, and said unto them, Why(4) thi nk ye within yourselves, O ye of little faith, and are anxious, because ye have no bread? until now do ye not per- 21 ceive, neither understand? is your heart yet hard? And have ye eyes , and yet see not? 22 Arabic, and have ye ears, and yet hear not? and do ye not remember when I brake p. 90 those five loaves for five thousand? and how many baskets full of broken 23 pieces took ye(5) up? They said, Twelve. He said unto them, And the seven also for four thousand: how many baskets full of broken pi eces took ye(5) up? They 24 said, Seven. He said unto them, How have ye not und erstood thai I spake not to you because of(6) the bread, but that ye should bew are of the leaven of the Pharisees 25 and Sadducees? Then they understood that he spake, not that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the do ctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which he called leaven. 26 And after that, he came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a certain(7 ) blind 27 man, and besought him that he would touch him. And he took the hand of that blind man, and led him out without the village, and spat in his eyes, a nd laid his 28 hand on him,(8) and asked him, What seest thou? And that blind m an looked in- 29 tently, and said unto him, I see men as trees walking. And he placed his hand 30 again on his eyes; and they were restored,(9) and he saw eve rything clearly. And he sent him to his house, and said, Do not enter even into the village, nor tell any man in the village. 31 And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Phil ippi. 32 And while he was going in the way, and his disciples alone,(10) he ask ed his disciples, 33 and said, What do men say of me that I am, the Son of man? (11) They said unto him, Some say, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and ot hers, Jeremiah, or one of the 34, 35 prophets. He said unto them, And ye, what say ye that I am? Simon Cephas an- 36 Arabic. swered and said, Thou art the Me ssiah, the Son of the living God. Jesus an- p. 91 swered and said unto him, Ble ssed art thou, Simon son of Jonah: flesh and 37 blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say unto Mt. 15, 32. Mk. 8, 3b. Mt. 15, 33. Mt. 15, 34. Mt. 15, 35. Mt. 15, 36. Mt. 15, 37. Mt. 15, 38. Mt. 15, 39. Mt. 16, 1a. Mk. 8, 11b. Mk. 8, 12a. Mk. 8, 12a. Mk. 8, 12b. Mk. 8, 13. Mk. 8, 14. Mk. 8, 15. Mt. 16, 7. Mt. 16, 8. Mk. 8, 17b. Mk. 8, 18. Mk. 8, 19. Mk. 8, 20. Mk. 8, 21a. Mt. 16, 11. Mt. 16, 12. Mk. 8, 22. Mk. 8, 23. Mk. 8, 24. Mk. 8, 25. Mk. 8, 26. Mk. 8, 27a. Mt. 16, 13b. Mt. 16, 14. Mt. 16, 15. Mt. 16, 16. Mt. 16, 17. Mt. 16, 18. 80 23 thee also, that thou art Cephas,(1) and on this rock will I build my church ; and the 38 gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. To thee will I give t he keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and 39 whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loose d in heaven. And he sternly charged his disciples, and warned them that they sh ould not tell any man concern- 40 ing him, that he was the Messiah. And hencefo rth began Jesus to shew to his dis- 41 ciples that he was determined(2) to go t o Jerusalem, and suffer much, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief p riests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and on the 42 third day rise. And he was speaking(3) plainly. And Simon Cephas, as one grieved 43 for him, said, Fa r be thou, my Lord, from that. And he turned, and looked upon 44 his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art a stumbli ngblock unto me: for thou thinkest not of what pertains to God, but of what per tains to men. 45 And Jesus called the multitudes with his disciples, and said unto them, W hosoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take his cross every da y, and 46 come after me. And whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and w hosoever 47 loseth his life for my sake, and for the sake of my gospel, shall s ave it. What shall 48 a man profit, if he gain all the world, and destroy(4) hi s own life,(5) or lose it? or what 49 Arabic, will a man give in ransom for hi s life?(5) Whosoever shall deny me and my p. 92 sayings in this sinful and adu lterous generation, the Son of man also will 50 deny him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels. For the Son of man is about to(6) co me in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then shall he reward ea ch man according to his works. Mt. 16, 19. Mt. 16, 20. Mt. 16, 21a. Mk. 8, 31a. Mk. 8, 32a. Mt. 16, 22. Mk. 8, 33a. Mt. 16, 23b. Mk. 8, 34a. Lk. 9, 23b. Mk. 8, 35. Lk. 9, 25. Mk. 8, 37. Mk. 8, 38. Mt. 16, 27. SECTION XXIV. 24 1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There be here now some s tanding that shall not taste death, until they see the kingdom of God come(7) w ith strength, and the Son of man who cometh in his kingdom. 2 And after six days Jesus took Simon Cephas, and James, and John his broth er, 3 and brought them up into a high mountain, the three of them only. And whi le they 4 were praying, Jesus changed, and became after the fashion of another person; and his face shone like the sun, and his raiment was very white like th e snow, and as 5 the light of lightning, so that nothing on earth can whiten(8) like it. And there ap- 6 peared unto him Moses and Elijah talking to Jesus. An d they thought that the time 7 of his decease which was to be accomplished at J erusalem was come. And Simon and those that were with him were heavy in the dro wsiness of steep; and with effort they roused themselves, and saw his glory, an d those two men that were standing with him. 8 Arabic. And when they began to d epart from him, Simon said unto Jesus, My 9 p. 93 Master, it is good for us to be here: and if thou wilt, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, a nd one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not know- 10 ing what he said, because of the fear which took possession of them. And while he 11 was yet saying that, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And when they saw Moses 12 and Elijah that the y had entered into that cloud, they feared again. And a voice was heard out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, whom I have chosen; 13 hear ye there fore him. And when this voice was heard, Jesus was found alone. 14 And the disc iples, when they heard the voice, fell on their faces from the fear which 15 to ok hold of them. And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not 16 afr aid. And they lifted up their eyes, and saw Jesus as he was. 17 And when they went down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said u nto them, Tell not what ye have seen to any man, until the Son of man rise from 18 among the dead. And they kept the word within themselves, and told no man i n Mk. 9, 1. Mt. 16, 23b. Mt. 17, 1. Lk. 9, 29a. Mt. 17, 2b. Lk. 9, 29b. Mk. 9, 3b. Mk. 9, 4. Lk. 9, 31b. Lk. 9, 32. Lk. 9, 33a. Mt. 17, 4b. Lk. 9, 33a. Mk. 9, 6b. Mt. 17, 5a. Lk. 9, 34b. Mt. 17, 5b. Lk. 9, 36a. Mt. 17, 6. Mt. 17, 7. Mt. 17, 8. Mt. 17, 9. Mk. 9,10a. Lk. 9, 36a. 81 24 19 those days what they had seen. And they reflected among themselves, Wha t is this 20 word which he spake unto us, I, when I am risen from among the dea d? And his disciples asked him, and said, What is that which the scribes say, t hen, that Elijah 21 must first come? He said unto them, Elijah cometh first to set in order everything, Arabic, and as it was written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things, 22 p. 94 and be rejected. But I say unto you, t hat Elijah is come, and they knew him not, and have done unto him whatsoever th ey desired, as it was written of him. 23, 24 In like manner the Son of man is t o suffer of them. Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them concern ing John the Baptist. 25 And on that day whereon they came down from the mountain, there met him a multitude of many people standing with his disciples, and the scribes were dis cuss- 26 ing with them. And the people, when they saw Jesus, were perplexed,(1) and in the 27 midst of their joy hastened(2) and saluted him. And on that day came certain of the Pharisees, and said unto him, Get thee out, and go hence; f or Herod seeketh 28 to kill thee. Jesus said unto them, Go ye and say to this f ox, Behold, I am casting out demons, and I heal to-day and to-morrow, and on th e third day I am perfected. 29 Nevertheless I must be watchful a to-day and to- morrow, and on the last day I shall depart; for it cannot be that a prophet per ish outside of Jerusalem. 30 And after that, there came to him a man from that multitude, and fell upo n his knees, and said unto him, I beseech thee, my Lord, look upon my son; he i s my 31 only child: and the spirit cometh upon him suddenly. A lunacy(4) hath c ome upon 32 him, and he meeteth with evils. And when it cometh upon him, it bea teth him about;(5) 33 and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and wasteth;(6) a nd many times it hath thrown him into the water and into the fire to destroy hi m, and it hardly leaveth him after 34 Arabic. bruising him. And I brought him near to thy disciples, and they could 35 P. 95 not heal him. Jesus answered an d said, O faithless and perverse generation, till when shall I be with you? and till when shall I bear with you? bring thy son 36 hither. And he brought him u nto him: and when the spirit saw him, immediately 37 it beat him about; and he fell upon the ground, and was raging and foaming. And Jesus asked his father, H ow long is the time during which he hath been thus? He 38 said unto him, From h is youth until now. But, my Lord, help me wherein thou 39 canst, and have mercy upon me. Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe! All 40 things are possibl e to him that believeth. And immediately the father of the child 41 cried out, weeping, and said, I believe, my Lord; help my lack of faith. And when Jesus sa w the hastening of the people, and their coming at the sound, he rebuked that u nclean spirit, and said to it, Thou dumb(7) spirit that speakest not, I command 42 thee,(8) come out of him, and enter not again into him. And that spirit, de vil,(9) cried out much, and bruised him, and came out; and that child fell as o ne dead, and 43 many thought that he had died. But Jesus took him by his hand, and raised him 44 up, and gave him to his father; and that child was healed fro m that hour. And the people all marvelled at the greatness of God. 45 And when Jesus entered into the house, his disciples came, and asked him 46 privately,(10) and said unto him, Why were we not able to heal him? Jesus sa id unto Arabic. them, Because of your unbelief. Verily I say unto you, If ye ha ve faith p. 96 as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remov e hence; 47 and it shall remove; and nothing shall overcome you. But it is impo ssible to cast out this kind by anything except by fasting and prayer. 48 And when he went forth thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not 49 that any man should know it.(11) And he taught his disciples, and said u nto them, 50 Keep ye these sayings in your ears and your hearts: for the Son of man is to be Mk. 9, 10b. Mk. 9, 11a. Mt. 17, 10b. Mk. 9, 12. Mk. 9, 13. Mt. 17, 12b. Mt. 17, 13b. Mk. 9, 14. Mk. 9, 15. Lk. 13, 31. Lk. 13, 32. Lk. 13, 33. Lk. 9, 38a. Mt. 17, 14b. Lk. 9, 38b. Lk. 9, 39a. Mt. 17, 15b. Mk. 9, 18a. Mt. 17, 15c. Lk. 9, 39a. Mt. 17, 16. Mt. 17, 17. Mk. 9, 20. Mk. 9, 21. Mk. 9, 22b. Mk. 9, 23. Mk. 9, 24. Mk. 9, 25. Mk. 9, 26. Mk. 9, 27a. Lk. 9, 42b. Mt. 17, 18a. Lk. 9, 43a. Mk. 9, 28. Mt. 17, 20. Mk. 9, 29a. Mk. 9, 30. Mk. 9, 31a. Lk. 9, 44a. Mk. 9, 31b. 82 24 delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is ki lled, he 51 shall rise on the third day. But they knew not the word which he sp ake unto them, for it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it ; and they feared to 52 ask him about this word. And they were exceeding sorrow ful. Lk. 9, 45. Mt. 17, 23b. SECTION XXV. 25 1 And in that day this thought presented itself to his disciples, and they said, which 2 haply should be the greatest among them.(1) And when they came t o Capernaum, and entered into the house, Jesus said unto them, What were ye con sidering in the 3 way among yourselves? And they were silent because they had c onsidered that matter. 4 And when Simon went forth without, those that received two dirhams for the tribute came to Cephas, and said unto him, Doth your master not give his two 5 dirhams? He said unto them, Yea. And when Cephas entered the house, Jesus anti cipated him, and said unto him, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the ear th, from whom do they receive custom and tribute? from their sons, or from 6 A rabic. strangers? Simon said unto him, From strangers. Jesus said unto him, p. 97 Children then are free. Simon said unto him, Yea. Jesus said unto him, 7 Giv e thou also unto them, like the stranger. But, lest it trouble them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook; and the first fish that cometh up, open its mouth, a nd thou shall find a staler: take therefore that, and give for me and thee. 8 And in that hour came the disciples to Jesus, and said unto him, Who, thin kest 9 thou, is greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus knew the thought of their heart, and called a(2) child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms, and 10 said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye do not return, an d become as children, 11 ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. Every one th at shall receive in my name such as this child hath received me: and whosoever receiveth me receiveth 12 not me, but him that sent me. And he who is little in your company,(3) the same 13 shall be great. But whosoever shall injure one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a great mill stone(4) should be hanged about his neck, and he should be drowned in the depth s of the sea. 14 John answered and said, Our Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; 15 and we prevented him, because he followed not thee with us. Jesus said unto them, Prevent him not; for no man doeth powers in my name, and can hasten to speak evil 16, 17 of me. Every one who is not in opposition to you is with you. Woe unto the world Arabic. because of trials!(5) but woe unto that man by whose hand the trials come 18 p. 98 If thy hand or thy foot injure thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee to enter into life being halt or maimed, and not that thou shouldest have two hands or two feet, and fa ll into the hell of fire that burneth(6) for ever; 19, 20 where their worm diet h not, and their fire is not quenched. And if thine eye seduce(7) 21 thee, pluc k it out, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than that thou shouldest have two eyes, and fall into the 22, 23 fire of Gehenna; where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quen ched. Every 24 one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salt ed with salt. How good 25 is salt! but if the salt also be tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? It is fit neither for the land nor for dung, but they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him 26 hear. Have ye salt in yourselves . and be in peace one with another. 27 And he arose from thence, and came to the borders of Judaea beyond Jordan : and there went unto him thither great multitudes, and he healed them; and he taught 28 them also, according to his custom. And the Pharisees came unto him, tempting 29 him, and asking him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? H e said, What 30 did Moses command you? They said, Moses made it allowable for u s, saying, Who- 31 soever will, let him write a writing of divorcement, and put away his wife. Jesus Lk. 9, 46. Mk. 9, 33. Mk. 9, 34a. Mt. 17, 24b. Mt. 17, 25. Mt. 17, 26. Mt. 17, 27. Mt. 18, 1. Lk. 9, 47a. Mk. 9, 367. Mt. 18, 3. Lk. 9, 48. Mk. 9, 37b. Lk, 9, 48a. Mt. 18, 6. Lk. 9, 49. Mk. 9, 39. Lk. 9, 50b. Mt. 18, 7a, c. Mt. 18, 8. Mk. 9, 44. Mt. 18, 9a. Mk. 9, 47b. Mk. 9, 48. Mk. 9, 49. Mk. 9, 50a. Lk. 14, 34b. Lk. 14, 35. Mk. 9, 50c. Mk. 10, 1. Mk. 10, 2. Mk. 10, 3. Mk. 10, 4. Mk. 10, 5a. 83 25 answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, He that made them from the b eginning 32 made them male and female, and said, For this reason shall the man leave his father Arabic, and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they both shall be one body? 33 p. 99 So then they are not twain, but one body; the thing , then, which God hath 34 joined together, let no man put asunder. And those Ph arisees said unto him, Why did Moses consent(1) that a man should give a writing of divorcement and put her aw ay? 35 Jesus said unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts gave you leave 36 to divorce your wives; but in the beginning it was not so. I say u nto you, Whosoever putteth away(2) his wife without fornication, and marrieth a nother, hath exposed 37 her to adultery. And his disciples, when he entered the house, asked him again 38 about that. And he said unto them, Every one who put teth away his wife, and 39 marrieth another, hath exposed her to adultery. And any woman that leaveth her husband, and becometh another's, hath committed adul tery. And whosoever mar- 40 rieth her that is divorced hath committed adultery. And his disciples said unto him, If there be between the man and the woman suc h a case(3) as this, it is not good for 41 a man to marry. He said unto them, N ot every man can endure this saying, except 42 him to whom it is given. There a re eunuchs which from their mother's womb(4) were born so; and there are eunuch s which through men became eunuchs; and there are eunuchs which made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to be content, let him be content. 43 Then they brought to him children, that he should lay his hand upon them , and 44 pray: and his disciples were rebuking those that were bringing them. A nd Jesus saw, and it was distressing to him; and he said unto them, Suffer the children to Arabic. come unto me, and prevent them not; for those that are like these have 45 p. 100 the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever rece iveth not the 46 kingdom of God as this child, shall not enter it. And he took them in his arms, and laid his hand upon them, and blessed them. Mt. 19, 4. Mt. 19, 5. Mt. 19, 6. Mt. 19, 7. Mt. 19, 8. Mt. 19, 9a. Mk. 10, 10. Mk. 10, 11. Mk. 10, 12. Mt. 19, 9b. Mt. 19, 10. Mt. 19, 11. Mt. 19, 12. Mt. 19, 13a. Mk. 10, 13b. Mk. 10, 14. Mk. 10, 15. Mk. 10, 16. SECTION XXVI. 26 1, 2 And there came unto him publicans and sinners to hear his word. And the scribes and the Pharisees murmured, and said, This man receiveth sinners, a nd 3 eateth with them. And Jesus, when he beheld their murmuring, spake unto th em 4 this parable: What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if one of them wer e lost, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go and seek the straying one 5 till he found it? Verily I say unto you, When he findeth it, he will rejoice over it 6 more than over the ninety-nine that went not astray; and bear it on his shoulders, and bring it to his house, and call his friends and neighbours, and say unto them, 7 Rejoice with me, since I have found my strayin g sheep. So your Father which is in heaven willeth(5) not that one of these lit tle ones that have strayed should perish, 8 and he seeketh for them repentance. I say unto you, Thus there shall be rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that r epenteth, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repenta nce. 9 And what woman having ten drachmas would lose one of them, and not light a 10 lamp, and sweep the house, and seek it with care till she found it; and whe n she found it, call her friends and neighbours, and say unto them, Rejoice wit h me, as I 11 have found my drachma that was lost? I say unto you, Thus there s hall be joy Arabic. before the angels of God over the one sinner that repenteth , more than p. 101 over the ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repe ntance. 12, 13 And Jesus spoke unto them also another parable: A man had two sons: a nd the younger son said unto him, My father, give me my portion that belongeth to 14 me of thy goods. And he divided between them his property. And after a fe w days the younger son gathered everything that belonged to him, and went into a 15 far country, and there squandered his property by living prodigally. And w hen he Lk. 15, 1. Lk. 15, 2. Lk. 15, 3. Lk. 15, 4. Mt. 18, 13. Lk. 15, 5b. Lk. 15, 6. Mt. 18, 14. L. 15, 7. Lk. 15, 8. Lk. 15, 9. Lk. 15, 10. Lk. 15, 11. Lk. 15, 12. Lk. 15, 13. Lk. 15, 14. 84 26 had exhausted everything he had, there occurred a great dearth in that coun try. 16 And when he was in want, he went and joined himself to one of the peopl e of a city 17 of that country; and that man sent him into the field(1) to feed the swine. And he used to long to fill his belly with the carob that those swi ne were eating: and no man 18 gave him. And when he returned unto himself, he s aid, How many hired servants now in my father's house have bread enough and to spare, while I here perish with 19 hunger! I will arise and go to my father's h ouse, and say unto him, My father, I 20 have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy now to be called thy 21 son: make me as one of thy hired serv ants. And he arose, and came to his father. But his father saw him while he was at a distance, and was moved with compassion 22 for him, and ran,(2) and fell on his breast,(3) and kissed him. And his son said unto him, My father, I have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy to be 23 called thy son. Hi s father said unto his servants, Bring forth a stately robe, and put 24 it on h im; and put a ring on his hand, and put on him shoes on his feet: and bring and 25 slay a fatted ox, that we may eat and make merry: for this my son was dead, and is 26 Arabic. alive; and was lost, and is found. And they began to be merr y.(4) Now his p. 102 eider son was in the field; and when he came and drew near to the house, 27 he heard the sound of many singing.(5) And he called one of t he lads, and asked him 28 what this was. He said unto him, Thy brother hath arr ived; and thy father hath 29 slain a fatted ox, since he hath received him safe and sound.(6) And he was angry, 30 and would not enter; so his father went out , and besought him to enter. And he said to his father, How many years do I ser ve thee in bondage, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and thou h ast never given me a kid, that I might 31 make merry with my friends? but this thy son, when he had squandered thy 32 property with harlots, and come, thou ha st slain for him a fatted ox. His father said unto him, My son, thou art at all times with me, and everything I have is 33 thine. It behoveth thee to rejoice and make merry, since this thy brother was dead, and is alive; and was lost, an d is found. 34 And he spake a parable unto his disciples: There was a rich man, and he h ad 35 a steward; and he was accused to him that he had squandered his property. So his lord called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear regarding thee? Give me the account of thy stewardship; for it is now impossible that tho u shouldest 36 be a steward for me. The steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord taketh from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able ; and to beg(7) I 37 am ashamed. I know what I will do, that, when I go out of the stewardship, they 38 may receive me into their houses. And he called one af ter another of his lord's 39 debtors, and said to the first, How much owest tho u my lord? He said unto him, An hundred portions(8) of oil. He said unto him, T ake thy writing, and sit down, and write 40 quickly fifty portions.(8) And he s aid to the next, And thou, how much owest thou my lord? He said unto him, An hu ndred cors of wheat. He said unto him, Take 41 Arabic, thy writing, and sit dow n, and write eighty cors. And our(9) lord com- p. 103 mended the sinful steward (10) because he had done a wise deed; for the chil- 42 dren of this world are w iser than the children of the light in this their age. And I also say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends with the wealth of this unrighteousness;(11) 43 s o that, when it is exhausted, they may receive you into their tents for ever. H e who is faithful in(12) a little is faithful also in much: and he who is unrig hteous in a 44 little is unrighteous also in much. If then in the wealth of unr ighteousness ye were 45 not trustworthy, who will intrust you with the truth?(1 3) If ye are not found faithful in what does not belong to you, who will give y ou what belongeth to you? Lk. 15, 15. Lk. 15, 16. Lk. 15, 17. Lk. 15, 18. Lk. 15, 19. Lk. 15, 20. Lk. 15, 21. Lk. 15, 22. Lk. 15, 23. Lk. 15, 24. Lk. 15, 25. Lk. 15, 26. Lk. 15, 27. Lk. 15, 28. Lk. 15, 29. Lk. 15, 30. Lk. 15, 31. Lk. 15, 32. Lk. 16, 1. Lk. 16, 2. Lk. 16, 3. Lk. 16, 4. Lk. 16, 5. Lk. 16, 6. Lk. 16, 7. Lk. 16, 8. Lk. 16, 9. Lk. 16, 10. Lk. 16, 11. Lk. 16, 12. SECTION XXVII. 27 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a re ckoning with his servants. And when he began to make it, they brought to him Mt. 18, 23. Mt. 18, 24. 85 27 3 one who owed him ten talents.(1) And because he had not wherewith to pay , his lord ordered that he should be sold, he, and his wife, and children, and all that he 4 had, and payment be made. So that servant fell down and worshippe d him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything. 5 And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, an d forgave him his 6 debt. And that servant went out, and found one of his fello w-servants, who owed him Arabic. a hundred pence;(2) and he took him, and dealt severely with him, and said 7 p. 104 unto him, Give me what thou owest. Sothe fellow-servant fell down at his 8 feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me re spite, and I will pay thee. And he would not; but took him, and cast him into p rison, till he should give him his debt. 9 And when their fellow-servants saw w hat happened, it distressed them much; and 10 they came and told their lord of all that had taken place. Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wic ked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because 11 thou besoughtest me: was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy 12 fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?(3) And his lord became wroth, and delivered 13 him to the s courgers, till he should pay all that he owed. So shall my Father which is in h eaven do unto you, if one forgive not his brother his wrong conduct(4) from 14 his heart. Take heed within(5) yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he 15 repent, forgive him. And if he act wrongly towards thee seven times in a day, and on that day return seven times unto thee, and say, I repent towards thee; forgive him. 16 And if thy brother act wrongly towards thee, go and repr ove him between thee and 17 him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he hear the e not, take with thee one or two, and so(6) at the mouth of two or three every saying shall 18 be established. And if he listen not to these also, tell the co ngregation;(7) and if he listen not even to the congregation, let him be unto t hee as a publican and a Gen- 19 tile.(8) Verily I say unto you, All that ye bin d on earth shall be bound in heaven: 20 and what ye loose on earth shall be loo sed in heaven. I say unto you also, If two of you agree on earth to ask, everyt hing shall(9) be granted them from my Father 21 Arabic, which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there 22 p. 105 am l amongst them. Then Cephas drew near to him, and said unto him, My Lord, how many times, if m y brother act wrongly towards me, should I forgive him? 23 until seven times? J esus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until sev-24 enty ti mes seven, seven.(10) And the servant that knoweth his lord's will, and maketh not 25 ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment; bu t he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, sh all meet with slight punishment. Every one to whom much hath been given, much s hall be asked of him; and he that hath had much committed to him, much shall be 26 required at his hand. I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had 27 been kindled already.(11) And I have a baptism to be baptized with, a nd greatly am 28 I straitened till it be accomplished. See that ye despise not( 12) one of these little ones that believe in me. Verily I say unto you, Their a ngels at all times see the 29 face of my Father which is in heaven. The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost. 30 And after that, Jesus walked in Galilee; and he did not like to walk in J udaea, 31 because the Jews sought to kill him. And there came people who told h im of 32 the Galilaeans, those whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrif ices. Jesus answered and said unto them, Do ye imagine that those Galilaeans we re sinners 33 more than all the Galilaeans, so that this thing has come upon th em? Nay. Verily I say unto you now,(13) that ye shall all also, if ye repent no t, likewise perish. 34 Or perchance those eighteen on whom the palace fell in S iloam, and slew them, do ye imagine that they were to be condemned(14) more tha n all the people that dwell 35 Arabic, in Jerusalem? Nay. Verily I say unto yo u, If ye do not all repent, ye p. 106 shall perish like them. 36 And he spake unto them this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vine- Mt. 18, 25. Mt. 18, 26. Mt. 18, 27. Mt. 18, 28. Mt. 18, 29. Mt. 18, 30. Mt. 18, 31. Mt. 18, 32. Mt. 18, 33. Mt. 18, 34. Mt. 18, 35. Lk. 17, 3. Lk. 17, 4. Mt. 18, 15. Mt. 18, 16. Mt. 18, 17. Mt. 18, 18. Mt. 18, 19. Mt. 18, 20. Mt. 18, 21. Mt. 18, 22. Lk. 12, 47. Lk. 12, 48. Lk. 12, 49. Lk. 12, 50. Mt. 18, 10. Mt. 18, 11. Jo. 7, 1. Lk. 13, 1. Lk. 13, 2. Lk. 13, 3. Lk. 13, 4. Lk. 13, 5. Lk. 13, 6. 86 27 37 yard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. So he said to the husbandman, Lo, three years do I come and seek fruit on this fig tree, and find 38 none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground unoccupied? The husba ndman said unto him, My lord, leave it this year also, that I may dig about it, and dung 39 it; then if it bear fruit--! and if not, then cut it down in the c oming year. 40 And when Jesus was teaching on the sabbath day in one of the synagogues, 41 there was there a woman that had a spirit of disease eighteen years; and she was 42 bowed down, and could not straighten herself at all. And Jesus saw her, and called 43 her, and said unto her, Woman, be loosed from thy disease. And h e put his hand 44 upon her; and immediately she was straightened, and praised G od. And the chief(1) of the synagogue answered with anger, because Jesus had he aled on a sabbath, and said unto the multitudes, There are six days in which wo rk ought to be done; 45 come in them and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered and said unto him, Ye hypocrites, doth not each of you on t he sabbath day loose 46 his ox or his ass from the manger, and go and water it? Ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, and whom the devil(2) hath bound eighteen years, 47 to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? And w hen he said this, they were all put to shame, those standing, who were opposing him:(3) and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded fr om his hand. Lk. 13, 7. Lk. 13, 8. Lk. 13, 9. Lk. 13, 10. Lk. 13, 11. Lk. 13, 12. Lk. 13, 13. Lk. 13, 14. Lk. 13, 15. Lk. 13, 16. Lk. 13, 17. SECTION XXVIII.(4) 28 1, 2 Arabic. And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew n ear. So the p. 107 brethren of Jesus said unto him, Remove now hence, and go to Judaea, that 3 thy disciples may see the deeds that thou doest. For no man doe th a thing secretly 4 and wisheth to be apparent. If thou doest this, shew thys elf to the world. For 5 up to this time not even the brethren of Jesus believed on him. Jesus said unto them, My time till now has not arrived; but as for you , your time is alway ready. 6 It is not possible for the world to hate you; but me it hateth, for I bear witness 7 against it, that its deeds are evil. As for you, go ye up unto this feast: but I go 8 not up now to this feast; for my tim e has not yet been completed. He said this, and remained behind in Galilee. 9 But when his brethren went up unto the feast, he journeyed from Galilee, a nd to came to the borders of Judaea, to the country beyond Jordan; and there ca me after 11 him great multitudes, and he healed them all there. And he went out , and proceeded 12 to the feast, not openly, but as one that conceals himself. And the Jews sought him 13 at the feast, and said, In what place is this man? A nd there occurred much murmuring there in the great multitude that came to the feast, on his account. For 14 some said, He is good: and others said, Nay, but he leadeth the people astray. But no man spake of him openly for fear of the Je ws. 15 Arabic. But when the days of the feast of tabernacles were half over, Jesus went 16 p. 108 up to the temple, and taught. And the Jews wondered, and said, How doth 17 this man know writing,(5) seeing he hath not learned? Jesus answere d and said, My doc- 18 trine(6) is not mine, but his that sent me. Whoever wish eth to do his will understandeth my doctrine? whether it be from God, or whethe r I speak of mine own accord. 19 Whosoever speaketh of his own accord seeketh p raise for himself; but whosoever seeketh praise for him that sent him, he is tr ue, and unrighteousness in his heart 20 there is none. Did not Moses give you t he law, and no man of you keepeth the 21 law? Why seek ye to kill me? The multi tude answered and said unto him, Thou 22 hast demons:(7) who seeketh to kill th ee? Jesus answered and said unto them, I did 23 one deed, and ye all marvel bec ause of this. Moses hath given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but it is from the fathers); and ye on the sabbath Jo. 7, 2. Jo. 7, 3. Jo. 7, 4. Jo. 7, 5. Jo. 7, 6. Jo. 7, 7. Jo. 7, 8. Jo. 7, 9. Jo. 7, 10a. Mt. 19, 1b. Mt. 19, 2. Jo. 7, 10a. Jo. 7, 11. Jo. 7, 12. Jo. 7, 23. Jo. 7, 14. Jo. 7, 15. Jo. 7, 16. Jo. 7, 17. Jo. 7, 18. Jo. 7, 19. Jo. 7, 20. Jo. 7, 21. Jo. 7, 22. 87 28 24 circumcise a man. And if a man is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I healed on the sabbath 25 day the whole man? Judge not with hypocrisy, but judge righteous ju dgement. 26 And some people from Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to slay ? 27 And lo, he discourseth with them openly, and they say nothing unto him. Th ink 28 you that our eiders have learned that this is the Messiah indeed? But th is man is(1) known whence he is; and the Messiah, when he cometh, no man knowet h whence 29 he is. So Jesus lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and of my own accord am I not com e, but he 30 Arabic. that sent me is true, he whom ye know not: but I know him; for I am 31 p. 109 from him, and he sent me. And they sought to seize him: and no man 32 laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. But many of t he multitude believed on him; and they said, The Messiah, when he cometh, can i t be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth? 33 And a man of that multitude said unto our Lord, Teacher, say to my brothe r 34 that he divide with me the inheritance. Jesus said unto him, Man, who is i t that 35 appointed me over you as a judge and divider? And he said unto his di sciples, Take heed within yourselves of all inordinate desire; for it is not in abundance of 36 possessions that life shall be. And he gave them this parable: The ground of a 37 rich man brought forth abundant produce: and he pondered wi thin himself, and 38 said, What shall I do, since I have no place to store my p roduce? And he said, I will do this: I will pull down the buildings of my barns , and build them, and make 39 them greater; and store there all my wheat and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid by for many years; take thine ease, eat, 30 drink, enjoy thyself. God said unto him, O than of little intelligence, this night shall thy soul be taken from thee; and this that thou hast prepared, whose shall it 41 be? So is he that layeth up treasur es for himself, and is not rich in God. 42 And while Jesus was going in the way, there came near to him a young man( 2) of the rulers,(3) and fell on his knees, and asked him, and said, Good Teach er, what is 43 it that I must do that I may have eternal life? Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou 44 me good, while there is none good but the one, even Go d?(4) Thou knowest the com- 45 mandments.(5) If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.(5) The young Arabic. man said unto him, Which of the com mandments?(6) Jesus said unto him, 46 p. 110 Thou shalt not commit adultery, Th ou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Tho u shall not do injury, Honour thy father 47 and thy mother: and, Love thy neigh bour as thyself. That young man said unto 48 him, All these have I kept from my youth: what then is it that I lack? And Jesus 49 looked intently at him, and l oved him, and said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, what thou lackest is one thing:(7) go away and sell everything that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and take thy 50 cross, and follow me. And that young man frowned at this word, and went away 51 feeling sad; for he w as very rich. And when Jesus saw his sadness, he looked towards his disciples, and said unto them, How hard it is for them that have possessions to enter the kingdom of God! Jo. 7, 23. Jo. 7, 24. Jo. 7, 25. Jo. 7, 26. Jo. 7, 27. Jo. 7, 28. Jo. 7, 29. Jo. 7, 30. Jo. 7, 31. Lk. 12, 13. Lk. 12, 14. Lk. 12, 15. Lk. 12, 16. Lk. 12, 17. Lk. 12, 18. Lk. 12, 19. Lk. 12, 20. Lk. 12, 21. Mk. 10, 17. Mk. 10, 18. Mk. 10, 19a. Mt. 19, 17b. Mt. 19, 18a. Mk. 10, 19b. Mt. 19, 19b. Mt. 19, 20. Mk. 10, 21a. Mt. 19, 21b. Mt. 19, 22a. Lk. 18, 23b. Lk. 18, 24a. Mk. 10, 23. SECTION XXIX. 29 1 Verily I say unto you, It is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingd om of 2 heaven. And I say unto you also, that it is easier for a camel to enter the eye of 3 a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. And th e disciples were wondering at these sayings. And Jesus answered and said unto t hem again, My children, how hard it is for those that rely on their possessions to enter the 4 kingdom of God! And those that were listening wondered more, an d said amongst 5 themselves, being agitated,(8) Who, thinkest thou, can be save d? And Jesus looked at Mt. 19, 23. Mt. 19, 24. Mk. 10, 24. Mk. 10, 26. Mk. 10, 27. 88 them intently, and said unto them, With men this is not possible, but with God it is. 6 Arabic, it is possible for God to do everything. Simon Cephas said unt o him, Lo, we p. 111 have left everything, and followed thee; what is it, think est thou, that we 7 shall have? Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, Ye that have followed me, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also 8 shall sit on twelve thrones, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel. Verily I say unto you, No man leaveth houses, or brot hers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or kinsfolk, or l ands, because of the kingdom of God, or for my 9 sake, and the sake of my gospe l, who shall not obtain(1) many times as much in this 10 time, and in the world to come inherit eternal life: and now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecution; 11 and in the world to come everlasting life. Many that are first shall be last,(2) and that are last shall be first. 12 And when the Pharisees heard all this, because of their love for wealth th ey 13 scoffed at him. And Jesus knew what was in their hearts, and said unto th em, Ye are they that justify yourselves before men; while God knows your hearts : the thing that is lofty with men is base before God. 14 And he began to say, A certain man was rich, and wore silk and purple, and en- 15 joyed himself every day in splendour: and there was a poor man named La zarus, and 16 he was cast down at the door of the rich man, afflicted with sore s, and he longed to fill Arabic, his belly with the crumbs that fell from the t able of that rich man; yea, 17 p. 112 even(3) the dogs used to come and lick hi s sores. And it happened that that poor man died, and the angels conveyed him i nto the bosom of Abraham: and the 18 rich man also died, and was buried. And wh ile he was being tormented in Hades, 19 he lifted up his eyes from afar, and sa w Abraham with(4) Lazarus in his bosom. And he called with a loud voice, and sa id, My father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to wet the tip of h is finger with water, and moisten my tongue 20 for me; for, behold, I am burned in this flame. Abraham said unto him, My son, remember that thou receivedst th y good things in thy life, and Lazarus his afflictions: but now, behold, he is at rest here, and thou art tormented. And in addition to all this, there is bet ween us and you a great abyss placed, so that they that would cross unto you fr om hence cannot, nor yet from thence do they cross unto 22 us. He said unto him , Then I beseech thee, my father, to send him to my father's 23 house; for I ha ve five brethren; let him go, that they also sin not,(5) and come to 24 the abo de of this torment.(6) Abraham said unto him, They have Moses and the 25 prophe ts; let them hear them. He said unto him, Nay,(7) my father Abraham: but 26 let a man from the dead go unto them, and they will repent. Abraham said unto him, If they listen neither to Moses nor to the prophets, neither if a man from the dead rose would they believe him. 27 The kingdom of heaven is like a man that is a householder, which went out early 28 in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. And he agreed with the labourers on 29 one penny a day for each labourer, and he sent them into hi s vineyard. And he went 30 Arabic, out in three hours, and saw others standing in the market idle. He said p. 113 unto them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and what is right I will pay you. 31 And they went. And he went out also at the six th and the ninth hour, and did like- 32 wise, and sent them. And about the elev enth hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said unto them, Why a re ye standing the whole day idle? 33 They said unto him, Because no one hath h ired us. He said unto them, Go ye 34 also into the vineyard, and what is right ye shall receive. So when evening came, the lord of the vineyard said unto his steward, Call the labourers, and pay them 35 their wages; and begin with the la ter ones, and end with the former ones. And 36 those of eleven hours(8) came, a nd received each a penny. When therefore the first came, they supposed that the y should receive something more; and they also 37 received each a penny. And wh en they received it, they spake angrily against the Lk. 18, 28. Mt. 19, 27b. Mt. 19, 28. Mk. 10, 29b. Lk. 18, 30. Mk. 10, 30b. Mk. 10, 31. Lk. 16, 14. Lk. 16, 15. Lk. 16, 19. Lk. 16, 20. Lk. 16, 21. Lk. 16, 22. Lk. 16, 23. Lk. 16, 24. Lk. 16, 25. Lk. 16, 26. Lk. 16, 27. Lk. 16, 28. Lk. 16, 29. Lk. 16, 30. Lk. 16, 31. Mt. 20, 1. Mt. 20, 2. Mt. 20, 3. Mt. 20, 4. Mt. 20, 5. Mt. 20, 6. Mt. 20, 7. Mt. 20, 8. Mt. 20, 9. Mt. 20, 10. Mt. 20, 11. 89 29 38 householder, and said, These last worked one hour, and thou hast made the m equal 39 with us, who have suffered the heat of the day, and its burden. He a nswered and said unto one of them, My friend, I do thee no wrong: was it not fo r a penny that 40 thou didst bargain with me? Take what is thine, and go thy wa y; for I wish to 41 give this last as I have given thee. Or am I not entitled t o do with what is mine(1) 42 what I choose? Or is thine eye perchance evil, bec ause I am good? Thus shall the last ones be first, and the first last. The call ed are many, and the chosen are few. 43 And when Jesus entered into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisee s to eat bread on the sabbath day, and they were watching him to see what he wo uld 44,45 do, and there was before him a man which had the dropsy, Jesus answer ed and 46 said unto the scribes and the Pharisees, Is it lawful on the sabbath to heal? But Arabic, they were silent. So he took him, and healed him, and sent him away. 47 p. 114 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have his son or his ox fall on the sabbath day into a well, and not lift him up straightway, an d draw water for 48 him? And they were not able to answer him a word to that. SECTION XXX. 30 1 And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden there, because he saw 2 them choose the places that were in the highest part of the sitting room: Whe n a man invites thee to a feast, do not go and sit at the head of the room; les t there 3 be there a man more honourable than thou, and he that invited you com e and say unto thee, Give the place to this man: and thou be ashamed when thou risest and 4 takest(2) another place. But when thou art invited, go and sit las t; so that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, My friend, g o up higher: and 5 thou shalt have praise before all that were invited with the e. For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abas eth himself shall be exalted. 6 And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a feast a o r a banquet,(3) do not invite thy friends, nor even thy brethren, nor thy kinsm en, nor thy 7 rich neighbours; lest haply they also invite thee, and thou have this reward. But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, and those with with ered hand, and the 8 lame, and the blind: and blessed art thou, since they have not the means to reward 9 thee; that thy reward may be at the rising of the ri ghteous. And when one of them that were invited heard that, he said unto him, B lessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. 10, 11 Jesus answered again in parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven hath been lik- Arabic, ened to(4) a certain king, which made a feast(5) for his son , and prepared a 12 p. 115 great banquet,(6) and invited many: and he sent his servants at the time of the feast to inform them that were invited, Everything is made ready for you; come. And 13 they would not come, but began all of them with one voice to make excuse. And the first said unto them, Say to him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out 14 to see it: I pray thee to release(7 ) me, for I ask to be excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxe n, and I am going to examine them: I pray thee 15 to release me, for I ask to b e excused. And another said, I have married a wife, 16 and therefore I cannot c ome. And the king sent also other servants, and said, Say to those that were in vited, that my feast is ready, and my oxen and my fatlings are 17 slain, and ev erything is ready: come to the feast. But they made light of it, and 18 went, o ne to his field, and another to his merchandise: and the rest took his 19 serva nts, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. And one of the servants 20 came, and informed his lord of what had happened. And when the king heard, he became angry, and sent his armies; and they destroyed those murderers, and 21 burned their cities. Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, bu t those 22 that were invited were not worthy. Go out quickly into the markets a nd into the Mt. 20, 12. Mt. 20, 13. Mt. 20, 14. Mt. 20, 15. Mt. 20, 16. Lk. 14, 1. Lk. 14, 2. Lk. 14, 3. Lk. 14, 4. Lk. 14, 5. Lk. 14, 6. Lk. 14, 7. Lk. 14, 8. Lk. 14, 9. Lk. 14, 10. Lk. 14, 11. Lk. 14, 12. Lk. 14, 13. Lk. 14, 14. Lk. 14, 15. Mt. 22, 1. Mt. 22, 2. Lk. 14, 16b. Lk. 14, 17. Mt. 22, 3b. Lk. 14, 18. Lk. 14, 19. Lk. 14, 20. Mt. 22, 4. Mt. 22, 5. Mt. 22, 6. Lk. 14, 21a. Mt. 22, 7. Mt. 22, 8. Lk. 14, 21c. 90 30 partings of the ways of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and those wi th pains, and the lame, and the blind. And the servants did as the king command ed them. 23 And they came, and said unto him, Our lord, we have done all that t hou com- 24 mandedst us, and there is here still room. So the lord said unto hi s servants, Go out into the roads, and the ways, and the paths, and every one t hat ye find, invite 25 Arabic, to the feast, and constrain them to enter, till my house is(1) filled. I say unto p. 116 you, that no one of those people that were invited shall taste of my feast. 26 And those servants went out into the r oads, and gathered all that they found, good and 27 bad: and the banquet-house was filled with guests. And the king entered to see those 28 who were seated, a nd he saw there a man not wearing a festive garment: and he said unto him, My f riend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive gar- 29 ments? And he was silent. Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet, an d put him forth into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and 30 gnashing of teeth. The called are many; and the chosen, few. 31 And after that, the time of the feast of unleavened bread of the Jews arri ved, 32 and Jesus went out to go to Jerusalem. And as he went in the way, there met him 33 ten persons who were lepers, and stood afar off: and they lifted up their voice, and 34 said, Our Master, Jesus, have mercy upon us. And when he s aw them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. And when t hey went, they 35 were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw himself cleansed, returned, and 36 was praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face b efore the feet of 37 Jesus, giving him thanks: and this man was a Samaritan. Je sus answered and said, 38 Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the nine? Not one of them turned aside to come and praise God, but this man wh o is of a strange 39 people. He said unto him, Arise, and go thy way; for thy f aith hath given thee life.(2) 40 And while they were going up in the way to Jerusalem, Jesus went in front of them; and they wondered, and followed him fearing. And he took his twelve di sciples apart, 41 and began to tell them privately(3) what was about to befall him. And he said unto Arabic, them, We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the t hings shall be fulfilled 42 p. 117 that are written in the prophets concerning the Son of man. He shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, 43 and deliver him to the peoples;(4) and the y shall treat him shamefully, and scourge 44 him, and spit in his face, and hum ble him,(5) and crucify him, and slay him: and on 45 the third day he shall ris e. But they understood not one thing of this; but this word was hidden from the m, and they did not perceive these things that were addressed to them. 46 Then came near to him the mother of the (two) sons of Zebedee, she and her (two) sons, and worshipped him, and asked of him a certain thing. And he said 47 unto her, What wouldest thou? And James and John, her two sons, came forward , and said unto him, Teacher, we would that all that we ask thou wouldest 48 do unto us. He said unto them,(6) What would ye that I should do unto you? 49 The y said unto him, Grant us that we may sit, the one on thy right, and the other So on thy left, in thy kingdom and thy glory. And Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am to drink? and with the 51 baptism that I am to be baptized with, will ye be baptized? And they said u nto him, We are able. Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink ; and 52 with the baptism wherewith I am baptized ye shall be baptized: but tha t ye should sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; but it is for h im for whom my Father hath prepared it. SECTION XXXI. 31 1 And when the ten heard, they were moved with anger against James and Joh n. 2 And Jesus called them, and said unto them, Ye know that the rulers of the nations Lk. 14, 22. Lk. 14, 23a. Mt. 22, 9b. Lk. 14, 23b. Lk. 14, 24. Mt. 22, 10. Mt. 22, 11. Mt. 22, 12. Mt. 22, 13. Mt. 22, 14. Jo. 5, 1a. Lk. 17, 11. Lk. 17, 12. Lk. 17, 13. Lk. 17, 14. Lk. 17, 15. Lk. 17, 16. Lk. 17, 17. Lk. 17, 18. Lk. 17, 19. Mk. 10, 33b. Mk. 10, 34a. Lk. 18, 33. Lk. 18, 34. Mt. 20, 20. Mt. 20, 21a. Mk. 10, 35. Mk. 10, 36. Mk. 10, 37. Mk. 10, 38. Mk. 10, 39. Mk. 10, 40. Mk. 10, 41. Mk. 10, 42. 91 31 3 are their lords; and their great men are set in authority over them. Not t hus shall it Arabic, be amongst you: but he amongst you that would be great, le t him be to you a 4 p. 118 servant; and whoever of you would be first,(1) let h im be to every man a 5 bond-servant: even as the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and 6 to give himself a ransom in place of the many. He said this, and was going about 7 the villages and the cities, and teaching; and he went to Jerusalem. And a man asked him, Are those that shall be saved few? Jesus answered and said unto 8 them, Strive ye to enter at the narrow door: I s ay unto you now, that many shall 9 seek to enter, and shall not be able(2)--fro m the time when the master of the house riseth, and closeth the door, and ye sh all be standing without, and shall knock at the door, and shall begin to say, O ur lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and 10 say, I say unto you, I know y ou not whence ye are: and ye shall begin to say, 11 Before thee we did eat and drink, and in our markets didst thou teach; and he shall say unto you, I know y ou not whence ye are; depart(3) from me, ye servants 12 of untruth. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, a nd all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while ye are 13 put forth without. And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the 14 north and the s outh, and shah sit down in the kingdom of God. And there shall then be last tha t have become first, and first that have become last. 15, 16 And when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho, there was a man nam ed Zac- 17 chaeus, rich, and chief of the publicans. And he desired to see Jesu s who he was; and he was not able for the pressure of the crowd, because Zaccha eus was little of stature. 18 Arabic, And he hastened, and went before Jesus, a nd went up into an unripe fig 19 p. 119 tree(4) to see Jesus: for he was to pas s thus. And when Jesus came to that place, he saw him, and said unto him, Make haste, and come down, Zacchaeus: 20 to-day I must be in thy house. And he haste ned, and came down, and received 21 him joyfully. And when they all saw, they m urmured, and said, He hath gone in 22 and lodged with a man that is a sinner. S o Zacchaeus stood, and said unto Jesus, My Lord, now half of my possessions I g ive to the poor, and what I have unjustly 23 taken(5) from every man I give him fourfold. Jesus said unto him, To-day is salva- 24 tion come to this house, be cause this man also is a(6) son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and save the thing that was lost. 25 And when Jesus went out of Jericho, he and his disciples, there came after him 26 a great multitude. And there was a blind man sitting by the way side be gging. 27 And his name was Timaeus, the son of Timaeus. And he heard the sound of the 28 multitude passing, and asked, Who is this? They said unto him, Jesus the Naza- 29 rene passeth by. And when he heard that it was Jesus, he called ou t with a loud 30 voice, and said, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. And th ose that went before Jesus were rebuking him, that he should hold his peace: bu t he cried the 31 more, and said, Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus sto od, and commanded that they should call him. And they called the blind man, and said unto 32 him, Be of good courage, and rise; for, behold, he calleth thee. And the blind 33 man threw away his garment, and rose, and came to Jesus. Jesus said unto him, What dost thou wish that I should do unto thee? And that blind man said unto him, My Lord and Master, that my eyes may be opened, so that I ma y see thee.(8) 34 Arabic, And Jesus had compassion on him, and touched his eyes , and said unto 35 p. 120 him, See; for thy faith hath saved thee. And immediat ely he received his sight,(9) and came after him, and praised God; and all the people that saw praised God. 36 And he spake a parable because he was nearing(10) Jerusalem, and they suppo sed 37 that at that time the kingdom of God was about to appear. He said unto t hem, A man, a son of a great race, went into a far country, to receive a kingdo m, and 38 return. And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten shares, and said unto Mk. 10, 43. Mk. 10, 44. Mt. 20, 28. Lk. 13, 22. Lk. 13, 23. Lk. 13, 24. Lk. 13, 25. Lk. 13, 26. Lk. 13, 27. Lk. 13, 28. Lk. 13, 29. Lk. 13, 30. Lk. 19, 1. Lk. 19, 2. Lk. 19, 3. Lk. 19, 4. Lk. 19, 5. Lk. 19, 6. Lk. 19, 7. Lk. 19, 8. Lk. 19, 9. Lk. 19, 10. Lk. 18, 35a.(7) Mt. 20, 29b. Lk. 18, 35b. Mk. 10, 46b. Lk. 18, 36. Lk. 18, 37. Mk. 10, 47a. Lk. 18, 38. Lk. 18, 39a. Mk. 10, 48b. Mk. 10, 49. Mk. 10, 50. Mk. 10, 51. Mt. 20, 34a. Lk. 18, 42b. Lk. 18, 43. Lk. 19, 11b. Lk. 19, 12. Lk. 19, 13. 92 31 39 them, Trade till the time of my coming. But the people of his city hated him, and 40 sent messengers after him, and said, We will not that this man reig n over us. And when he had received a(1) kingdom, and returned, he said that th e servants to whom he had given the money should be called unto him, that he mi ght know what each 41 of them had traded. And the first came, and said, My lord , thy share hath gained 42 ten shares. The king said unto him, Thou good and fa ithful servant, who hast 43 been found faithful in a little, be thou set over t en districts. And the second came, 44 and said, My lord, thy portion hath gaine d five portions. And he said unto him 45 also, And thou shall be set over five districts. And another came, and said, My 46 lord, here is thy portion, which w as with me laid by in a napkin: I feared thee, because thou art a hard man, and takest what thou didst not leave, and seekest 47 what thou didst not give, and reapest what thou didst not sow. His lord said unto him, From thy mouth shall I judge thee, thou wicked and idle servant, who wast untrustworthy. Thou knewes t that I am a hard man, and take what I did not 48 leave, and reap what I did n ot sow: why didst thou not put my money at usury, 49 and so I might come and se ek it, with its gains? And he said unto those that were standing in front of hi m, Take from him the share, and give it to him that hath 50, 51 Arabic, ten sha res. They said unto him, Our lord, he hath ten shares. He said p. 121 unto them , I say unto you, Every one that hath shall be given unto; and 52 he that hath not, that which he hath also shall be taken from him. And those mine enemies wh o would not that I should reign over them, bring them, and slay them before me. Lk. 19, 24. Lk. 19, 15. Lk. 19, 16. Lk. 19, 17. Lk. 19, 18. Lk. 19, 19. Lk. 19, 20. Lk. 19, 21. Lk. 19, 22. Lk. 19, 23. Lk. 19, 24. Lk. 19, 25. Lk. 19, 26. Lk. 19, 27. SECTION XXXII. 32 1 And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, he went up to the temple of God, and found 2 there oxen and sheep and doves. And when he beheld those that sold and those that bought, and the money-changers sitting, he made for himself a scourg e of rope, and drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, an d the money-changers; and he threw down their money, and upset their tables, an d the seats of them that sold the doves; and he was teaching, and saying unto t hem, Is it not written, My house is a house of prayer for all peoples? and ye h ave made it a den for robbers. And he said unto those that sold the doves, Take this hence, and make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. And he suff ered not any one to carry vessels inside the temple. And his disciples remember ed the scripture, The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. The Jews answered and said unto him, What sign hast thou shewn us, that thou doest this? Jesus answe red and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and I shall raise it in three days . The Jews said unto him, This temple was built in forty-six years, and wilt th ou raise it in three days? 10 But he spake unto them of the temple of his body, that when(2) they destroyed it, he 11 Arabic, would raise it in three days. Wh en therefore he rose from among the p. 122 dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the scriptures, and the word that Jesus spake. 12 And when Jesus sat down over against the treasury, he observed how the mul titudes were casting their offerings into the treasury: and many rich men were 13, 14 throwing in much. And there came a poor widow, and cast in two mites. An d Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This p oor 15 widow cast into the treasury more than all the people: and all of these cast into the place of the offering of God(3) of the superfluity of their wealt h; while this woman of her want threw in all that she possessed. 16 And he spak e unto them this parable, concerning people who trusted in them- 17 selves that they are righteous, and despised every man: Two men went up to the 18 temple t o pray; one of them a Pharisee, and the other a publican. And the Pharisee stoo d apart,(4) and prayed thus, O Lord, I thank thee, since I am not like the rest of men, the unjust, the profligate, the extortioners, or even like this public an; Mt. 21, 12a. Jo. 2, 14a. Mt. 21, 12b. Jo. 2, 14b. Mt. 21, 12c. Mt. 21, 13. Jo. 2, 17. Jo. 2, 18. Jo. 2, 19. Jo. 2, 20. Jo. 2, 21. Jo. 2, 22. Mk. 12, 41. Mk. 12, 42a. Lk. 21, 3. Mk. 12, 44a. Lk. 18, 9. Lk. 18, 10. Lk. 18, 11. 93 32 19 but I fast two days a week, and tithe all my possessions.(1) And the publ ican was 20 standing at a distance, and he would not even lift up his eyes to h eaven, but was 21 beating upon his breast, and saying, O Lord, have mercy on me , me the sinner. I say unto you, that this man went down justified to his house more than the Pharisee. Every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and e very one that abaseth himself shall be exalted. 22 Arabic, And when eventide was come, he left all the people, and went out side the 23 p. 123 city to Bethany, he and his twelve, and he remained there. A nd all the people, because they knew the place, came to him, and he received th em; and them that 24 had need of healing he healed. And on the morning of the n ext day, when he returned 25 to the city from Bethany, he hungered. And he saw a(2) fig tree at a distance on the beaten highway, having on it leaves. And he came unto it, expecting to find something on it; and when he came, he found not hing on it but the leaves--it(3) was not 26 the season of figs--and he said unt o it, Henceforward for ever let no man eat fruit of thee. And his disciples hea rd. 27 And they came to Jerusalem. And there was there a man of the Pharisees, 28 named Nicodemus, ruler of the Jews. This man came unto Jesus by night, and sai d unto him, My Master, we know that thou hast been sent from God as a teacher; and no man can do these signs that thou doest, except him whom God is 29 with. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man 30 be not born a second time, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said unt o him, How can a man who is old be born? can he, think you, return again to 31 his mother's womb a second time, to enter and be born? Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man be not born of water and th e Spirit, 32 he cannot enter the kingdom of God. For he that is born of flesh i s flesh; and he that 33 is born of Spirit is spirit. Wonder not that I said unt o thee that ye must be born a 34 Arabic, second time. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest its voice, p. 124 but thou knowest not from what pla ce it cometh, nor whither it goeth: so 35 is every man that is born of the Spir it. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, 36 How can that be? Jesus answered an d said unto him, Art thou teaching(4) Israel, 37 and yet knowest not these thin gs? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, What we know 38 we say, and what we have s een we witness: and ye receive not our witness. If I said unto you what is on e arth, and ye believed not, how then, if I say unto you 39 what is in heaven, wi ll ye believe? And no man hath ascended up into heaven, except him that descend ed from heaven, the Son of man, which is in heaven. 40 And as Moses lifted up t he serpent in the wilderness, so is the Son of man to be 41 lifted up; so that every man who may believe in him may not perish, but have 42 eternal life. God so loved the world, that(5) he should give his only Son; and so every one that believeth on him should not perish, but should have eternal life. 43 God sent n ot his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world might 44 be sa ved by his hand. He that believeth in him shall not be judged: but he that beli eveth not is condemned beforehand, because he hath not believed in the name 45 of the only Son, the Son of God.(6) This is the judgement, that the light came into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light; because their d eeds 46 were evil. Whosoever doeth evil deeds hateth the light, and cometh not to the 47 light, lest his deeds be reproved. But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be known, that they have been done in God. Lk. 18, 12. Lk. 18, 13. Lk. 18, 14. Mk. 11, 19a Mt. 21, 17. Lk. 9, 11. Mk. 11, 12. Mk. 11, 13. Mk. 11, 14. Mk. 11, 15a. Jo. 3, 1. Jo. 3, 2. Jo. 3, 3. Jo. 3,4. Jo. 3, 5. Jo. 3, 6. Jo. 3, 7. Jo. 3, 8. Jo. 3, 9. Jo. 3, 10. Jo. 3, 11. Jo. 3, 12. Jo. 3, 13. Jo. 3, 14. Jo. 3, 15. Jo. 3, 16. Jo. 3, 17. Jo. 3, 18. Jo. 3, 19. Jo. 3, 20. Jo. 3, 21. SECTION XXXIII. 33 1 Arabic, And when evening came, Jesus went forth outside of the city, h e and his 2 p. 125 disciples. And as they passed in the morning, the disciples saw that fig tree 3 withered away from its root. And they passed by, and said, How did the fig tree dry 4 up immediately? And Simon remembered, and said unto him, My Master, behold, Mk. 11, 19. Mk. 11, 20. Mt. 21, 20b. Mk. 11, 21. 94 33 5 that fig tree which thou didst curse hath dried up. And Jesus answered and said 6 unto them, Let there be in you the faith of God. Verily I say unto you, if ye believe, and doubt not in your hearts, and assure yourselves that that w ill be which 7 ye say, ye shall have what ye say. And if ye say to this mountai n, Remove, and 8 fall(1) into the sea, it shall be. And all that ye ask God in prayer, and believe, he 9, 10 will give you. And the apostles(2) said unto our Lord, Increase our(3) faith. He said unto them, If there be in you faith like a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this fig tree, Be thou torn up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it will obey you. 11 Who of you hath a servant driving a yoke of oxen or tending sheep, and if he 12 come from the field, will say un to him straightway, Go and sit down? Nay,(4) he will say unto him, Make ready f or me wherewith I may sup, and gird thy waist, and serve me, till I eat and dri nk; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink also. 13 Doth that servant haply, w ho did what he was bid, receive his praise? I think 14 not. So ye also, when ye have done all that ye were bid, say, We are idle servants; what it was our dut y to do, we have done. 15 For this reason I say unto you, Whatever ye pray and ask, believe that ye 16 Arabic, receive, and ye shall have. And when ye stand to pray, forgive wha t is p. 126 in your heart against any man; and your Father which is in heaven w ill 17 forgive you also your wrong-doings. But if ye forgive not men their wron g-doings, neither will your Father forgive you also your wrong-doings. 18 And he spake unto them a parable also, that they should pray at all times, and 19 not be slothful: There was a judge in a city, who feared not God, nor w as ashamed 20 for men: and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto hi m, and said, 21 Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a long time: but afterwards he said within himself, If of God I have no fear, and before men I have no shame; 22 yet because this widow vexeth me, I will avenge her, that she come not at all times 23, 24 and annoy me. And our Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice said. And shall not God still more do vengeance for his elect, who call upon him in the night 25 and in the day, and grant them respite ? I say unto you, He will do vengeance for them speedily. Thinkest thou the Son of man will come and find faith on the earth? 26, 27 And they came again to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, on one of the d ays, as Jesus was walking in the temple, and teaching the people, and preaching the 28 gospel, that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came upo n him, and said unto him, Tell us: By what power doest thou this? and who gave thee this 29 power to do that? And Jesus said unto them, I also will ask you on e word, and if 30 ye tell me, I also shall tell you by what power I do that. Th e baptism of John, from 31 what place is it? from heaven or of men? Tell me. An d they reflected within them- Arabic, selves, and said, If we shall say unto hi m, From heaven; he will say unto 32 p. 127 us, For what reason did ye not belie ve him? But(5) if we shall say, Of men; 33 we fear(6) that the people will ston e us, all of them. And all of them were holding(7) 34 to John, that he was a tr ue prophet. They answered and said unto him, We know 35 not. Jesus said unto th em, Neither tell I you also by what power I work. What think ye? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said unto him, My 36 son, go to-day, and ti ll in the vineyard. And he answered and said, I do not wish 37 to: but finally he repented, and went. And he went to the other, and said unto 38 him likewise. And he answered and said, Yea, my lord: and went not. Which of these two did t he will of his father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Ver ily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots go before you into 39 the kingdom of God. John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him no t; but the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, not even when ye saw, di d ye repent at last, that ye might believe in him. 40 Hear another parable: A man was a householder, and planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and digged in it a winepress, and built in it a to wer, 41, 42 and gave it to husbandmen, and went to a distance for a long time. So when the time of the fruits came, he sent his servants(8) unto the husbandme n, that they might Mk. 11, 22. Mk. 11, 23. Mt. 21, 21b. Lk. 17, 5. Lk. 17, 6. Lk. 17, 7. Lk. 17, 8. Lk. 17,9. Lk. 17, 10. Mk. 11, 24. Mk. 11, 25. Mk. 11, 26. Lk. 18, 1. Lk. 18, 2. Lk. 18, 3. Lk. 18, 4. Lk. 18, 5. Lk. 18, 6. Lk. 18, 7. Lk. 18, 8. Mk. 11, 15a. Lk. 20, 1. Lk. 20, 2a. Mk. 11, 28b. Mk. 11, 29a. Mt. 21, 24b. Mt. 21, 25a. Mk. 11, 30b. Mt. 21, 25b. Mt. 21, 26a. Lk. 20, 6b. Mk. 11, 32b. Mk. 11, 33. Mt. 21, 28. Mt. 21, 29. Mt. 21, 30. Mt. 21, 31. Mt. 21, 32. Mt. 21, 33a. Lk. 20, 9b. Mk. 21, 34. 95 33 43 send him of the produce(1) of his vineyard. And those husbandmen beat him , and 44 sent him away empty. And he sent unto them another servant also; and t hey 45 stoned him, and wounded(2) him, and sent him away with shameful handling . And he sent again another; and they slew him. And he sent many other servants unto 46 them. And the husbandmen took his servants, and one they beat, and ano ther they 47 stoned, and another they slew. So he sent again other servants mor e than the first; and 48 Arabic, they did likewise with them. So the owner of t he vineyard said, What shall p. 128 I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will see him and be 49, 50 ashamed. So at last he sent unto them his belo ved son that he had. But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said amongst th emselves, This is the heir. 51, 52 And they said, We will slay him, and so the inheritance will be ours. So they took 53 him, and put him forth without the vi neyard, and slew him. When then the lord 54 of the vineyard shall come, what wi ll he do with those husbandmen? They said unto him, He will destroy them in the worst of ways,(3) and give the vineyard to 55 other husbandmen, who will give him fruit in its season. Jesus said unto them, Have ye never read in the script ure, The stone which the builders declared to be base, The same came to be at the head of the corner: 56 From God was this, And it is wonderful in our eyes? 57 Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and 58 given to a people that will produce fruit. And whosoever falleth on this sto ne shall be broken in pieces: but on whomsoever it falleth, it will grind him t o 59 powder. And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, t hey 60 perceived that it was concerning them he spake. And they sought to seize him; and they feared the multitude, because they were holding to him as the pr ophet. Mk. 12, 3b. Mk. 12, 4. Mk. 12, 5a. Mt. 21, 35. Mt. 21, 36. Lk. 20, 13. Mk. 12, 6a. Mt. 21, 38a. Lk. 20, 14b. Mt. 21, 39. Mt. 21, 40. Mt. 21, 41. Mt. 21, 42a. Lk. 20, 17b. Mt. 21, 42c. Mt. 21, 43. Mt. 21, 44. Mt. 21, 45. Mt. 21, 46. SECTION XXXIV. 34 1 Then went the Pharisees and considered how they might ensnare him in a w ord, 2 and deliver him into the power of the judge,(4) and into the power of th e ruler. And they sent unto him their disciples, with the kinsfolk of Herod; an d they said unto him, Arabic, Teacher, we know that thou speakest the truth, an d teachest the way of God p. 129 with equity,(5) and art not lifted up(6) by an y man: for thou actest not so as to 3 be seen of any man. Tell us now, What is thy opinion? Is it lawful that we should 4 pay the tribute to Caesar, or not? s hall we give, or shall we not give? But Jesus knew 5 their deceit, and said unt o them, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the 6 penny of the tribute. So they brought unto him a penny. Jesus said unto them, To whom belongeth this ima ge and inscription? They said unto him, To Caesar. 7, 8 He said unto them, Give what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God. And they could not make him slip in a single word before the people; and they marvelled at his word, an d refrained. 9 And on that day came the Sadducees, and said unto him,(7) There is no life for 10 the dead. And they asked him, and said unto him, Teacher, Moses said unt o us, If a man die, not having children, let his brother take his wife, and rai se up seed 11 for his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the f irst took a wife, 12 and died without children; and the second took his wife, a nd died without children; 13 and the third also took her; and in like manner th e seven of them also, and they 14, 15 died without leaving children. And last o f them all the woman died also. At the resurrection, then, which of these seven shall have this woman? for all of them took 16 her. Jesus answered and said un to them, Is it not for this that ye have erred, 17 because ye know not the scri ptures, nor the power of God? And the sons of this 18 world take wives, and the women become the men's;(8) but those that have become worthy of that world, an d the resurrection from among the dead, do(9) not take Mt. 22, 15. Lk. 20, 20b. Mt. 22, 16. Mt. 22, 17. Mk. 12, 15a. Mt. 22, 18b. Mt. 22, 19. Mt. 22, 20. Mt. 22, 21. Lk. 20, 26. Mt. 22, 23. Mt. 22, 24. Mt. 22, 25. Lk. 20, 29b. Lk. 20, 30. Lk. 20, 31. Mt. 22, 27. Mt. 22, 28. Mt. 22, 29a. Mk. 12, 24b. Lk. 20, 34b. Lk. 20, 35. 96 34 19 Arabic, wives, and the women also do(1) not become the men's. Nor is it p ossible p. 130 that they should die; but they(2) are like the angels, and are t he children of 20 God, because they have become the children of the resurrectio n. For in(3) the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read in the book of Mose s, how from the bush God said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 21 And God is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all of them are alive with him. And ye have erred greatly. 22, 23 And when the multitudes heard, they were wondering at his teaching. An d 24 some of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, thou hast well sa id. But the rest of the Pharisees, when they saw his silencing the Sadducees on this point, gathered against him to contend with him. And one of the scribes, of those that knew the law, when he saw the excelle nce 26 of his answer to them, desired to try him, and said unto him, What shall I do to inherit eternal life? and, Which of the commandments is greater, and h as precedence 27 in the law? Jesus said unto him, The first of all the commandm ents is, Hear, O 28 Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt l ove the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all th y thought, and with all thy 29, 30 strength. This is the great and preeminent(5 ) commandment. And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shall love thy neighb our as thyself. And another commandment 31 greater than these two there is not. On these two commandments, then, are hung the 32 Arabic, law and the prophets. That scribe said unto him, Excellent! my Ma ster;(6) p. 131 thou hast said truly that he is one, and there is no other outs ide of him: 33 and that a man should love him with all his heart, and with all his thought, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and that he shou ld love his neighbour as 34 himself, is better than all savours and sacrifices. And Jesus saw him that he had answered wisely; and he answered and said unto h im, Thou art not far from the 35, 36 kingdom of God. Thou hast: spoken rightly: do this, and thou shalt live. And he, as his desire was to justify himself, sa id unto him, And who is my neighbour? 37 Jesus said unto him, A man went down f rom Jerusalem to Jericho; and the robbers fell upon him, and stripped(7) him, a nd beat him, his life remaining in him but little,(8) 38 and went away. And it happened that there came down a certain priest that way; 39 and he saw him, and passed by. And likewise a Levite also came and reached 40 that place, and saw him, and passed by. And a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, 41 came to(9) the place where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him, and came near, and bound up his strokes,(10) and poured on them wine and oil; and he set(11) him on the ass, and brought him to the inn, and expended his care upon him. 42 And on the morrow of that day he took out two pence, and gave them to the innkeeper , and said unto him, Care for him; and if thou spendest upon him more, 43 when I return, I shall give thee. Who of these three now, thinkest thou, is nearest 44 to him that fell among the robbers? And he said unto him, He that had compas - 45 Arabic, sion on him. Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou also likewise. A nd p. 132 no man dared afterwards to ask him anything. 46 And he was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and scr ibes and the eiders of the people sought to destroy him: and they could(12) not find what 47 they should do with him; and all the people were hanging upon him to hear him. 48 And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, The Messi ah, when he 49 cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that thi s man doeth? And the Pharisees heard the multitudes say that of him; and the ch ief priests sent 50 officers(13) to seize him. And Jesus said unto them, I am w ith you but a short time Lk. 20, 36. Mt. 22, 30a. Mk. 12, 26b. Lk. 20, 38. Mk. 12, 27b. Mt. 22, 33. Lk. 20, 39. Mt. 22, 34. Lk. 10, 35. Lk. 10, 36. Lk. 10, 37. Mk. 12, 34b Lk. 19, 47. Lk. 19, 48. Jo. 7, 31. Jo. 7, 32. Jo. 7, 33. 97 34 51 yet, and I go to him that sent me. And ye shall seek me, and shall not fi nd me: 52 and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come. The Jews said wit hin themselves, Whither hath this man determined to go that we shall not be abl e(1) to find him? can it be that he is determined to go to the regions of the n ations,(2) and teach 53 the heathen? What is this word that he said, Ye shall s eek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come? Jo. 7, 34. Jo. 7, 35. Jo. 7, 36. SECTION XXXV. 35 1 And on the great day, which is the last of the feast, Jesus stood, cryin g out and 2 saying, If any man is thirsty, let him come unto me, and drink. Eve ry one that believeth in me, as the scriptures said, there shall flow from his belly rivers of pure water. He said that referring to the Spirit, which those w ho believed in him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet granted; and bec ause Jesus had not yet been Arabic, glorified. And many of the multitude that h eard his words said, This is p. 133 in truth the prophet. And others said, This is the Messiah. But others said, Can it be that the Messiah will come from Gal ilee? Hath not the scripture said that from the seed of David, and from Bethleh em, the village of David, the 7 Messiah cometh? And there occurred a dissension in the multitude because of him. 8 And some of them were wishing to seize him; but no man laid a hand upon him. 9 And those officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees: and the priests said 10 unto them, Why did ye not bring him? The officers said, Never spake ma n thus 11 as speaketh this man. The Pharisees said unto them, Perhaps ye also h ave gone 12, 13 astray? Hath any of the rulers or the Pharisees haply believed in him? except 14 this people which knows not the law; they are accursed. Nicod emus, one of them, 15 he that had come to Jesus by night, said unto them, Doth our law haply condemn 16 a man, except it hear him first and know what he hath done? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also haply from Galilee? Search , and see that a prophet riseth not from Galilee. 17, 18 And when the Pharisees assembled, Jesus asked them, and said, What say ye of 19 the Messiah? whose son is he? They said unto him, The son of David. H e said unto them, And how doth David in the Holy Spirit call him Lord? for he s aid, 20 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, That I may put thine enemies under thy feet. 21, 22 If then David calleth him Lord, how is he his son? And no one was able t o answer him; and no man dared from that day again to ask him of anything. 23 And Jesus addressed them again, and said, I am the light of the world; and he that 24 followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall find the light o f life. The Pharisees Arabic, said unto him, Thou bearest witness to thyself; t hy witness is not true. Jesus 25 p. 134 answered and said unto them, If I bear witness to myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I came, or 26, 27 whither I go. And ye judge after t he flesh; and I judge no man. And even if I judge, my judgement is true; becaus e I am not alone, but I and my Father which 28, 29 sent me. And in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. I am he that beareth witness t o myself, and my Father which sent me beareth witness to 30 me. They said unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye know not me, no r my Father: for did ye know me, ye would know my 31 Father. He said these sayi ngs in the treasury, where he was teaching in the 32 temple: and no man seized him; because his hour had not yet come. Jesus said unto them again, I go truly, and ye shall seek me and not find me, and ye shall die 33 in your sins: and wh ere I go, ye cannot come. The Jews said, Will he haply kill 34 himself, that he saith, Where I go, ye cannot come? He said unto them, Ye are from below; and I am from above: ye are of this world; and I am not of this 35 world. I said unt o you, that ye shall die in your sins: if ye believe not that I am 36 he, ye sh all die in your sins. The Jews said, And thou, who art thou? Jesus said Jo. 7, 37. Jo. 7, 38. Jo. 7, 39. Jo. 7, 40. Jo. 7, 41. Jo. 7, 42. Jo. 7, 43. Jo. 7, 44. Jo. 7, 45. Jo. 7, 46. Jo. 7, 47. Jo. 7, 49. Jo. 7, 50. Jo. 7, 51. Jo. 7, 52. Mt. 22, 41. Mt. 22, 42. Mt. 22, 43. Mt. 22, 44. Mt. 22, 45. Mt. 22, 46. Jo. 8, 12. Jo. 8, 13. Jo. 8, 14. Jo. 8, 15. Jo. 8, 16. Jo. 8, 17. Jo. 8, 18. Jo. 8, 19. Jo. 8, 20. Jo. 8, 21. Jo. 8, 22. Jo. 8, 23. Jo. 8, 24. Jo. 8, 25. 98 35 37 unto them, If I should begin to speak unto you, I have concerning you man y words and judgement: but he that sent me is true; and I, what I heard from hi m is what 38, 39 I say in the world. And they knew not that he meant by that th e Father. Jesus Arabic, said unto them again, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then ye p. 135 shall know that I am he: and I do nothing of myself, but a s my Father 40 taught me, so I speak. And he that sent me is with me; and my Fa ther hath not 41 left me alone; because I do what is pleasing to him at all tim es. And while he was saying that, many believed in him. 42 And Jesus said to those Jews that believed in him, If ye abide in my words , truly 43 ye are my disciples: and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shal l make you free. 44 They said unto him, We are the seed of Abraham, and have ne ver served any man 45 in the way of slavery: how then sayest thou, Ye shall be free children? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that doeth a sin is a slave of 46 sin. And the slave doth not remain for ever i n the house; but the son remaineth 47, 48 for ever. And if the Son set you free , truly ye shall be free children. I know that ye are the seed of Abraham; but ye seek to slay me, because ye are unable for my 49 word. And what I saw with m y Father, I say: and what ye saw with your father, 50 ye do. They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said unto them, If ye were the chil dren of Abraham, ye would do the deeds of Abraham. 51 Now, behold, ye seek to k ill me, a man that speak(1) with you(2) the truth, that I 52 heard from God: th is did Abraham not do. And ye do the deeds of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication;(3) we have one Father, who is 53 God. Jesus sa id unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: I proceeded and came(4 ) from God; and it was not of my own self that I came,(4) but he sent 54 Arabic , me. Why then do ye not know my word? Because ye cannot hear my word. 55 p. 13 6 Ye are from the father, the devil,(5) and the lust of your father do ye desir e to do, who from the beginning is a slayer of men, and in the truth standeth n ot, because the truth is not in him. And when he speaketh untruth, he speaketh from 56 himself: for he is a liar, and the father of untruth. And I who speak t he truth, ye 57 believe me not. Who of you rebuketh me for a sin? And if I spea k the truth, ye 58 do not believe me.(6) Whosoever is of God heareth the words of God: therefore do 59 ye not hear, because ye are not of God. The Jews answer ed and said unto him, 60 Did we not say well that thou art a Samaritan, and has t demons? Jesus said unto them, As for me, I have not a devil; but my Father do I honour, and ye dishonour 61 me. I seek not my glory: here is one who seeketh and judgeth. Jo. 8, 26. Jo. 8, 27. Jo. 8, 28. Jo. 8, 29. Jo. 8, 30. Jo. 8, 31. Jo. 8, 32. Jo. 8, 33. Jo. 8, 34. Jo. 8, 35. Jo. 8, 37. Jo. 8, 38. Jo. 8, 39. Jo. 8, 40. Jo. 8, 41. Jo. 8, 42. Jo. 8, 43. Jo. 8, 44. Jo. 8, 45. Jo. 8, 46. Jo. 8, 47. Jo. 8, 48. Jo. 8, 49. Jo. 8, 50. SECTION XXXVI. 36 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death 2 for ever. The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons. Ab raham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word sha ll not 3 taste death for ever. Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is 4 dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself? Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is h e that 5 glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our(7) God; and yet ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I shoul d become 6 Arabic, a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word. Abraham your father 7 p. 137 longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced. The Jews s aid unto him, 8 Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? J esus said unto 9 them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am . And they take(8) stones to stone him: but Jesus concealed himself, and went o ut of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way. Jo. 8, 51. Jo. 8, 52. Jo. 8, 53. Jo. 8, 54. Jo. 8, 55. Jo. 8, 56. Jo. 8, 57. Jo. 8, 58. Jo. 8, 59. Jo. 8, 60.(9) 99 36 10 And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother's womb. And his 11 disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parent s, so 12 that he was born blind?(1) Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, n or his parents: 13 but that the works of God may be seen in him.(2) It is incum bent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will c ome, and no man will be 14 able to busy himself. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 15 And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and 16 smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, Go and wash thyself in 17 the pool(3) of Siloam.(4) And he w ent and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old beggi ng, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging? 18 And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much. He 19, 20 said, I am he. They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go a nd wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and 21 washed, and received sight.(5 ) They said unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. 22, 23 Arabic, And the y brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. And p. 138 the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath 24 day. And ag ain the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight? And he said 25 unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight. The people(6) of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbat h. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there ca me 26 to be a division amongst them. And again they said to that blind man, Tho u, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes? He said unto them, 27 I say that he is a prophet. And the Jews did not believe concerning hi m, that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of hi m who received 28 sight, and asked them, Is this(7) your son, of whom ye said t hat he was born blind? 29 how then, behold, doth he now see? His parents answer ed and said, We know 30 that this is our son, and that he was born blind: but h ow he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not: and he also has reached his prime; 31 ask him, and he will speak for himself. This said his parents, because they were fearing the Jews: and the Jews decided, tha t if any man should confess of him that 32 he was the Messiah, they would put h im out of the synagogue. For this reason 33 said his parents, He hath reached h is prime; ask him. And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, a nd said unto him, Praise God: we know that this 34 man is a sinner. He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner, I know 35 not: I know one thing, t hat I was blind, and I now see. They said unto him again, 36 Arabic, What did h e unto thee? how opened he for thee thine eyes? He said unto p. 139 them, I sai d unto you, and ye did not hear: what(8) wish ye further to hear? 37 ye also, d o ye wish to become disciples to him? And they reviled him, and said unto him, Thou art the disciple(9) of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of 38 Moses. And we know that God spake unto Moses: but this man, we know not 39 whe nce he is. The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder, 40 bec ause ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened. And we know that G od heareth not the voice of sinners: but whosoever feareth him, and doeth 41 hi s will, him he heareth. From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man 42 opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness. If then this ma n 43 were not from God, he could not do that. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they put him fo rth without. 44 And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him, and said un to 45 him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? He that was made whole answered 46 and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him? Jesus said unto hi m, 47 Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he. And he said, I be lieve, my Lord. And he fell down worshipping him. 100 SECTION XXXVII. 37 1 And Jesus said, To judge the world am I come, so that they that see not may 2 see, and they that see may become blind. And some of the Pharisees which were 3 with him heard that, and they said unto him, Can it be that we are blind ? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should not have sin: but now ye sa y, We see: and because of this your sin remaineth.(1) 4 Arabic, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever entereth not into the fold of the p. 140 sheep by th e door, but goeth up from another place, that man is a thief and a 5, 6 stealer . But he that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. And therefore( 2) the keeper of the door openeth for him the door; and the sheep hear his voic e: and 7 he calleth his sheep(3) by their names, and they go forth unto him. An d when he putteth forth his sheep, he goeth before them, and his sheep(3) follo w him: because 8 they know his voice. And after a stranger will the sheep not g o, but they flee from 9 him: because they hear not the voice of a stranger. Thi s parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew not what he was saying unto them . 10 Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the 11 sheep. And all that came are thieves and stealers: but the sheep hear d them not. 12 I am the door: and if a man enter by me, he shall live, and shal l go in and go out, 13 and shall find pasture. And the stealer cometh not, save that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: but I came that they might have life , and that they might have 14 the thing that is better.(4) I am the good shephe rd; and the good shepherd giveth 15 himself(5) for his sheep. But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, and whose the sheep(6) are not, when he seeth the wolf as it cometh, leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, 16 and the wolf cometh, and snatch eth away the sheep, and scattereth(7) them: and the 17 hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and hath no care for the sheep. I am the 18 good shepherd; a nd I know what is mine, and what is mine knoweth me, as my Father knoweth me, a nd I know my Father; and I give myself(18) for the sheep. 19 And I have other s heep also, that are not of this flock: them also I must invite, and they shall hear my voice; and all the sheep shall be one, and the shepherd one. 20 Arabi c, And therefore doth my Father love me, because I give my life, that I may 21 p. 141 take it again. No man taketh it from me, but l leave it of my own choice . And I have the right to leave it, and have the right also to take it. And thi s commandment did I receive of my Father. 22 And there occurred a disagreement among the Jews because of these sayings. 23 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is afflicted with madness;(9) w hy listen 24 ye to him? And others said, These sayings are not those of men pos sessed with demons. Can a demon haply open the eyes of a blind man? 25, 26 And the feast of the dedication came on at Jerusalem: and it was winte r. And 27 Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon. The Jews the refore surrounded him, and said unto him, Until when dost thou make our hearts anxious? 28 If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. He answered and said unto them, I told you, and ye believe not: and the deeds that I do in my Father's n ame bear witness 29, 30 to me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my she ep,(10) as I said unto you. 31 And my sheep(10) hear my voice, and I know them, and they come after me: and I give them eternal life; and they shall not peris h for ever, nor shall any man snatch 32 them out of my hands.(11) For the Fathe r, who hath given them unto me, is greater 33 than all; and no man is able to t ake them from the hand of my(12) Father. I and 34, 35 my Father are one. And th e Jews took stones to stone him. Jesus said unto them, Many good deeds from my Father have I shewed you; because of which(13) of them, 36 then, do ye stone me ? The Jews said unto him, Not for the good deeds do we stone thee, but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, makest thy- Jo. 9, 39. Jo. 9, 40. Jo. 9, 41. Jo, 10, 1. Jo. 10, 2. Jo. 10, 3. Jo. 10, 4. Jo. 10, 5. Jo. 10, 6. Jo. 10, 7. Jo. 10, 8. Jo. 10, 9. Jo. 10, 10. Jo. 10, 11. Jo. 10, 12. Jo. 10, 13. JO. 10, 14. Jo. 10, 15. Jo. 10, 16. Jo. 10, 17. Jo. 10, 18. Jo. 10, 19. Jo. 10, 20. JO. 10, 21. Jo. 10, 22. Jo. 10, 23. Jo. 10, 24. Jo. 10, 25. Jo. 10, 26. Jo. 10, 27. Jo. 10, 28. Jo. 10, 29. Jo. 10, 30. Jo. 10, 31. Jo. 10, 32. Jo. 10, 33. 101 37 37 self God. Jesus said unto them, Is it not thus written in your law, I sai d, Ye are gods? 38 Arabic, And if he called those gods--for(1) to them came the word of God (and it is 39 p. 142 not possible in(2) the scripture that anythin g should be undone)--he then, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, do ye say that he blasphemeth; 40 because I said unto you, I am the Son of God? If then I do not the deeds of my 41 Father, ye believe me not.(3) But if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the deeds: that ye may know and bel ieve that my Father is in me, and I in my Father. 42 And they sought again to t ake him: and he went forth out of their hands. 43 And he went beyond Jordan to the place where John was baptizing formerly; 44 and abode there. And many people came unto him; and they said, John did not 45 work even one sign: but all that John said of this man is truth. And many be lieved in him. 46 And there was a sick man, named Lazarus, of the village of Be thany, the brother 47 of Mary and Martha. And Mary was she that anointed with s weet ointment the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair; and Lazarus, who was sick, was the 48 brother of this woman.(4) And his sisters sent unto Jesus , and said unto him, Our 49 Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. But Jesu s said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glorifying of God, that th e Son of God may be glorified 50, 51 because of it. And Jesus loved Martha, and Mary, and Lazarus. And when he 52 heard that he was sick, he abode in the plac e where he was two days. And after that, 53 he said unto his disciples, Come, l et us go into Judaea. His disciples said unto him, Our Arabic, Master, now the Jews desire to stone thee; and goest thou again thither? 54, 55 p. 143 Jesus sa id unto them, Is not the day of twelve hours? If then a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of the world. But if 56 a man walk i n the night, he stumbleth, because there is no lamp in him. This said Jesus: an d after that, he said unto them, Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep; but 57 I am going to awaken him. His disciples said unto him, Our Lord, if he hath 58 fallen asleep, he will recover. But Jesus said that concerning his death: while they 59 supposed that he spake of lying down to sleep. Then Jesus said unto th em plainly, 60 Lazarus is dead. And I am glad that I was not there for your sak es, that ye may 61 believe; but let us go thither. Thomas, who is called Thama, (5) said to the disciples, his companions, Let us also go, and die with him. Jo. 10, 34. Jo. 10, 35. Jo. 10, 36. Jo. 10, 37. Jo. 10, 38. Jo. 10, 39. Jo. 10, 40. Jo. 10, 41. Jo. 10, 42. Jo. 11. 1. Jo. 11, 2. Jo. 11, 3. Jo. 11, 4. Jo. 11, 5. Jo. 11, 6. Jo. 11, 7. Jo. 11, 8. Jo. 11, 9. Jo. 11, 10. Jo. 11, 11. Jo. 11, 12. Jo. 11, 13. Jo. 11, 14. Jo. 11. 15. Jo. 11, 16. SECTION XXXVIII. 38 1, 2 And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the gra ve. And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fif teen fur- 3 longs;(6) and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfor t their heart 4 because of their brother. And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went 5 out to meet him: but Mary was sitting in the house. Martha th en said unto Jesus, 6 My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died . But I know now that, 7 whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee. Jes us said unto her, Thy brother shall 8 rise. Martha said unto him, I know that h e shall rise in the resurrection at the last day. 9 Jesus said unto her, I am t he resurrection, and the life: whosoever believeth in 10 Arabic, me, even thoug h he die, he shall live: and every living one that believeth 11 p. 144 in me sh all never die. Believest thou this? She said unto him, Yea, my Lord: I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the 12 world. And w hen she had said that, she went and called Mary her sister secretly, 13 and sai d unto her, Our Master hath come, and summoneth thee. And Mary, when 14 she hea rd, rose in haste, and came unto him. (And Jesus then had not come into 15 the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.) And the Jews also that wer e with her in the house, to comfort her, when they saw that Mary rose up and we nt out in haste, went after her, because they supposed that she was going to th e 16 tomb to weep. And Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fel l at his feet, and said unto him, If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had Jo. 11. 17. Jo. 11, 18. Jo. 11, 19. Jo. 11, 20. Jo. 11, 21. Jo. 11, 22. Jo. 11, 23. Jo. 11, 24. Jo. 11, 25. Jo. 11, 26. Jo. 11, 27. Jo. 11, 28. Jo. 11, 29. Jo. 11, 30. Jo. 11. 31. Jo. 11, 32. 102 38 17 not died. And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were 18 with her weeping, he was troubled(1) in himself, and sighed; and he sai d, In what 19 place have ye laid him? And they said unto him, Our Lord, come an d see. And 20 the tears of Jesus came.(2) The Jews therefore said, See the grea tness of his love for 21 him! But some of them said, Could not this man, who op ened the eyes of that 22 blind man, have caused that this man also should not d ie? And Jesus came to the place of burial, being troubled within himself. And t he place of burial was a cave, 23 and a stone was placed at its door. Jesus the refore said, Take these stones away. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, My Lord, he hath co me to 24 stink for some time: he hath been(3) four days dead. Jesus said unto h er, Did not I say 25 Arabic, unto thee, If thou believest, thou shall see the g lory of God? And they re- p. 145 moved those stones. And Jesus lifted his eyes on high,and said, My Father, 26 I thank thee Since thou didst hear me. And I kn ow that thou at all times hearest me: but I say this unto thee because of this multitude that is standing, that they 27 may believe that thou didst send me. A nd when he had said that, he cried with a 28 loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. A nd that dead man came out, having his hands and feet bound with bandages, and h is face wrapped in a scarf. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 29 And many of the Jews which came unto Mary, when they saw the deed of Jesus , 30 believed in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees, and informed them of all that Jesus did. 31 And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered, and said, What shall we do? 32 for lo, this man doeth many signs. And if we leave him thus, all men wil l believe 33 in him: and the Romans will come and take our country and people. And one of them, who was called Caiaphas, the chief priest he was in that year, said unto them, 34 Ye know not anything, nor consider that it is more advantag eous for us that one 35 man should die instead of the people, and not that the whole people perish. And this he said not of himself: but because he was the ch ief priest of(4) that year, he 36 prophesied that Jesus was to die instead of t he people; and not instead of the people alone, but that he might gather the sc attered children of God together. 37 And from that day they considered how to k ill him. 38 Arabic, And Jesus did not walk openly amongst the Jews, but departe d thence to a p. 146 place near the wilderness, to a town(5) called Ephraim; an d he was there, going 39 about with his disciples. And the passover of the Jews was near: and many went 40 up from the villages unto Jerusalem before the feas t, to purify themselves. And they sought for Jesus, and said one to another in the temple, What think ye of his 41 holding back from the feast? And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that, if any man knew in what place he was, he should reveal it to them, that they might take him. 42 And when the days of his going up were accomplished, he prepared himself t hat 43 he might go(6) to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers before him, and depa rted,(7) and 44 entered into a village(8) of Samaria, that they might make read y for him. And they 45 received him not, because he(9) was prepared for going t o Jerusalem. And when James and John his disciples saw it, they said unto him, Our Lord, wilt thou that we speak, and fire come down from heaven, to extirpate them, as did Elijah also? 46 And Jesus turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not of what spirit ye are. 47 Verily the Son of man did not come to destro y lives, but to give life. And they went to another village. Jo. 11, 33. Jo. 11, 34. Jo. 11, 35. Jo. 11, 36. Jo. 11, 37. Jo. 11, 38. Jo. 11, 39. Jo. 11, 40. JO. 11, 41. Jo. 11, 42. Jo. 11, 43. Jo. 11, 44. Jo. 11, 45. Jo. 11, 46. Jo. 11, 47. Jo. 11, 48. Jo. 11, 49. Jo. 11, 50. Jo. 11, 51. Jo. 11, 52. Jo. 11, 53. Jo. 11, 54. Jo. 11, 55. Jo. 11, 56. Jo. 11, 57. Lk. 9, 51. Lk. 9, 52. Lk. 9, 53. Lk. 9, 54. Lk. 9, 55. Lk. 9, 56. 103 SECTION XXXIX. 39 1 And Jesus six days before the passover(1) came to Bethany, where was Laz arus, 2 whom Jesus raised from among the dead. And they made(2) a feast for him there: 3 and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with h im. And 4 at the time of Jesus' being at Bethany in the house of Simon the lepe r, great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but Arabic, that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. 5, 6 p. 147 And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; because 7 many of the Jews were going on his acc ount, and believing in Jesus· And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard , of great price, and opened it, and poured 8 it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and th e house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 9, 10 But Judas Iscariot, on e of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, Why was 11 not this ointme nt sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? This he said, not bec ause of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest 12 was with him, and what was put(3) into it he used to bear. And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this oin tment 13 to waste? It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poo r be given 14 it. And they were angry with(4) Mary. And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplishe d on me: for the 15 day of my burial kept she it. At all times the poor are wit h you, and when ye 16 wish ye can do them a kindness: but I am not at all times with you. And for this cause, when she poured(5) this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my bur- 17 ial, and anointed my body beforehand. And ve rily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her. 18, 19 Arabic , And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem, And p. 14 8 when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is 20 cal led the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them , Go 21 into this village that is opposite you: and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and 22 a colt with him,(6) which no man ever yet mounted: loo se him, and bring them(7) unto me. And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye th em? say unto him thus, We 23 seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither.All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, whic h said, 24 Say ye unto the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass. 25 And the disciples did not know this at that time: but after that Jesus was g lorified, his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and t hat this 26 they had done unto him. And when the two disciples went, they found as he had 27 said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them. And when they loosed them, 28 their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them? They said unto them, We seek 29 them for our Lord. And they let them go. And they brought the ass and the colt, 30 and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mou nted it. And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him: and others cut branches 31 from the trees, and threw them in the way. And when he neared his(8) descent from Arabic, the mount of Olives, all the discipl es began to rejoice and to praise God with 32 p. 149 a loud voice for all the p owers which they had seen; and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name 33 of the Lord; and blessed (10) is the kingdom that cometh, that of(11) our father David: Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest. Jo. 12, 1. Jo. 12, 2. Mk. 14, 3a. Jo. 12, 9. Jo. 12, 10. Jo. 12, 11. Jo. 12, 3a. Mk. 14, 3b. Jo. 12, 3b. Jo. 12, 4. Jo. 12, 5. Jo. 12, 6. Mk. 14, 4. Mt. 26, 9. Mk. 14, 5b. Mt. 26, 10a. Mk. 14, 6b. Jo. 12, 7b. Jo. 12, 8a. Mk. 14, 7b. Mt. 26, 12. Mk. 14, 8b. Mk. 14, 9. Lk. 19, 28. Lk. 19, 29a. Mt. 21, 1b. Mt. 21, 2a. Mk. 11, 2b. Mt. 21, 2b. Lk. 19, 30b. Mt. 21, 2c. Lk. 19, 31a. Mt. 21, 3b. Mt. 21, 4. Mt. 21, 5. Jo. 12, 16. Mt. 21, 6a. Lk. 19, 32b. Mt. 21, 6b. Lk. 19, 33. Lk. 19, 34. Mk. 11, 6b. Mt. 21, 7. Mt. 21, 8. Lk. 19, 37. Mt. 21, 9b.(9) Mk. 11, 10a. Lk. 19, 38c. 104 39 34 And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard th at Jesus 35 was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,(1) and went fort h to meet him, and cried and said, Praise: Blessed is he that cometh in the nam e of the Lord, the 36 King of Israel. Certain therefore of the Pharisees from a mong the multitudes 37 said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples. He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry o ut. 38, 39 And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, Wo uld that thou hadst known the things that are(2) for thy peace, in this thy day ! now that is 40 hidden from thine eyes. There shall come unto thee days when t hine enemies 41 shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, and shall get possession of(3) thee, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of th y visitation. 42 And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, 43 Who is this? And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Naza- 44 reth of Galilee. And the multitude which was with him bare wit ness that he called 45 Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the de ad. And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they hear d the sign which he did. Jo. 12, 12b. Jo. 12, 13. Lk. 19, 39. Lk. 19, 40. Lk. 19, 41. Lk. 19, 42. Lk. 19, 43. Lk. 19, 44. Mt. 21, 10. Mt. 21, 11. Jo. 12, 17. Jo. 12, 18. SECTION XL. 40 1 Arabic, And when Jesus entered the temple, they brought unto him blind and 2 p. 150 lame: and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the Phar isees saw the wonders that he did, and the children that were crying in the tem ple and 3 saying, Praise be to the Son of David: it distressed them, and they s aid, Hearest thou not what these say? Jesus said unto them, Yea: did ye not rea d long ago, From 4 the mouths of children and infants thou hast chosen my prais e? And the Pharisees said one to another, Behold, do ye not see that nothing av aileth us? for lo, the whole world hath followed him. 5 And there were among them certain Gentiles also, which had come up to wor- 6 ship at the feast: these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Ga lilee, 7 and asked him, and said unto him, My lord, we wish to see Jesus. And P hilip 8 came and told Andrew: and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. And Jesus answe red and said unto them, The hour is come nigh, in which the Son of man is to be glori- 9 fied. Verily, verily, I say unto you, A grain of wheat, if it fall no t and die in the 10 earth, remaineth alone; but if it die, it beareth much frui t. He that loveth his life(4) destroyeth it; and he that hateth his life(4) in this world shall keep it unto the life eter- 11 nal. If a man serve me, he will follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be 12 also: and whosoever se rveth me, the Father will honour him. Now is my soul trou-Arabic, bled: and wha t shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour. But 13 p. 151 for this cau se came I unto this hour. My Father, glorify thy name. And a 14 voice was heard from heaven, I have glorified it, and shall glorify it. And the multitude that were standing heard, and said, This is thunder: and others said, An 15 angel s peaketh to him. Jesus answered and said unto them, Not because of me 16 was thi s voice, but because of you. Now is the judgement of this world; and the 17 pri nce of this world shall now be cast forth. And I, when I am lifted up from the 18 earth, shall draw every man unto me. This he said, that he might shew by wha t 19 manner of death he should die. The multitudes said unto him, We have heard out of the law that the Messiah abideth for ever: how then sayest thou, that t he Son of 20 man is to be lifted up? who is this, the Son of man? Jesus said un to them, Another little while is the light with you. Walk so long as ye have li ght, test the darkness overtake you; for he that walketh in the darkness knowet h not whither he goeth. 21 So long as ye have light, believe the light, that ye may be the children of the light. 22 And when certain of the Pharisees asked of Jesus, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered and said unto them, The kingdom of God cometh not Mt. 21, 14. Mt. 21, 15. Mt. 21, 16. Jo. 12, 19. Jo. 12, 20. Jo. 12, 21. Jo. 12, 22. Jo. 12, 23. Jo. 12, 24. Jo. 12, 25. Jo. 12, 26. Jo. 12, 27. Jo. 12, 28. Jo. 12, 29. Jo. 12, 30. JO. 12, 31. Jo. 12, 32. Jo. 12, 33. Jo. 12, 34. Jo. 12, 35. Jo. 12, 36. Lk. 17, 20. 105 40 23 with expectation: neither shall they say, Lo, it is here! nor, Lo, it is there! for the kingdom of God is within you. 24 And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he used to go 25 out, and pass the night in the mount called the mount of Olives.And all t he people came[1] to him in the morning in the temple, to hear his word. 26, 27 Then spoke Jesus unto the multitudes and his disciples, and said unto them, On Arabic, the seat of Moses are seated the scribes and Pharisees: everyt hing that p. 152 they say unto you now to keep, keep and do: but according to t heir deeds 29 do ye not; for they say, and do not. And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them on the shoulders of the people; while they with one of their fing ers will not come 30, 31 near[2] them. But all their deeds they do to make a sh ew before men. And all the multitude were hearing that with pleasure. 32 And in the course of his teaching he said unto them, Guard yourselves from the 33 scribes, who desire to walk in robes, and love salutation in the market places, and sitting in the highest places of the synagogues, and at feasts in t he highest parts of 34 the rooms: and they broaden their amulets, and lengthen the cords of their cloaks, 35 and love that they should be called by men, My ma ster, and devour widows' houses, because a of their prolonging' their prayers; these then shall receive greater judge- 36 ment. But ye, be ye not called maste rs:[4] for your master is one; all ye are brethren. 37 Call not then to yoursel ves any one[5] father on earth: for your Father is one, who is 38 in heaven. An d be not called directors: for your director is one, even the Messiah. 39, 40 H e that is great among you shall be unto you a minister. Whosoever shall exalt h imself shall be abased; and whosoever shall abase himself shall be exalted. 41 Woe unto you, Pharisees! because ye love the highest places in the synagog ues, and salutation in the marketplaces. 42 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye devour widows' houses, because[6] of your prolonging your prayers: for this reason then ye sh all receive greater judgement. 43 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye have shut the kingdom of God before men. 44 Arabic Woe unto you that know the law! for ye concealed the keys of know - p. 153 ledge: ye enter not, and those that are entering ye suffer not to ente r. 45 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because[7] ye compass lan d and sea to draw s one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him a son of hell twice as much[9] as yourselves. 46 Woe unto you, ye blind! guides! because ye say, Whosoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gold that is in the temple , 47 shall be condemned.[10] Ye blind foolish ones: which is greater, the gold, or the 48 temple which sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever sweareth by the al tar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the offering that is upon it, sha ll be condemned.[10] 49 Ye blind foolish ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth 50 the offering? Whosoever then sweareth by the altar, hath sworn by it, and by all 51 that is upon it. And whosoever sweareth by the temple, hath sworn by it, and by 52 him that is dwelling in it. And whos oever sweareth by heaven, hath sworn by the throne of God, and by him that sitt eth upon it. 53 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye tithe mint and rue and dill and cummin and all herbs, and ye leave the important matters of t he law, judgement, and mercy, and faith, and the love of God: this ought ye to do, and 54 not to leave that undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow n camels. 55 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the ou tside Lk. 17, 21. Lk. 21, 37. Lk. 21, 315. Mt. 23, 1. Mt. 23, 2. Mt. 23, 3. Mt. 23, 4. Mt. 23, 5a. Mk. 12, 37b. Mk. 12, 38. Mk. 12, 39. Mt. 23, 5b. Mt. 23, 7b. Mk. 12, 40. Mt. 23, 8. Mt. 23, 9. Mr. 23, 10. Mt. 23, 11. Mt. 23, 12. Lk. 11, 43. Mt. 23, 14. Mt. 23, 13a. Lk. 11, 52a. Mt. 23, 13b. Mt. 23, 15. Mt. 23, 16. Mt. 23, 17. Mt. 23, 18. Mt. 23, 19. Mt. 23, 20. Mt. 23, 21. Mt. 23, 22. Mt. 23, 23. Mt. 23, 24. Mt. 23, 25. 106 40 of the cup and of the platter, while the inside of them is full of injusti ce and wrong. 56 Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, then shall the outside of them be cleansed. 57 Arabic, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye re sem- p. 154 ble whited sepulchres, which appear[1] from the outside beautiful, but within 58 full of the bones of the dead, and all uncleanness. So ye also fr om without appear unto men like the righteous, but within ye are full of wrong and hypocrisy. 59 One of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, in this saying of thine 60 thou art casting a slur on us. He said, And to you also, ye scribes, woe! for ye lade men with heavy burdens, and ye with one of your fingers come n ot near[2] those burdens. 61 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, which your fathers killed, and adorn the burying-places of the r ighteous, 62 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers 63 with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore, behol d, ye witness against 64 yourselves, that ye are the children of those that sle w the prophets. And ye also, 65 ye fill up the measure[3] of your fathers. Ye s erpents, ye children of vipers, where shall ye flee from the judgement of Gehen na? Mt. 23, 26. Mt. 23, 27. Mt. 23, 28. Lk. 11, 45. Lk. 11, 46. Mt. 23, 29a. Mt. 23, 29b. Mt. 23, 29b. Mt. 23, 30. Mt. 23, 31. Mt. 23, 32. Mt. 23, 33. SECTION XLI. 41 1 Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, a nd apostles, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall slay and cruc ify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute[4] from c ity to 2 city: that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that h ath been poured upon the ground[5] from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple[6] and the altar. 3 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generatio n,[7] 4 Arabic, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of the m that p. 155 are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy childr en, as 5 a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Your h ouse shall 6 be left over you desolate. Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 7 And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharise es they 8 were not confessing him, lest they be put s out of the synagogue: and they loved 9 the praise of men more than the praising of God. And Jesus cried and said, 10 Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that se nt me. And 11 whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. I am come a light[ 9] into the 12 world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him n ot: for I came 13 not to judge the world, but to give the world life.[10] Whoso ever wrongeth[11] me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth h im: the word that I spake, it 14 shall judge him at the last day. I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,[12] what I should say, and what I 15 should speak; and I know that his commandment [12] is eternal life. The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me , even so I say. 16 And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evi l-doing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassin g[13] him 17 in many things; seeking to catch something from his mouth, that th ey might be able to calumniate him. 18 And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode Mt. 23, 34. Mt. 23, 35. Mt. 23, 36. Mt. 23, 37. Mt. 23, 38. Mt. 23, 39. Jo. 12, 42. Jo. 12, 42. Jo. 12, 43. Jo. 12, 45. Jo. 12, 46. Jo. 12, 47. Jo. 12, 48. Jo. 12, 49. Jo. 12, 50. Lk. 11, 53. Lk. 11, 54. Lk. 12, 1. 107 41 Arabic, one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves 19 p. 156 from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing 20 concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in th e light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers sha ll be proclaimed on the roofs. 21, 22 This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them. But notwithsta nding 23 his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said, My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us? And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared? 24 And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah a lso said, 25 They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart; That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart , And turn, So that I should heal them. 26 This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him. 27 And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forwa rd 28 to shew[1] him the buildings of the temple, and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its b uilding, and that 29 it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours. Je sus answered and said 30 unto them, See ye these great buildings? verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down. 31 And two days before[3] the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and 32 the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,[4] and kill him: and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated. 33 And when Jesus sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, his discipl es, Simon Cephas and James and John and Andrew, came forward unto him, and said unto him 34 between themselves and him, Teacher, tell us when that shall be, a nd what is the sign 35 Arabic, of thy coming and the end of the world. Jesus an swered and said unto them, p. 157 Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of 36, 37 man, and shall not behold. Take heed lest any man lead you astray. Many shall 38 come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; and they shall say, The time is come 39 near, and shall lead many astray: go n ot therefore after them. And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be[5] not agitated: for these things must 40 first be; only the end is not yet come. Nation shall rise against nation, and king- 41 dom against ki ngdom: and great earthquakes shall be in one place and another, and there shall be famines and deaths and agitations: and there shall be fear and terror and g reat signs that[6] shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great 42, 43 st orms. All these things are the beginning of travail. But before all of that, th ey shall lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you unto the synago gues 44 and into prisons, and bring you before kings and judges for my name's s ake. And 45 that shall be unto you for a witness. But first must my gospel be p reached unto all 46 nations. And when they bring you into the synagogues before the rulers and the authorities, be not anxious beforehand how ye shall answer for yourselves, or what ye 47, 48 shall say: because it is not ye that speak, b ut the Holy Spirit. Lay it to your heart, not 49 Arabic, to be anxious before t he time what ye shah say: and I shall[7] give you under- p. 158 standing and wi sdom,s which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay. 50 And then sha ll they deliver you unto constraint, and shall kill you: and ye shall be 51 hat ed of all nations because of my name. And then shall many go astray,[9] and the y 52 shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death. And your paren ts, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up , and shall 53, 54 slay some of you. But a lock of hair from your heads shall n ot perish. And by 55 your patience ye shall gain[10] your souls. And many men,[ 11] false prophets, shall arise, 56 and lead many astray. And because of the ab ounding of iniquity, the love of many Lk. 12, 2. Lk. 12, 3. Jo. 12, 36b. Jo. 12, 37. Jo. 12, 38. Jo. 12, 39. Jo. 12, 40. Jo. 12, 41. Mt. 24, 1. Mk. 13, 1b. Lk. 21, 5b. Mt. 24, 2a. Lk. 19, 43a. Lk. 19, 44b.[2] Mk. 14, 1. Mk. 14, 2. Mk. 13, 3. Lk. 21, 7b. Mt. 24, 3b. Mt. 24, 4a. Lk. 17, 22b. Mt. 24, 4b. Mt. 24, 5a. Lk. 21, 8b. Mk. 13, 6b. Lk. 21, 8c. Mk. 13, 7a. Mt. 24, 7b. Lk. 21, 9b. Mt. 24, 7a. Lk. 21. 11. Mt. 24, 8. Lk. 21, 12. Lk. 21, 13. Mk. 13, 10. Lk. 12, 11. Mk. 13, 11b. Lk. 21, 14. Lk. 21, 15. Mt. 24, 9. Mt. 24, 30. Lk. 21, 16. Lk. 21, 18. Lk. 21, 19. Mt, 24, 11. Mt. 24, 12. 108 41 57 shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. And 58 this, the[1] gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all. Mt. 24, 13. Mt. 24, 14. SECTION XLII. 42 1 But when ye see Jerusalem with the army compassing it about, then know th at 2 its desolation is come near. Those then that are in Judaea at that time sh all flee to the mountain; and those that are within her shall flee; and those t hat are in the 3 villages shall not enter her. For these days are the days of v engeance, that all that 4 is written may be fulfilled. And when ye see the uncl ean sign of desolation,[2] spoken of in Daniel the prophet, standing in the pur e place, he that readeth shall understand, 5,6 and then he that is in Judaea sh all flee in to the mountain: and let him that is on the 7 roof not go down, nor enter in to take anything from his house: and let him that is in 8 Arabic, the field not turn behind him to take his garment. Woe to them that are p. 159 wit h child and to them that give suck in those days! there shall be great 9 distre ss in the land, and wrath against this nation. And they shall fall on the edge of the sword,[3] and shall be taken captive to every land: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations, until the times of the nations be ended. 10 Then if any man say unto you, The Messiah is here; or, Lo, he is there; be lieve 11 him not: there shall rise then false Messiahs and prophets of lying, a nd shall do signs and wonders, in order that they may lead astray even the elec t also, if they 12 be able. But as for you, beware: for I have acquainted you w ith everything 13 beforehand. If then they say unto you, Lo, he is in the deser t; go not out, lest ye 14 be taken: and if they say unto you, Lo, he is in the chamber; believe not. And as the lightning appeareth from the east, and is seen unto the west; so shall be the 15 coming of the Son of man. But first he must suffer much and be rejected by this 16 generation.[4] Pray therefore that your flight be not in winter, nor on a sabbath: 17 there shall be then great tribula tion,[5] the like of which there hath not been from the 18 beginning of the wor ld till now, nor shall be. And except the Lord had shortened those days, no fle sh would have lived: but because of the elect, whom he elected, 19 he shortened those days. And there shall be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; an d upon the earth affliction[5] of the nations, and rubbing of hands for the con - 20 Arabic. fusion[6] of the noise of the sea, and an earthquake: the souls of men shall 21 p. 160 go forth from fear of that which is to come upon the eart h. And in those days, straightway after the distress of those days, the sun sha ll become dark, and the moon shall not shew its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers 22 of heaven shall be convulsed: and then shall ap pear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and at that time all the tribes of t he earth shall wail, and look unto the Son 23 of man coming on the clouds of he aven with power and much glory. And he shall send his angels with the great tru mpet, and they shall gather his elect from the four 24 winds, from one end of h eaven to the other.[7] But when these things begin to be, be of good cheer, and lift up your heads; for your salvation [8] is come near. 25 Learn the example of the fig tree: when it letteth down its branches,[9] a nd put- 26 teth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is come; so ye also, when ye see these things begun to be, know ye that the kingdom of God hath arri ved at the 27 door. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these 28 things shall be. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my s ayings shall not pass away. 29 Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts become not heavy with inordinate desire,[10] and drunkenness, and the care of the world at any time, and that d ay come Lk. 21, 20. Lk. 21, 21. Lk. 21, 22. Mt. 24, 15. Mt. 24, 16. Mk. 13, 15. Mk. 13, 16. Lk. 21, 23. Lk. 21, 24. Mk. 13, 21. Mt. 24, 24. Mk. 13, 23. Mt. 24, 26. Mt. 24, 17. Lk. 17, 25. Mt. 24, 20. Mt. 24, 21. Mk. 13, 20. Lk. 21, 25. Lk. 21, 26a. Mk. 13, 24a. Mt. 24, 29. Mt. 24, 30. Mt. 24, 31. Lk. 21, 28. Mt. 24, 32. Mt. 24, 33. Mt. 24, 34. Mt. 24, 35. Lk. 21, 34. 109 14 30 upon you suddenly: for it is as a shock that shocks all the inhabitants t hat are on the 31 face of the whole earth. Watch at all times, and pray, that y e may be worthy to escape Arabic. from all the things that are to be, and that ye may stand before the Son of 32 p. 161 man. Of that day and of that hour hath no man learned, not even the angels 33 of heaven, neither the Son, but the Fat her. See ye, and watch and pray: for ye know 34 not when that time will be. It is as a man, who journeyed, and left his house, and gave his authority to his s ervants, and appointed every man to his work, and 35 charged the porter to be w akeful. Be wakeful then:[1] since ye know not when the lord of the house cometh , in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or when the 36 cock croweth, o r in the morning; lest he come unexpectedly, and find you sleeping. 37 The thin g that I say unto you, unto all of you do I say it, Be ye watchful. 38 For as it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man b e. 39 As they were before the flood eating and drinking, and taking wives, and giving 40 wives to men, until the day in which Noah entered into the ark, and t hey perceived not till the flood came, and took them all; so shall the coming o f the Son of man 41 be. And as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating and drinking, and selling 42 and buying, and planting and building, on the day in w hich Lot went out from Sodom, and the Lord rained fire and brimstone from heave n, and destroyed them 43, 44 all: so shall it be in the day in which the Son of man is revealed.[2] And in that day, whosoever is on the roof, and his garment s[3] in the house, let him not go down to 45 take them: and he that is in the f ield shall not turn behind him. Remember Lot's 46 wife. Whosoever shall desire to save his life shall destroy it: but whosoever shall 47 destroy his life shal l save it. Verily I say unto you, In that night there shall be two on 48 Arabic , one bed; one shall be taken, and another left. And two women shall be grind- 49 p. 162 ing at one mill; one shall be taken, and another left. And two shall be in the 50 field; one shall be taken, and another left. They answered and sai d unto him, To what place, our Lord? He said unto them, Where the body is, ther e will the eagles 51, 52 gather. Be attentive now: for ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. Know this: if the master of the house had known in what watc h the thief would come, he would have been attentive, and would not make it pos sible that his house should be 53 broken through. Therefore be ye also ready: f or in the hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. Lk. 21, 35. Lk. 21, 36. Mk. 13, 32. Mk. 13, 33. Mk. 13, 34. Mk. 13, 35. Mk. 13, 36. Mk. 13, 37. Mt. 24, 37. Mt. 24, 38. Mt. 24, 39. Lk. 17, 28. Lk. 17, 29. Lk. 17, 30. Lk. 17, 31. Lk. 17, 32. Lk. 17, 33. Lk. 17, 34. Lk. 17, 35. Lk. 17, 36. Lk. 17, 37. Mt. 24, 42. Mt. 24, 43. Mt. 24, 44. SECTION XLIII. 43 1 Simon Cephas said unto him, Our Lord, is it to us that thou hast spoken this 2 parable, or also to every man? Jesus said unto him, Who, thinkest thou, is the servant, the master of the house,[5] trusted with control,[6] whom his l ord set over his 3 household, to give them their food in its season? Blessed is that servant, whom his 4 lord shall come and find having done so. Verily I say unto you, He will set him 5 over all that he hath. But if that evil servant sa y in his heart, My lord delayeth his 6 coming; and shall begin to beat his serv ants and the maidservants of his lord, and 7 shall begin to eat and to drink wi th the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come 8 in the day that he thinke th not, and in the hour that he knoweth not, and shall Arabic, judge him, and a ppoint his portion with the hypocrites, and with those that p. 163 are not fait hful: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 9 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be like unto ten virgins, those that took their 10 lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride. Five of th em were 11 wise, and five foolish. And those foolish ones took their lamps, and took not with 12, 13 them oil: but those wise ones took oil in vessels along w ith their lamps. When then 14 the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and sl ept. But in the middle of the night there occurred a cry, Behold, the bridegroo m cometh! Go forth therefore to 5, 16 meet him. Then all those virgins arose, a nd made ready their lamps. The foolish 17 said unto the wise, Give us of your o il; for our lamps are gone out. But those wise answered and said, Perhaps[7] th ere will not be enough for us and you: but go ye to Lk. 12, 41. Lk. 12, 42a.[4] Mt. 24, 45. Mt. 24, 46. Lk. 12, 44a. Mt. 24, 47b. Mt. 24, 48. Lk. 12, 45b. Mt. 24, 49b. Mt. 24, 50. Mt. 24, 51a. Lk. 12, 46b. Mt. 24, 51b. Mt. 25, 1. Mt. 25, 2. Mt. 25, 3. Mt. 25, 4. Mt. 25, 5. Mt. 25, 6. Mt. 25, 7. Mt. 25, 8. Mt. 25, 9. 110 43 18 the sellers, and buy for yourselves. And when they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage fea st: and 19 the door was shut. And at last those other virgins also came and sai d, Our Lord, 20 our Lord, open unto us. He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, 21 I know you not. Watch then, for ye know not that day nor tha t hour. 22 It is as a man, who went on a journey, and called his servants, and delive red unto 23 them his possessions. And unto one he gave five talents,[1] and ano ther two, and another 24 one; every one according to his strength; and went on his journey forthwith. He Arabic, then that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained 25, 26 p. 164 other five. And so also he of the tw o gained other two. But he that re- 27 ceived the one went and digged in the ea rth, and hid the money of his lord. And after a long time the lord of those ser vants came, and took from them the account. 28 And he that received five talent s came near and brought other five, and said, My lord, thou gavest me five tale nts: lo, I have gained other five in addition to them. 29 His lord said unto hi m, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: over a little hast 30 thou been f aithful, over much will I set thee: enter into the joy of thy lord. And he that had the two came near and said, My lord, thou gavest me two talents: lo, 31 ot her two have I gained in addition to them. His lord said unto him, Good,[2] tho u faithful servant: over a little hast thou been faithful, over much will I set thee: enter 32 into the joy of thy lord. And he also that received the one tal ent came forward and said, My lord, I knew thee that thou an a severe man, who reapest where thou 33 sowest not, and gatherest where thou didst not scatter: a nd so I was afraid, and 34 went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast what is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothf ul servant, thou knewest me 35 that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; it was incumbent on thee to put my money to the bank,[3] and then I should come and seek it with its 36 gains. Take now from him the talent , and give it to him that hath ten talents. 37 Whosoever hath shall be given, a nd he shall have more: but he that hath not, even 38 Arabic, what he hath shall be taken from him. And the unprofitable servant, put p. 165 him forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. 39, 40 Your loins shall be girded, and your lamps lit; and ye shall be like t he people that are looking for their lord, when he shall return from the feast; so that, when 41 he cometh and knocketh, they may at once open unto him. Bless ed are those servants, whom their lord shall come and find attentive: verily I say unto you, that he will gird his waist, and make them sit down, and pass thr ough[4] them and serve 42 them. And if he come in the second watch, or the thir d, and find thus, blessed are those servants. 43 But when the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his pure angels with him, 44 then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: and he will gather before him all the nations, and separate them the one from the other, like the shephe rd who separateth 45 the sheep from the goats; and will set[5] the sheep on his right, and the goats on his 46 left. Then shall the King say to those that are at his right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations[6] of the world: 47 I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; and I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; and I 48 was a stranger, and ye took me in; and I was naked, and ye clothed me; and I 49 was sick, and ye visited me ; and I was in prison, and ye cared for me. Then shall those righteous say unto him, Our Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? 50 or thirsty, and gave thee to drink? And when saw we thee a stranger, and took 51 thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? And when saw we thee sick, or imprisoned, and 52 cared for th ee? The King shall answer an d say[7] unto them, Verily I say unto you, What Ar abic, ye did to one of these my brethren, the little ones, ye did unto me. Then 53 p. 166 shall he say unto those that are on his left also, Depart from me, y e cursed, 54 into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his hosts: I hung ered, and ye fed me 55 not; and I thirsted, and ye did not give me to drink; an d I was a stranger, and ye Mt. 25, 10. Mt. 25, 11. Mt. 25, 12. Mt. 25, 13. Mt. 25, 14. Mt. 25, 15. Mt. 25, 16. Mt. 25, 17. Mt. 25, 18. Mt. 25, 19. Mt. 25, 20. Mt. 25, 21. Mt. 25, 22. Mt. 25, 23. Mt. 25, 24. Mt. 25, 25. Mt. 25, 26. Mt. 25, 27. Mt. 25, 28. Mt. 25, 29. Mt. 25, 30. Lk. 12, 35. Lk. 12, 36. Lk. 12, 37. Lk. 12, 38. Mt. 25, 31. Mt. 25, 32. Mt. 25, 33. Mt. 25, 34. Mt. 25, 35. Mt. 25, 36. Mt. 25, 37. Mt. 25, 38. Mt. 25, 39. Mt. 25, 40. Mt. 25, 41. Mt. 25, 42. Mt. 25, 43. 111 43 took me not in; and I was naked, and ye clothed me not; and I was sick, and im- 56 prisoned, and ye visited me not. Then shall those also answer and say, O ur Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or naked, or a stranger, or s ick, or im- 57 prisoned, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer a nd say unto them, Verily I say unto you, When ye did it not unto one of these l ittle ones, ye did it not 58 unto me also. And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life. Mt. 25, 44. Mt. 25, 45. Mt. 25, 46. SECTION XLIV. 41 1, 2 And when Jesus[1] finished all these sayings, he said unto his discip les, Ye know that after two days will be the passover, and the Son of man is de livered up to be 3 crucified. Then gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders 4 of the people, unto the court of the chief priest, w ho was called Caiaphas; and they took counsel together concerning Jesus, that t hey might seize him by subtilty, and 5 kill him. But they said, Not during the feast, lest there take place a disturbance among the people; for they feared th e people. 6 And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was of the number 7 of the twelve. And he went away, and communed with the chief priests, and th e scribes, and those that held command in the temple, and said unto them, What 8 Arabic, would ye pay me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they, when they p. 167 heard it, were pleased, and made ready[2] for him thirty pieces of mone y.[3] 9 And he promised[4] them, and from that time he sought an opportunity[5] that he might deliver unto them Jesus without the multitude. And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said unto him, Where w ilt thou that we go and make ready for thee that thou mayest eat the passover? 11 And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour was arrived for his departure from this world unto his Father; and he loved his own in thi s world, 12 and to the last he loved them. And at the time of the feast, Satan put into the 13 heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to deliver him up. A nd Jesus, because he knew that the Father had delivered into his hands everythi ng, and that he came 14 forth from the Father, and goeth unto God, rose from su pper, and laid aside his 15 garments; and took a towel, and girded his waist, a nd poured water into a bason, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel where- 16 with his waist was girded. And when he ca me to Simon Cephas, Simon said unto 17 him, Dost thou, my Lord, wash for me my feet? Jesus answered and said unto 18 him, What I do, now thou knowest not; but afterwards thou shall learn. Simon said unto him, Thou shalt never wash for me my feet. Jesus said unto him, If I 19 wash thee not, thou hast no part with me . Simon Cephas said unto him, Then, my 20 Lord, wash not for me my feet alone, but my hands also and my head. Jesus said unto him, He that batheth[6] needeth not to wash save his feet, whereas his whole 21 body is clean: and ye also are clean, but not all of you. For Jesus knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 22 Arabic. So when he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and sat down, and 23 p. 168 said unto them, Know ye what I have done unto you? Ye call me, Master, 24 and, Lord: and ye say well; so I am. If then I, now, who am your Lord and Master, have washed for you your feet, how needful is it that ye shou ld wash one another's feet! 25 This have I given you as an example, that as I h ave done to you so ye should do 26 also. Verily, verily, I say unto you, No ser vant is greater than his lord; nor an 27 apostle greater than he that sent him. If ye know that, ye are happy if ye do it. 28 My saying this[7] is not for all of you: for I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture might be fulfill ed, He that eateth with me bread lifted against me his Mt. 26, 1. Mt. 26, 2. Mt. 26, 3. Mt. 26, 4. Mt. 26, 5. Lk. 22, 2b. Lk. 22, 3. Lk. 22, 4a. Mt. 26, 15a. Mk. 14, 11a. Mt. 26, 15b. Lk. 22, 6. Mk. 14, 12. Jo. 13, 1. Jo. 13, 2. Jo. 13, 3. Jo. 13, 4. Jo. 13, 5. Jo. 13, 6. Jo. 13, 7. Jo. 13, 8. Jo. 13, 9. Jo. 13, 10. Jo. 13, 11. Jo. 13, 12. Jo. 13, 13. Jo. 13, 14. Jo. 13, 15. Jo. 13, 16. Jo. 13, 17. Jo. 13, 18. 112 44 29 heel. Henceforth I say unto you before it come to pass, that, when it com eth to 30 pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Wh osoever receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me re ceiveth him that sent me. 31 Who is the great one, he that sitteth, or he that serveth? is it not he th at sitteth? 32 I am among you as he that serveth. But ye are they that have con tinued with me 33 in my temptations; I promise[1] you, as my Father promised[1] me, the kingdom, that ye may eat and drink at the table of my kingdom. 34 And the first day[2] came, the feast of unleavened bread, on which the Jew s were 35 wont[3] to sacrifice[4] the passover. And Jesus sent two of his disci ples, Cephas and John, and said unto them, Go and make ready for us the passove r, that we may eat. 36, 37 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee? He said unto them, Go, enter the city; and at the time of your entering, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him, a nd the place where he entereth, say 38 to such an one, the master of the house, Our Master saith, My time is come, and Arabic, at thy house I keep the passove r. Where then is the lodging-place where 39 p. 169 I shall eat with my disciple s? And he will shew you a large upper room 40 spread and made ready: there then make ready for us. And his two disciples went out, and came to the city, and f ound as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover as he had said unto them. 41 And when the evening was come, and the time arrived, Jesus came and reclin ed, 42 and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I h ave 43 desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: I say unto you, t hat henceforth I shall not eat it, until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 44 Jesus said that, and was agitated s in his spirit, and testified, and said , Verily, 45 verily, I say unto you, One of you, he that eateth with me, shall betray me. And they were very sorrowful; and they began to say unto him, one af ter another of 46 them, Can it be 1, Lord? He answered and said unto them, One of the twelve, 47 he that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, will betray me. And Io, the hand of 48 him that betrayeth me is on the table. And the Son of m an goeth, as it is written of him: woe then to that man by whose hand the Son o f man is betrayed! for it 49 would have been better for that man had he not bee n born. And the disciples 50 looked one on another, for they knew not to whom h e referred; and they began to search among themselves, who that might be who wa s to do this. Jo. 13, 19. Jo. 13, 20. Lk. 22, 27. Lk. 22, 28. Lk. 22, 29. Lk. 22, 30. Lk. 22, 7. Lk. 22, 8. Lk. 22. 9. Lk. 22, 10a. Mk. 14, 13b. Lk. 22, 10b. Lk. 22, 11a. Mt. 26, 18b. Lk. 22, 11b. Lk. 22, 12. Mk. 14, 15. Mk. 14, 16. Lk. 22, 14. Lk. 22, 15. Lk. 22, 16. Jo 13, 21a. Mk. 14, 18b. Mk. 14, 19. Mk. 14, 20. Lk. 22, 21. Mk. 14, 21. Jo. 13, 22. Lk. 22, 23. SECTION XLV. 45 1, 2 Arabic,And one of his disciples was sitting[6] in his bosom, he whom Jesus loved. p. 170 To him Simon Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him who th is was, con- 3 cerning whom he spake. And that disciple leaned[7] on Jesus' bre ast, and said unto him, 4 My Lord, who is this? Jesus answered and said, He to whom I shall dip bread, and give it. And Jesus dipped bread, and gave to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 5 And after the bread, Satan entered him. And Jesus said unto him, What thou 6 desirest to do, hasten the doing of it. And no man of them that sat knew why he 7 said this unto him. And some of them thought, be cause Judas had the box, that he was bidding him buy what would be needed for t he feast; or, that he might pay 8 something to the poor. Judas the betrayer ans wered and said, Can it be I, my 9 Master? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said. And Judas took the bread straightway, and went forth without: and it was still night. 10 And Jesus said, Now is the Son of man being glorified,[8] and God is being glorified[8] 11 in him; and if God is glorified in him, God also will glorify him in him, and straightway will glorify him. 12 And while they were eating , Jesus took bread, and blessed, and divided; and he Jo. 13, 23. Jo. 13, 24. Jo. 13, 25. Jo. 13, 26. Jo. 13, 27. Jo. 13, 28. Jo. 13, 29. Mt. 26, 25. Jo. 13, 30. Jo. 13, 31. Jo. 13, 32. Mk. 14, 22a. Mt. 26, 26b. 113 45 13 gave to his disciples, and said unto them, Take and eat; this is my body . And he Arabic, took a cup, and gave thanks, and blessed, and gave them, and s aid, Take 14, 15 p. 171 and drink of it, all of you. And they drank of it, all of them. And he said unto them, This is my blood, the new covenant, that is she d for many for the 16 forgiveness of sins. I say unto you, I shall not drink he nceforth of this, the juice of the vine, until the day in which I drink(1) with you new wine in the kingdom of 17 God. And thus do ye in remembrance of me. An d Jesus said unto Simon, Simon, 18 behold, Satan asketh that he may sift you li ke wheat: but I entreat(2) for thee, that thou lose not thy faith:(3) and do th ou, at some time, turn(4) and strengthen thy brethren. My children, another lit tle while am I with you. And ye shall seek me: and as 20 I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; I say unto you now also. A new commandment I give you, that ye may love one another; and as I have loved 21 you, so shall ye als o love one another. By this shall every man know that ye are 22 my disciples. i f ye have love one to another. Simon Cephas said unto him, Our Lord, whither go est thou? Jesus answered and said unto him, Whither I go, thou canst not now fo llow me; but later thou shall come. 23 Then said Jesus unto them, Ye all shall desert(5) me this night:(6) it is written, I 24 will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scat tered. But after my 25 rising, I shall go before you into Galilee. Simon Cephas answered and said unto 26 him, My Lord, if every man desert thee, I shall at n o time desert thee. I am with thee ready for imprisonment and for death. And my life will I give up for thee. 27 Arabic, Jesus said unto him, Wilt thou give u p thy life for me? Verily, verily, p. 172 I say unto thee, Thou shall to-day, d uring this night, before the cock crow 28 twice, three times deny me, that thou knowest me not. But Cephas said the more,(7) Even if it lead to(8) death with thee, I shall not deny thee, my Lord. And in like manner said all the disciples also. Then Jesus said unto them, Let not your hearts be troubled:(9) believe in G od, 30 and believe in me. The stations(10) in my Father's house are many, else I should 31 have told(11) you. I(12) go to prepare for you a place. And if I go to prepare for you a place, I shall return again, and take you unto me: and so where I am, there ye 32, 33 shall be also. And the place that I go ye know,(13 ) and the way ye know.(13) Thomas said unto him, Our Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how is the way for 34 us to the knowledge of that?(14) Jesus sa id unto him, I am the way, and the truth, 35 and the life: and no man cometh un to my Father, but through me. And if ye had known me, ye should have known my F ather: and from henceforth ye know(15) him, 36 and have seen him. Philip(16) sa id unto him, Our Lord, shew us the Father, and it suf- 37 ficeth us. Jesus said unto him, Have I been all this time with you, and dost thou not know(17) me, P hilip?(18) whosoever hath seen me hath seen the Father; how then sayest 38 thou , Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in my Father, and my Father in me? and the saying that I say, I say not of myself: but my Father who dwelle th in 39 me, he doeth these deeds. Believe that I am in my Father, and my Fathe r in me: 40 Arabic, or else believe for the sake of the deeds. Verily, verily, I say unto you, p. 173 Whosoever believeth in me, the deeds that I do shall he do also; and 41 more than that shall he do: I go unto the Father. And what ye s hall ask in my 42 name, I shall do unto you, that the Father may be glorified i n his Son. And if ye 43, 44 ask me is in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will entreat of my Father, and he will send unto yo u another Paraclete, that he 45 may be with you for ever, even the Spirit of tr uth: whom the world cannot receive; for it hath not seen him, nor known him: bu t ye know him; for he hath dwelt(19) Mk. 14, 23a. Mt. 26, 27b. Mk. 14, 23b. Mk. 14, 24a. Mt. 26, 28. Mt. 26, 29. Lk. 22, 19b. Lk. 22, 31. Lk. 22, 32. Jo. 13, 33. Jo. 13, 34. Jo. 13, 35. Jo. 13, 36. Mt. 26, 31. Mt. 26, 32. Mt. 26, 33. Lk. 22, 33b. Jo. 13, 37b. Jo. 13, 38a. Mk. 14, 30b. Lk. 22, 34b. Mk. 14, 31. Jo. 14, 1. Jo. 14, 2. Jo. 14, 3. Jo. 14, 4. Jo. 14, 5. Jo. 14, 6. Jo. 14, 7. Jo. 14, 8. Jo. 14, 9. Jo. 14, 10. Jo. 14, 11 Jo. 14, 12. Jo. 14, 13. Jo. 14, 14 Jo. 14, 15. Jo. 14, 16. Jo. 14, 17. 114 45 46 with you, and is in you. I will not leave you orphans: I will come unto y ou. 47 Another little while, and the world seeth me not; but ye see me that I l ive, and ye 48 shall live also. And in that day ye shall know that I am in my F ather, and ye in me, and I in you. Jo. 14, 18. Jo. 14, 19. Jo. 14, 20. SECTION XLVI. 46 1 Whosoever hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth m e: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will 2 shew myself unto him. Judas (not Iscariot) said unto him, My Lord, what is the 3 purpose of thy intention to shew thyself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, Whosoever loveth me will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and to him will we come, and make our(1) abode with him. 4 But he that loveth me not keepeth not my word: and this word that ye hear is not my word, but the Father's which sent me. 5, 6 This have I spoken unto you, while I was yet with you. But the Paraclete , the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, he will teach you every thing, and 7 Arabic, he will bring to your remembrance all that I say unto you. Peace I leave you; p. 174 my peace I give unto you: and not as this world give th, give I unto you. 8 Let your heart not be troubled,(2) nor fearful. Ye heard that I said unto you, that I go away, and come unto you. If(3) ye loved me, ye would rejoice, that I go away to my 9 Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I say unto you before it come 10 to pass, that, when it cometh to pass , ye may believe me. Now I will not speak with you much: the Archon of the worl d will come, and he will have nothing in 11 me: but that the world may know tha t I love my Father, and as my Father charged me, so I do. 12 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purses, or wallets, and sho es,(4) 13 lacked ye perchance anything? They said unto him, Nothing. He said un to them, Henceforth, whosoever hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise the wallet also: and whosoever hath not a sword, shall sell his garment, and buy fo r himself a 14 sword. I say unto you, that this scripture also must be fulfille d in me, that I should be reckoned(5) with the transgressors: for all that is s aid of me is fulfilled in 15 me. His disciples said unto him, Our Lord, lo, her e are two swords. He said 16 unto them, They are sufficient. Arise, let us go h ence. And they arose, and praised, and went forth, and went, according to their custom, to the mount of Olives, he and his disciples. 17 And he said unto them, I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman . 18 Every branch that produceth not fruit in me, he taketh it: and that which giveth fruit, 19 he cleanseth it, that it may give much fruit. Ye are already c lean because of the word 20 that I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. And as the branch of the Arabic, vine cannot produce fruit of itself, if i t be not abiding in the vine; so too ye 21 p. 175 also, if ye abide not in me. I am the vine, and ye are the branches: He then that abideth in me, and I in hi m, he giveth much fruit: for without me ye can- 22 not do anything. And if a ma n abide not in me, he is cast without, like a withered 23 branch; and it is gat hered, and cast(6) into the fire, that it may be burned. If ye abide in me, and my word abide in you, everything that ye desire to ask shall be 24 done unto y ou. And herein is the Father glorified, that ye may give much fruit; 25 and ye shall be my disciples. And as my Father loved me, I loved you also: 26 abide in my love. If ye keep my commands, ye shall abide in my love; as I have 27 kept my Father's commands, and abode in his love. I have spoken that unto you, 28 th at my joy(7) may be in you, and your joy(7) be fulfilled. This is my commandmen t, 29 that ye love one another, as I loved you. And no love is greater than thi s, namely, 30 that a man should give his life for his friends. Ye are my friend s, if ye do all that 31 I command you. I call you not now servants; for the ser vant knoweth not what Jo. 14, 21. Jo. 14, 22. Jo. 14, 23. Jo. 14, 24. Jo. 14, 25. Jo 14, 26. Jo. 14, 27. Jo. 14, 28. Jo. 14, 29. Jo. 14, 30. Jo. 14, 31a. Lk. 22, 35. Lk. 22, 36. Lk. 22, 37. Lk. 22, 38. Jo. 14, 31b. Lk. 22, 39. Jo. 15, 1. Jo. 15, 2. Jo. 15, 3. Jo, 15, 4. Jo. 15, 5. Jo. 15, 6. Jo. 15, 7. Jo. 15, 8. Jo. 15, 9. Jo. 15, 10. Jo. 15, 11. Jo. 15, 12. Jo. 15, 13. Jo. 15, 14. Jo. 15, 15. 115 46 his lord doeth: my friends have I now called you; for everything that I he ard from 32 my Father I have made known unto you. Ye did not choose(1) me, but I chose I you, and appointed you, that ye also should go and bear fruit, and th at your fruit should(2) 33 abide; and that all that ye shall ask my Father in m y name, he may(2) give you. This 34 I command(3) you, that ye love one another. And if the world hate you, know that 35 before you it hated me. If then ye wer e of the world, the world would love its own: but ye are not of the world: I ch ose you out of the world: therefore the world 36 Arabic, hateth you. Remember t he word that I said unto you, that no servant is p. 176 greater than his lord. And if they persecuted(4) me, you also will they 37 persecute;(4) and if they k ept my word, your word also will they keep. But all these things will they do u nto you for my name's sake, for they have not known(5) him 38 that sent me. And if I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: 39 but now they have no excuse for their sins. Whosoever hateth me, also hateth my 40 Father. A nd if I had not done the deeds before them that no other man did, they would no t have had sin: but now they have seen and hated me and my Father 41 also: that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me for 42 n othing. But when the Paraclete is come, whom I will send unto you from my Fathe r, even the Spirit of truth, which goeth forth from my Father, he shall bear wi tness of 43 me: and ye also bear witness, because from the beginning ye have be en with me. 44, 45 I have said that unto you, that ye may not stumble.(6) And they shall put you out of their synagogues: and there cometh an(7) hour when every one tha t killeth 46 you shall think that he hath offered unto God an offering. And the y will do that, 47 because they do not know me, nor my Father. I have said that unto you, so that 48 when its time is come, ye may remember it, that I told yo u. And this hitherto I said not unto you, because I was with you. But(8) now I go unto him that sent me; and no 49 man of you asketh me whither I go. I have s aid that unto you now, and grief hath 50 come and taken possession of your hems . But I say the truth unto you; It is better(9) for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Paraclete will not come unto you; 51 Arabic, but if I go awa y, I will send him unto you. And when he cometh, he p. 177 will reprove the wor ld for sin, and for righteousness, and for judgement: 52, 53 for sin, because t hey have not believed in me; and for righteousness, because I go 54 to my Fathe r; and for judgement, because(10) the Archon of this world hath been 55 judged. And further have I many things to speak unto you, but ye cannot tarry(11) 56 n ow. Howbeit(12) when the Spirit of truth is come, he will remind(13) you of all the truth: he will say nothing from himself; but everything that he heareth, t hat shall 57 he say: and he shall make known unto you the things that are to be . And he shall 58 glorify me; for from me shall he take and shew you. All that my Father hath is mine: therefore said I unto you, that he taketh(14) of mine, and shall shew(14) you. Jo. 15, 16. Jo. 15, 17. Jo. 15. 18. Jo. 15, 19. Jo. 15, 20. Jo. 15, 21. Jo. 15, 22. Jo. 15, 23. Jo. 15, 24. Jo. 15, 25. Jo. 15, 26. Jo. 15, 27. Jo. 16, 1 Jo. 16, 2. Jo. 16, 3. Jo. 16, 4. Jo. 16, 5.8 Jo. 16, 6. Jo. 16, 7. Jo. 16, 8. Jo. 16, 9 Jo. 16, 10. Jo. 16, 11. Jo. 16, 12. Jo. 16, 13. Jo. 16, 14. Jo. 16, 15. SECTION XLVII. 47 1 A little while, and ye shall not behold me; and a little while again, an d ye shall 2 behold me; because I go to the Father. His disciples therefore sai d one to another, What is this that he hath said unto us, A little while, and y e shall not behold me; and a little while again, and ye shall behold me: and, I go to my Father? And they said, What is this little while that he hath said? W e know not what he speaketh. And Jesus perceived that they were seeking to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said unto you, A little while, and ye behold me not, and a little while again, and ye shall behold me? Verily, verily,(15) I say unto you, that ye shall weep and grieve, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your g rief shall turn(16) to joy. Jo. 16, 16. Jo. 16, 17. Jo. 16, 18. Jo. 16, 19. Jo. 16, 20. 116 47 6 For, a woman when the time is come for her that she should bring forth, th e arrival of the day of her bringing forth distresseth her: but whenever she ha th brought forth a son, she remembereth not her distress, for joy at the birth of a man into the 7 world. And ye now also grieve: but I shall see you, and you r hearts shall rejoice, 8 Arabic, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in t hat day ye shall ask me p. 178 nothing. And verily, verily,[1] I say unto you, All that ye ask my Father 9 in my name, he will give you. Hitherto ye have aske d nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete. 10 I have spoken unto you now in aenigmas:[2] but there will come an hour whe n a I shall not speak to you in aenigmas,[2] but shall reveal unto you the Fath er plainly, 11 in that day when[4] ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I shall 12 entreat the Father for you; for the Father loveth you, bec ause ye have loved me, 13 and have believed that I came forth from my Father. I came forth from my Father, and came into the world: and I leave the world, and go unto my Father. 14 His disciples said unto him, Lo, thy speech is now plain , and thou hast not said one 15 thing in an aenigma. Now, lo, we know that thou knowest everything, and needest not that any man should ask thee: and by this we believe that thou camest forth 16, 17 from God. Jesus said unto them, Believ e that an hour cometh, and lo, it hath come, and ye shall be scattered, every o ne of you to his place, and shall leave me 18 alone: and yet I am not alone, be cause the Father is with me. This have I said unto you, that in me ye may have peace. And in the world trouble shall overtake you: but be of good courage; for I have overcome the world. 19 This said Jesus, and lifted up his eyes unto heaven, and said, My Father, the hour 20 is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son may glorify thee: as thou ga vest him authority over all flesh, that all that thou hast given him, he might give them[5] eternal life. And this is eternal life, that they should[6] know t hat thou alone art true God, and that he 22 Arabic, whom thou didst send is Jes us the Messiah.[7] I glorified thee in the earth, 23 P. 179 and the work which thou gavest me to do I have accomplished. And now glorify thou me, O Father, be side thee, with that glory which I had with thee 24 before the world was. I mad e known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they we re, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept 25, 26 thy word. Now they[8] know that all that thou hast given me is from thee: and the sayings which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. 27 And I ask for their sake: and my asking is not for the world, but for those whom 28 thou hast given me; for they are thine: and all that is mine is thine, and all that is 29 thine is mine: and I am glorified in them. And now I am not in the world , and they are in the world, and I come to thee. My[9] holy Father, keep them i n thy 30 name which[10] thou hast given unto me, that they may be one, as we ar e. When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: and I kept those whom thou gavest unto me: and no man of them hath perished, but the son of per dition; that 31 the scripture might be fulfilled. Now I come to thee: and this I say in the world, 32 that my joy may be complete in them. I have given them t hy word; and the world 33 hated them, because they were not of the world, as I was not of the world. And I ask not this, that thou take them from the world, b ut that thou keep them from the 34, 35 evil one. They were not of the world, as I was not of the world. O Father, sanctify 36 them in thy truth: for thy word is truth. And as thou didst send me into the world, I 37 Arabic, also send them into the world. And for their sake I sanctify myself, that they 38 P. 180 also may be sanctified in the truth. Neither for these alone do I ask, but for 39 t he sake of them that believe in me through their word; that they may be all one ; Jo. 16, 21. Jo. 16, 22. Jo. 16, 23. Jo. 16, 24. Jo. 16, 25. Jo. 16, 26. Jo. 16, 27. Jo. 16, 28. Jo. 16, 29. Jo. 16, 30. Jo. 16, 31. Jo. 16, 32. Jo. 16, 33. Jo. 17 ,1. Jo. 17, 2. Jo. 17, 3. Jo. 17, 4. Jo. 17, 5. Jo. 17, 6. Jo. 17, 7. Jo. 17, 8. Jo. 17, 9. Jo. 17, 10. Jo. 17, 11. Jo. 17, 12. Jo. 17, 13. Jo. 17, 14. Jo. 17, 15. Jo. 17, 16. Jo. 17, 17. Jo. 17, 18. Jo. 17, 19. Jo. 17. 20. Jo. 17, 21. 117 47 as thou art in me, and I in thee, and so they also shall be one in us: tha t the world 40 may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory which thou ha st given unto 41 me I have given unto them; that they may be one, as we are one ; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfect into[1] one; and that the world may know that 42 thou didst send me, and that I[2] loved them, as thou l ovedst me. Father, and those whom thou hast given me, I wish that, where I am, they may be with me also; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before 43 the foundation[3] of the world. My righteous Father,[4] and the world knew thee not, 44 but I know thee; and they knew that thou didst send me; and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known to them; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I shall[5 ] be in them. Jo. 17, 22. Jo. 17, 23. Jo. 17, 24 Jo. 17, 25. Jo. 17, 26. SECTION XLVIII. 48 1 This said Jesus, and went forth with his disciples to a place which was called Gethsemane,[6] on[7] the side that is in the plain[8] of Kidron, the mou ntain,[9] the place 2 in which was a garden; and he entered thither, he and his disciples. And Judas the 3 betrayer knew that place: for Jesus oft-times met w ith his disciples there. And when Jesus came to the place, he said to his disci ples, Sit ye here, so that I may go and pray; 4, 5 Arabic, and pray ye, that ye enter not into temptations. And he took with him p. 181 Cephas and the sons of Zebedee together, James and John; and he began to 6 look sorrowful, and to be anxious. And he said unto them, My soul is distressed unto 7 death: abide ye he re, and watch with me. And he withdrew from them a little, 8 the space of a sto ne's throw; and he kneeled,[10] and fell on his face, and prayed, so 9 that, if it were possible, this hour might pass[11] him. And he said, Father, thou art able for all things; if thou wilt, let this cup pass me: but let not my will be done, 10 but let thy will be done. And he came to his disciples, and found the m sleeping; 11 and he said unto Cephas, Simon, didst thou sleep? Could ye thus not for one hour 12 watch with me? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into tempt ations: the spirit is 13 willing and ready, but the body is weak.[12] And he we nt again a second time, and prayed, and said, My Father, if it is not possible with regard to[13] this cup that it pass, 14 except I drink it, thy will be don e. And he returned again, and found his disciples sleeping, for their eyes were heavy from their grief and anxiety; and they knew not 15 what to say to him. A nd he left them, and went away again, and prayed a third 16 time, and said the very same word. And there appeared unto him an angel from 17 heaven, encouragin g him. And being afraid[14] he prayed continuously:[15] and his sweat[16] Arabi c, became like a stream of blood, and fell on the ground. Then he rose from 19 p. 182 his prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them sleeping. And he 2 0 said unto them, Sleep now, and rest: the end hath arrived,[16] and the hour h ath come; 21 and behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Arise, let us go:[17] for he hath come that betrayeth me. 22 And while he was still speaking, came Judas the betrayer, one of the twelv e, and with him a great multitude carrying lanterns and torches[18] and swords and staves, from the chief priests and scribes and eiders of the people, and wi th him the foot- 23 soldiers of the Romans.[19] And Judas the betrayer gave the m a sign, and said, He whom I shall kiss, he is he: take him with care,[20] and lead him away.[21] Jo. 18, 1. Jo. 18, 2. Lk. 22, 40a. Mt. 26, 36b. Lk. 22, 40b. Mt. 26, 37. Mt. 26, 38. Lk. 22, 41a. Mk. 14, 35b. Mk. 14, 36a. Lk. 22, 42b. Mt. 26, 40a. Mk. 14, 37b. Mt. 26, 40b. Mt. 26, 41a. Mt. 14, 38b. Mt. 26, 42. Mk. 14, 40. Mt. 26, 44. Lk. 22, 43. Lk. 22, 44. Lk. 22, 45a. Lk. 22, 46. Mt. 26, 45b. Mk. 14, 41b. Mt. 26, 46b. Mt. 26, 46b. Mt. 26, 47. Mt. 26, 48. Mk. 14, 44b. 118 48 24 And Jesus, because he knew everything that should come upon him, went f orth 25 unto them. And immediately Judas the betrayer came to Jesus, and said, Peace, 26 my Master; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, Judas, with a kis s betrayest 27 thou the Son of man? Was it for that thou camest, my friend? And Jesus said 28 to those that came unto him, Whom seek ye? They said unto him, J esus the Nazarene. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And Judas the betrayer also w as standing 29 with them. And when Jesus said unto them, I am he, they retreate d backward, and 30 fell to the ground. And Jesus asked them again, Whom seek ye ? They answered, 31 Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said unto them, I told you that I am he: and if ye seek 32 me, let these go away: that the word might be fulfill ed which he spake, Of those 33 Arabic whom thou hast given me I lost not even o ne. Then came those that were p. 183 with Judas, and seized Jesus, and took him . 34 And when his disciples saw what happened, they said, Our Lord, shall we sm ite 35 them with swords? And Simon Cephas had a sword, and he drew it, and stru ck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of that ser- 36 vant was Malchus. Jesus said unto Cephas, The cup which my Father hath given 37 me, shall I not drink it? Put the sword into its sheath: for all that take with[1] the 38 sword shall die by the sword. Thinkest[2] thou that I am not able to ask of my 39 Father, and he shall now raise up for me more than[ 3] twelve tribes of angels? Then 40 how should the scriptures which were spoken be fulfilled, that thus it must be? Your 41 leave in this.[4] And he touched t he ear of him that was struck, and healed it. And in that hour Jesus said to th e multitudes, As they come out against a thief are ye come out against me with swords and staves to take me? Daily was I with you in 42 the temple sitting tea ching, and ye took me not: but this is your hour, and the power 43 of darkness. And that was, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. 44 Then the disciples all left him, and fled. And the footsoldiers and the officers 45 and the soldiers[5] of the Jews seized Jesus, and came. And a certain[6] young man 46 followed him, and he was wrapped in a towel, naked: and they seized him; so he 47 Arabic, left the towel, and fled naked. Then they took Jesus, and bou nd him, and p. 184 brought him to Annas first; because he was the father in law of Caiaphas, 48 who was chief priest that year. And Caiaphas was he that couns elled the Jews, that it was necessary that one man should die instead of the pe ople. 49 And Simon Cephas and one of the other disciples followed Jesus. And the ch ief 50 priest knew that disciple, and he entered with Jesus into the court; but Simon was standing without at the door. And that other disciple, whom the chie f priest knew, 51 went out and spake unto her that kept the door, and she broug ht Simon in. And when the maid that kept the door saw Simon, she looked stedfas tly at him, and said unto him, Art not thou also one of the disciples of this m an, I mean Jesus the 52 Nazarene? But he denied, and said, Woman, I know him no t, neither know I even 53 what thou sayest. And the servants and the soldiers r ose, and made a fire in the 54 middle of the court, that they might warm themse lves; for it was cold. And when 55 the fire burned up, they sat down around it. And Simon also came, and sat down with them to warm himself, that he might see the end of what should happen. Jo. 18, 4a. Mt. 26, 49. Mt. 26, 50a. Lk. 22, 48b. Mt. 26, 50b. Lk. 22, 52a, c. Jo. 18, 5. Jo. 18, 6. Jo. 18, 7. Jo. 18, 8. Jo. 18, 9. Mt. 26, 50c. Lk. 22, 49. Jo. 18, 10. Jo. 18, 11a. Jo. 18, 11c. Mt. 26, 53. Mt. 26, 54. Lk. 22, 51b. Mt. 26, 55. Lk. 22, 53b. Mt. 26, 56. Jo. 18, 12a. Mk. 14, 51. Mk. 14, 52. Jo. 18, 12b. Jo, 18, 13. Jo. 18, 14. Jo. 18, 15. Jo. 18, 16. Jo. 18, 17a. Lk. 22, 57. Mk. 14, 68b. Jo. 18, 18a. Lk. 22, 55a. Jo. 18, 18c. Mt. 26, 58b. SECTION XLIX. 49 1, 2 And the chief priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his d octrine.[7] And Jesus said unto him, I was speaking[8] openly to the people; an d I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews gather; and I have spoken nothing in 3 Arabic, secret. Why askest thou me? ask those t hat have heard, what I spake unto 4 p. 185 them: for they know all that I said. And when he had said that, one of the soldiers which were standing there struc k the cheek[9] of Jesus, and said unto him, Jo. 18, 19. Jo. 18, 20. Jo. 18, 21. Jo. 18, 22. 119 49 5 Dost thou thus answer the chief priest? Jesus answered and said unto him, If I 6 have spoken evil, bear witness of evil:[1] but if well, why didst thou s mite me? And Annas sent Jesus bound unto Caiaphas the chief priest. 7 And when Jesus went out, Simon Cephas was standing in the outer court warm- 8 ing himself. And that maid saw him again, and began to say to those that sto od 9 by, This man also was there with Jesus the Nazarene. And those that stood by 10 came forward and said to Cephas, Truly thou art one of his disciples. And he 11 denied again with an oath, I know not the man. And after a little one of the servants of the chief priest, the kinsman of him whose ear Simon cut off, saw him; and 12 he disputed[2] and said, Truly this matt was with him: and he a lso is a Galilaean; 13 and his speech resembles.[3] And he said unto Simon, Did not I see thee with him 14 in the garden? Then began Simon to curse,[4] and to swear, I know not this man 15 whom ye have mentioned. And immediately, while h e was speaking, the cock crew 16 twice. And in that hour Jesus turned, he being without, and looked stedfastly at Cephas. And Simon remembered the word of our Lord, which he said unto him, 17, 18 Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt de ny me thrice. And Simon went forth without, and wept bitterly. 19 Arabic, And when the morning approached, the servants of all the chief p riests p. 186 and the scribes and the elders of the people and all the multitud e assembled, 20, 21 and made a plot; and they took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. And they sought false witnesses who should witness against him, that they might put him to 22, 23 death, and they found not; but many false wit nesses came, but their witness did not 24, 25 agree. But at last there came two lying witnesses, and said, We heard him say, I will destroy this[5] temple of God that is made with hands, and will build another not 26, 27 made with hands after three days. And not even so did their witness agree. But Jesus was silent . And the chief priest rose in the midst, and asked Jesus, and said, 28 Answere st thou not a word concerning anything? what do these[6] witness against 29, 30 thee? But Jesus was silent, and answered him nothing. And they took him up 31 into their assembly,[7] and said unto him, If thou art the Messiah, tell us. He said 32 unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe me: and if I ask you, ye will not answer 33 me a word, nor let me go. And the chief priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the 34, 35 Son of the living God. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said that I am he. They all said unto him, Then thou art now the Son of God? Jesus said, Ye have said 36 that I am he. I say unto you, that henceforth ye shall see the Son of m an sitting 37 Arabic, at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of h eaven. Then the 38 p. 187 chief priest rent his tunic,[8] and said, He hath bla sphemed. And they all said, Why should we seek now witnesses? we have heard now the blasphemy from his mouth. 39, 40 What then think ye? They all answered and said, He is worthy of death. Then some of them drew near, and spat in his face , and struck him, and scoffed at him. 41 And the soldiers struck him on his che eks,[9] and said, Prophesy unto us, thou Mes- 42 siah: who is he that struck th ee? And many other things spake they falsely,[10] and said against him. 43 And all of their assembly arose,[11] and took Jesus, and brought him bound [12] to 44 the praetorium,[13] and delivered him up to Pilate the judge; but th ey entered not into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled when they sh ould eat the passover. 45 And Jesus stood before the judge. And Pilate went for th unto them without, and 46 said unto them, What accusation[14] have ye agains t this man? They answered and said unto him, If he had not been doing evils, neither should we have delivered 47 him up unto thee. We found this man leading our people astray, and restrain ing from giving tribute to Caesar, and saying of himself that he is the King, t he Messiah. 48 Pilate said unto them, Then take ye him, and judge him according to your law. Jo. 18, 23. Jo. 18, 24. Jo. 18, 25a. Mk. 14, 69a. Mt. 26, 71b. Mt. 26, 73b. Lk. 22, 58a. Lk. 22, 58a. Jo. 18, 26a. Lk. 22, 59b. Mt. 26, 73c. Lk. 22, 60b. Lk. 22, 61a. Mk. 14, 30b, c. Lk. 22, 62. Lk. 22, 66a. Mt. 27, 1b. Mt. 26, 59b. Mt. 26, 60a. Mk. 14, 59. Mt. 26, 60b Mk. 14, 57b. Mk. 14, 59. Mt. 26, 63a. Mk. 14, 60a. Mk. 14, 60a. Mt. 26, 62b. Mk. 14, 61a. Lk. 22, 66b. Lk. 22, 67. Lk. 22, 68. Mt. 26, 63b. Mt. 26, 64a. Lk. 22, 70. Mt. 26, 64b. Mk. 14, 63a. Mt. 26, 65b. Lk. 22, 71. Mk. 14, 64b. Mt. 26, 66. Mk. 14, 65a. Lk. 22, 63b. Mk. 14, 65c. Lk. 22. 65. Jo. 18, 28. Mk. 15, 1b. Jo. 18, 28c. Mt. 27, 11a. Jo. 18, 29. Jo. 18, 30. Lk. 23, 2b. Jo. 18, 31. 120 49 Arabic, The Jews said unto him, We have no authority to put a man to death : 49 p. 188 that the word might be fulfilled, which Jesus spake, when he made k nown by what manner of death he was to die. 50 And Pilate entered into the prae torium, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art St thou the King of the Jews? Jesus said unto him, Of thyself saidst thou this, or 52 did others tell it thee concerning me? Pilate said unto him, Am I, forsooth,[1] a Jew? The sons of thy nation[2] and the chief priests delivered thee unto me: what 53 hast thou done ? Jesus said unto him, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of t his world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be 54 delivered to t he Jews: now my kingdom is not from hence. Pilate said unto him, Then thou art a king? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said that I am a king. And for this was I born, and for this came I into the world, that I should bear witness 55 of th e truth. And every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate said unto him, And what is the truth? And when he said that, he went out again unto the J ews. Jo. 18, 32. Jo. 18, 33. Jo. 18, 34. Jo. 18, 35. Jo. 18, 36. Jo. 18, 37. Jo. 18, 38a. SECTION L. 50 1 And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitude, I have not fou nd 2 against this man anything. But they cried out and said, He hath disquieted [3] our people with his teaching in all Judaea, and he began[4] from Galilee an d unto this 3 place. And Pilate, when he heard the name of Galilee, asked, Is t his man a Gali- 4 laean? And when he learned that he was under the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him to Herod: for he was in Jerusalem in those days. 5 And Herod, when he saw Jesus, rejoiced exceedingly: for he had desired to s ee him for a long time, because he had heard regarding him many things; and he counted on[5] 6 Arabic, seeing some sign from him. And he questioned him with m any words; but 7 p. 189 Jesus answered him not a word. And the scribes and chie f priests were 8 standing by, and they accused him vehemently. And Herod scoffe d at him, he and his servants; and when he had scoffed at him, he clothed him i n robes of scarlet, 9 and sent him to Pilate. And on that day Pilate and Herod became friends, there having been[6] enmity between them before that. 10, 11 And Pilate called the chief priests and the rulers of the people, and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as the perverter of your people: a nd I have tried him before you, and have not found in this man any cause[7] of all that ye 12 seek[8] against him: nor yet Herod: for I sent him unto him; and he hath done 13 nothing for which he should deserve death. So now I will chast ise him, and let 14, 15 him go. The multitude all cried out and said, Take him from us, take him. And 16 the chief priests and the eiders accused him of many things. And during their 17 accusation he answered not a word. Then Pilate said unto him, Hearest thou not 18 how many things they witness against thee? And h e answered him not, not even one word: and Pilate marvelled at that. 19 And whe n the judge sat on his tribune, his wife sent unto him, and said unto him, See that thou have nothing to do with that righteous man: for I have suffered much in my dream[9] to-day because of him. 20 And at every feast the custom of the judge was to release to the people on e 21 prisoner, him whom they would. And there was in their prison a well-known pris- 22, 23 oner, called Barabbas. And when they assembled, Pilate said unto t hem, Ye have a custom, that I should release unto you a prisoner at the passove r: will ye that I 24 release unto you the King of the Jews? And they all cried out and said, Release not Arabic, unto us this man, but release unto us Barabba s. And this Barabbas was a 25 p. 190 robber, who for sedition[10] and murder, w hich was in the city, was cast into the Lk. 23, 4. Lk. 23, 5. Lk. 23, 6. Lk. 23, 7. Lk. 23, 8. Lk. 23, 9. Lk. 23, 10. Lk. 23, 11. Lk. 23, 12. Lk. 23, 13. Lk. 23, 14. Lk. 23, 15. Lk. 23, 16. Lk. 23, 18a. Mk. 15, 3a. Mt. 27, 12. Mt. 27, 13. Mt. 27, 14. Mt. 27, 19. Mt. 27, 15. Mt. 27, 16. Mt. 27, 17a. Jo. 18, 39. Jo. 18, 40. Lk. 23, 19. 121 50 26 prison. And all the people cried out and began to ask him to do as the cu stom was 27 that he should do with them. And Pilate answered and said unto them , Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called the Messiah, the 28 King of the Jews? For Pilate knew that envy had moved them to deliver him up. 29 And the chief priests and the elders asked the multitudes to deliver Barabbas, and 30 to destroy Jesus. The judge answered and said unto th em, Whom of the two will 31 ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pi late said unto them, And 32 Jesus which is called the Messiah, what shall I do with him? They all cried out 33 and said, Crucify him. And Pilate spake to them again, for he desired to release 34 Jesus; but they cried out and said, Crucif y him, crucify him, and release unto us 35 Barabbas. And Pilate said unto them a third time, What evil hath this man done? I have not found in him any cause(1 ) to necessitate death: I will chastise him and 36 let him go. But they increas ed in importunity(2) with a loud voice, and asked him to crucify him. And their voice, and the voice of the chief priests, prevailed. 37 Then Pilate released unto them that one who was cast into prison for sedition and murder, Barabbas, whom they asked for: and he scourged Jesus with whips.(3) 38 Then the footsoldi ers of the judge took Jesus, and went into the praetorium, and 39 Arabic, gathe red unto him all of the footsoldiers. And they stripped him, and put on 40 p. 1 91 him a scarlet cloak. And they clothed him in garments of purple, and plaited a crown of thorns, and placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; an d while they mocked at him and laughed, they fell down on their knees before hi m, and bowed 42 down to(4) him, and said, Hail,(5) King of the Jews! And they s pat in his face, and took the reed from his hand, and struck him on his head, a nd smote his cheeks. 43 And Pilate went forth without again, and said unto the Jews, I bring him forth to 44 you, that ye may know that I do not find, in exam ining(6) him, even one crime.(7) And Jesus went forth without, wearing the crow n of thorns and the purple garments. 45 Pilate said unto them, Behold, the man! And when the chief priests and the soldiers(8) saw him, they cried out and sai d, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Take him yourselves, and cr ucify him: for I find not a cause(9) against 46 him. The Jews said unto him, We have a law, and according to our law he deserves 47 death, because he made him self the Son of God. And when Pilate heard this word, his fear increased; and h e entered again into the porch, and said to Jesus, Whence 49 art thou? But Jesu s answered him not a word. Pilate said unto him, Speakest(10) thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have authority to release thee, and have 50 authority to crucify thee? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast not any(11) authority over me, if thou wert not given it from above: therefore the sin of him that delivered 51 me up unto thee is greater than thy sin. And for this word Pilate wished to release him: but the Jews cried out, If thou let him go, thou art not a friend of Caesar: for every one that maketh himself a king is against Caesar. Mk. 15, 8. Mk. 15, 9a. Mt. 27, 17b. Mt. 27, 18. Mt. 27, 20. Mt. 27, 21. Mt. 27, 22a. Mk. 15, 13. Mt. 27, 21. Lk. 23, 20. Lk. 23, 21. Lk. 23, 22. Lk. 23, 23. Mk. 15, 15a. Lk. 23, 25a. Mt. 27, 26b. Mt. 27, 27. Mt. 27, 28. Jo. 19, 2. Mt. 27, 29b. Mt. 27, 30. Jo. 19, 3b. Jo. 19, 4. Jo. 19, 5. Jo. 19, 6. Jo. 19, 7. Jo. 19, 8. Jo. 19, 9. Jo. 19, 10. Jo. 19, 11. Jo. 19, 12. SECTION LI. 51 1 Arabic, And when Pilate heard this saying, he took Jesus out, and sat on the p. 192 tribune in the place which was called the pavement of stones, but in the He- 2 brew called Gabbatha. And that day was the Friday of the passover : and it had reached 3 about the sixth hour.(12) And he said to the Jews, Behol d, your King! And they cried out, Take him, take him, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests said unto him, We have no king except 4 Caesar. And Pilate, when he saw it, and(13) he wa s gaining nothing, but the tumult Jo. 19, 13. Jo. 19, 14. Jo. 19, 15. Mt. 27, 24 122 51 was increasing, took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and s aid, I 5 am innocent of the blood of this innocent man: ye shall know.(1) And a ll the people 6 answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. The n Pilate commanded to grant them their request; and delivered up Jesus to be cr ucified, according to their wish. 7 Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw Jesus wronged, went and returned the 8 thirty pieces of money to the chief priests and the eiders, and said, I have s inned in my betraying innocent blood. And they said unto him, And we, what must we do? 9 know thou. And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed; a nd he 10 went away(2) and hanged(3) himself. And the chief priests took the mon ey, and said, We have not authority to cast it into the place of the offering,( 4) for it is the price 11 of blood. And they took counsel, and bought with it the plain of the potter, for 12 the burial of strangers. Therefore that plain w as called, The field of blood, unto 13 Arabic, this day. Therein(5) was fulfill ed the saying in the prophet which said, I p. 193 took thirty pieces of money, the price of the precious one, which was fixed 14 by the children of Israel; an d I paid them for the plain of the potter, as the Lord commanded me. 15 And the Jews took Jesus, and went away to crucify him. And when he bare hi s 16 cross and went out, they stripped him of those purple and scarlet garments which he 17 had on, and put on him his own garments. And while they were going with him, they found a man, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, named Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus: and they compelled this man to bear the cros s of Jesus. 18 And they took the cross and laid it upon him, that he might bear it, and come after Jesus; and Jesus went, and his cross behind him. 19 And there followed him much people, and women which were lamenting and 20 raving.(6) But Jesus turned unto them and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep no t 21 for me: weep for yourselves, and for your children. Days are coming, when they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the womb's that bare not, and the b reasts 22 that gave not suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fa ll on us; and 23 to the hills, Cover us. For if they do so in the green tree,(7 ) what shall be in the dry? 24 And they brought with Jesus two others of the malefactors,(8) to be put to death. 25 And when they came unto a certain place called The skull, and called in th e Hebrew Golgotha, they crucified him there: they crucified with him these two 26 malefactors, one on his right, and the other on his left. And the scripture was 27 Arabic, fulfilled, which saith, He was numbered with the transgressors. And they p. 194 gave him to drink wine and myrrh, and vinegar which had been mi xed with the myrrh; and he tasted, and would not drink; and he received it not. 28 And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and ca st lots for them in four parts, to every party of the soldiers a part; and his tunic was 29 without sewing, from the top woven throughout. And they said one t o another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: and the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, They divided my garments among them, And cast the lot for my vesture. 30, 31 This the soldiers did. And they sat and guarded him there. And Pilate wr ote on a tablet the cause of his death, and put it on the wood of the cross abo ve his head.(9) And there was written upon it thus: THIS IS JESUS THE NAZARENE THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE 32 Jews. And this tablet(10) read many of the Jew s: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was writte n in Hebrew and Greek and Latin. 33 And the chief priests said unto Pilate, Wri te not, The King of the Jews; but, He it is 34 that(11) said, I am the King of the Jews. Pilate said unto them, What hath been 35 written hath been written.(1 2) And the people were standing beholding; and they Mt. 27, 25. Jo. 19, 16a. Mt. 27, 3. Mt. 27, 4. Mt. 27, 5. Mt. 27, 6. Mt. 27, 7. Mt. 27, 8. Mt. 27, 9. Mt. 27, 10. Jo. 19, 16b. Mk. 15, 20b. Jo. 19, 17a. Mt. 27, 31b. Mt. 27, 32a. Mk. 15, 21b. Mt. 27, 32b. Lk. 23, 26b. Lk. 23, 27. Lk. 23, 28. Lk. 23, 29. Lk. 23, 30. Lk. 23, 31. Lk. 23, 32. Lk. 23, 33a. Jo. 19, 17c. Lk. 23, 33b. Mk. 15, 28. Mk. 15, 23a. Mt. 27, 34b. Mk. 15, 23b. Jo. 19, 23. Jo. 19, 24. Mt. 27, 36. Jo. 19, 19. Jo. 19, 20. Jo. 19, 21. Jo. 19, 22. Lk. 23, 35a. Mt. 27, 39. 123 51 36 that passed by were reviling(1) him, and shaking(2) their heads, and sayi ng, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thysel f if thou art the Son 37 of God, and come down from the cross. And in like mann er the chief priests and the Arabic, scribes and the elders and the Pharisees derided him, and laughed one with 38, 39 p. 195 another, and said, The saviour of others cannot save himself. If he is the Messiah, the chosen of God, and the King of Israel,(3) let him come down now from the 40 cross, that we may see, a nd believe in him. He that relieth on God--let him deliver him 41 now, if he is pleased with him: for he said, I am the Son of God. And the soldiers 42 also s coffed at him in that they came near unto him, and brought him vinegar, and 43 said unto him, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself. And likewise the two robbers(4) also that were crucified with him reproached him. 44 And one of those two malefactors who were crucified with him reviled him, and 45 said, If thou art the Messiah, save thyself, and save us also. But his comrade rebuked him, and said, Dost thou not even fear God, being thyself also in this 46 conde mnation? And we with justice, and as we deserved, and according to our deed,(5) have we been rewarded: but this man hath not done anything unlawful. 47 And he said unto Jesus, Remember me, my Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. 48 Jes us said unto him, Verily(6) I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Pa radise. 49 And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's s ister,(7) 50 Mary(8) that was related to Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved standing by; and he said to hi s mother, 51 Woman, behold, thy son! And he said to that disciple, Behold, thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto himself. 52 Arabic, And from the sixth hour(9) darkness was on all the land unto the ninth 53 p. 196 hour,(9) and the sun became dark. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and said, Yail, Yaili,(10) why hast thou forsaken me? which(11) is, My 54 God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of th ose that stood there, when they heard, said,(12) This man called Elijah. Mt. 27, 40a. Mk. 15, 29. Mt. 27, 40c. Mt. 27, 41. Mt. 27, 42a. Lk. 23, 35c. Mt. 27, 42c. Mt. 27, 43. Lk. 23, 36. Lk. 23, 37. Mt. 27, 44. Lk. 23, 39. Lk. 23, 40. Lk. 23, 41. Lk. 23, 42. Lk. 23, 43. Jo. 19, 25. Jo. 19, 26. Jo. 19, 27. Mt. 27, 45a. Lk. 23, 44b. Lk. 23, 45a. Mk. 15, 34. Mt. 27, 47. SECTION LII. 52 1 And after that, Jesus knew that all things were finished; and that the s cripture 2 might be accomplished, he said, I thirst. And there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and in that hour one of them hasted, and took a sponge, and f illed it with that 3 vinegar, and fastened it on a reed, and brought it near(13 ) his mouth to give him a 4 drink. And when Jesus had taken that vinegar, he sa id, Everything is finished. 5 But the rest said, Let be, that we may(14) see wh ether Elijah cometh to save him. 6, 7 And Jesus said, My Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and sa id, My Father, into thy hands I commend(15) my spirit. He said that, and bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. 8 And immediately the face of(16) the door of the temple was rent into two parts from 9 top to bottom; and the earth was sha ken; and the stones were split to pieces; and the Arabic, tombs were opened; a nd the bodies of many saints which slept, arose and 10 p. 197 came forth; and a fter his resurrection they entered into the holy city and 11 appeared unto many . And the officer of the footsoldiers, and they that were with him who were gua rding Jesus,(17) when they saw the earthquake, and the things which came 12 to pass, feared greatly, and praised God, and said, This man was righteous; and, 1 3 Truly he was the Son of God. And all the multitudes that were come together t o the sight, when they saw what came to pass, returned and smote upon their bre asts. Jo. 19, 28. Jo. 19, 29a. Mt. 27, 48. Mk. 15, 36b. Jo. 19, 30a. Mt. 27, 49. Lk. 23, 34. Jo. 19, 30b. Mt. 27, 51. Mt. 27, 52. Mt. 27, 53. Mt. 27, 54. Lk. 23, 47b. Mt. 27, 54b. Lk. 23, 48. 124 52 14 And the Jews, because of the Friday, said, Let these bodies not remain o n their crosses,(1) because it is the morning of the sabbath (for that sabbath was a great day); and they asked of Pilate that they might break the legs of th ose that were 15 crucified, and take them down. And the soldiers came, and brak e the legs of the 16 first, and that other which was crucified with him: but wh en they came to Jesus, 17 they saw that he had died before, so they brake not h is legs: but one of the soldiers pierced(2) him in his side with a spear, and i mmediately there came forth blood and 18 water. And he that hath seen hath born e witness, and his witness is true: and he 19 knoweth that he hath said the tru th, that ye also may believe. This he did, that 20 the scripture might be fulf iled, which saith, A bone shall not be broken in him; and the scripture also wh ich saith, Let them look upon him whom they pierced.(2) 21 And there were in the distance all the acquaintance of Jesus standing, and the women that came with him from Galilee, those that followed him and minister ed. 22 One of them was Mary Magdalene; and Mary the mother of James the little 23 and Arabic Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee, and Salome, and man y others p. 198 which came up with him unto Jerusalem; and they saw that. 24 And when the evening of the Friday was come, because of the entering of th e 25 sabbath, there came a rich man,(3) a noble(4) of Ramah,(5) a city of Jud ah,(6) named Joseph, and he was a good man and upright; and he was a(7) discipl e of Jesus, but 26 was concealing himself for fear of the Jews. And he did not agree with the accusers 27 in their desire and their deeds: and he was looking for the kingdom of God. And this man went boldly, and entered in unto Pilate, a nd asked of him the body of 28 Jesus. And Pilate wondered how he had died alrea dy: and he called the officer of 29 the footsoldiers, and asked him concerning his death before the time. And when 30 he knew, he commanded him to deliver up his body unto Joseph. And Joseph bought for him a winding cloth of pure linen, and took down the body of Jesus, 31 and wound it in they came and took it. And there came unto him Nicodemus also, who of old came unto Jesus by night; and he brought with him perfume(8) 32 of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. And they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in the linen and the perfume, as was the custom of the Jews to bury. 33 And there was in the place where Jesus was crucified a garden; and in that g arden 34 a new tomb cut out in a rock? wherein was never man yet laid. And they left 35 Jesus there because the sabbath had come in, and because the tomb was near. And they pushed (10) a great stone, and thrust n it against the door of t he sepulchre, and 36 went away. And Mary Magdalene and Mary that was related to Joses came to 37 Arabic the sepulchre after them,(12) and sat opposite the sep ulchre,(13) and saw the 38 p. 199 body, how they took it in and laid it there. And they returned, and ointment(14) and perfume,(15) and prepared(16) it, that they might come and anoint him. 39 And on the day which was the sabbath day th ey desisted according to the command. 40, 41 And the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered unto Pilate, and said unto him, Our lord, we remember that that misleader said, while he was alive, After three days 42 I rise. And now send beforehand and guard the tomb(17) unti l the third day,(18) lest his disciples come and steal him by night, and they w ill say unto the people that he 43 is risen from the dead: and the last error s hall be worse than the first. He said unto them, And have ye not guards?(19) go , and take precautions as ye know how. 44 And they went, and set guards at the tomb, and sealed that stone, with the guards. 45 And in the evening of the sabbath, which is the morning of the first day, and in 46 the dawning(20) while the darkness yet remained, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and other women to see the tomb. They brought with them the perfume which they had prepared, and said among themselves, Who is it that will Jo. 19, 31. Jo. 19, 32. Jo. 19, 33. Jo. 19, 34. Jo. 19, 35. Jo. 19, 36. Jo. 19, 37. Lk. 23, 49a. Mk. 15, 41b. Mt. 27, 56a. Mk. 15, 40b. Mt. 27, 56c. Mk. 15,40c,41c. Lk. 23, 49b. Mk. 15, 42. Lk. 23, 50. Jo. 19, 38b. Lk. 23, 51a. Lk. 23, 51c. Mk. 15, 43b. Mk. 15, 44. Mk. 15, 45a. Mt. 27, 58b. Mk. 15, 46a. Jo. 19, 38d. Jo. 19, 39. Jo. 19, 40. Jo. 19, 41. Jo. 19, 42. Mt. 27, 60b. Mk. 15, 47a. Lk. 23, 55b. Lk. 23, 56a. Mk. 16, 1b. Lk. 23, 56c. Mt. 27, 62. Mt. 27, 63. Mt. 27, 64. Mt. 27, 65. Mt. 27, 66. Mt. 28, 1a. Lk. 24, 1b. Mt. 28, 1b. Lk. 24, 1d. Mk. 16, 3. 125 52 48 remove for us the stone from the door of the tomb? for it was very great . And when they said thus, there occurred a great earthquake; and an angel cam e down 49 from heaven, and came and removed the stone from the door. And they c ame and found the stone removed from the sepulchre, and the angel sitting upon the 50 stone. And his appearance was as the lightning, and his raiment white as the 51 snow: and for fear of him the guards were troubled, and became as dead men. 52 And when he went away, the women entered into the sepulchre; and they f ound 53 Arabic not the body of Jesus. And they saw there a young man sitting o n 54 the p. 200 right, strayed in a white garment; and they were amazed.(1) And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear ye not: for I know that ye se ek Jesus the 55 Nazarene, who hath been crucified. He is not here; but he is ri sen, as he said. Come and see the place where our Lord lay. Mk. 16, 4b. Mt. 28, 2a. Lk. 24, 2. Mt. 28, 2b. Mt. 28, 3. Mt. 28, 4. Lk. 24, 3. Mk. 16, 5b. Mt. 28, 5. Mt. 28, 6. SECTION LIII.(2) 53 1 And while they marvelled at that, behold, two men standing above them, th eir 2 raiment shining: and they were seized with fright, and bowed down their f ace to 3 the earth: and they said unto them, Why seek ye the living one with th e dead? He is not here; he is risen: remember what he was speaking unto you whi le he was in 4 Galilee, and saying, The Son of man is to be delivered up into t he hands of sinners, 5 and to be crucified, and on the third day to rise. But g o in haste, and say to his disciples and to Cephas, He is risen from among the dead; and lo, he goeth before 6 you into Galilee; and there ye shall see him, where(3) he said unto you: lo, I have 7 told you. And they remembered his sayi ngs; and they departed in haste from the 8 tomb with joy and great fear, and ha stened and went; and perplexity and fear 9 encompassed them; and they told no m an anything, for they were afraid. And Mary hastened, and came to Simon Cephas, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said unto them, They have tak en our Lord from the sepulchre, and I 10 know not where they have laid him. And Simon went out, and that other disciple, 11 and came to the sepulchre. And the y hastened both together: and that disciple 12 outran(4) Simon, and came first to the sepulchre; and he looked down, and saw the 13 linen laid; but he went n ot in. And Simon came after him, and entered into the 14 Arabic, sepulchre, and saw the linen laid; and the scarf with which his head was bound was not with t he linen, but wrapped and laid aside in a certain place. 15 Then entered that d isciple which came first to the sepulchre, and saw, and believed. 16 And they knew not yet from the scriptures that the Messiah was to rise from among 17 th e dead. And those two disciples went to their place. 18 But Mary remained(5) at the tomb weeping: and while she wept, she looked 1 9 down into the tomb; and she saw two angels sitting in white raiment, one of t hem toward his pillow, and the other toward his feet, where the body of Jesus h ad been 20 laid. And they said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She said unto them, 21 They have taken my Lord, and I know not where they have left him. She said that, and turned behind her, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was 22 Jesus. Jesus said unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou ? And she supposed (6) him to be the gardener, and said, My lord, if thou hast taken him, 23 tell me where thou hast laid him, that I may go and take him Jesu s said unto her, Mary. She turned, and said unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which is, being 24 interpreted, Teacher. Jesus said unto her, Touch me not;(7) for I have not ascended yet unto my Father: go to my brethren, and say unto them, I a scend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. 25 And on the First-day on which he rose, he appeared first unto Mary Magdale ne, from whom he had cast out seven demons. Lk. 24, 4. Lk. 24, 5. Lk. 24, 6. Lk. 24, 7. Mt. 28, 7a. Mk. 16, 7b. Mt. 28, 7c. Lk. 24, 8. Mt. 28, 8a. Mk. 16, 8b. Jo. 20, 2. Jo. 20, 3. Jo. 20, 4. Jo. 20, 5. Jo. 20, 6. Jo. 20, 7. Jo. 20, 8. Jo. 20, 9. Jo. 20, 10. Jo. 20, 11. Jo. 20, 12. Jo. 20, 13. Jo. 20, 14. Jo. 20, 15. Jo. 20, 16. Jo. 20, 17. Mk. 16, 9. 126 53 26 And some of those guards(1) came to the city, and informed the chief pri ests of Arabic, all that had happened. And they assembled with the elders, and took p. 202 counsel; and they gave money, not a little, to the guards, and sai d unto them, Say ye, His disciples came and stole him by night, while we were s leeping. 29 And if the judge hear that, we will make a plea with him, and free you of bl ame. 30 And they, when they took the money, did according to what they taught t hem. And this word spread among the Jews unto this day. 31 And then came Mary Magdalene, and announced to the disciples that she had seen our Lord, and that he had said that unto her. 32 And while the first(2) women(3) were going in the way to inform(4) his dis ciples,(3) 33 Jesus met them, and said unto them, Peace unto you. And they came and took 34 hold of his feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, F ear not: but go and say to my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there they shall see 35 me. And those women returned, and told all that to the eleve n, and to the rest of the disciples; and to those that had been with him, for t hey were saddened and 36 weeping. And those were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, an d Mary the mother of James, and the rest who were with them: and they were thos e that told the apostles. 37 And they, when they heard them say that he was ali ve and had appeared unto them, 38 did not believe them: and these sayings were before their eyes as the sayings of madness. 39 Arabic, And after that, he ap peared to two of them, on that day, and while they p. 203 were going to the vil lage which was named Emmaus, and whose distance 40 from Jerusalem was sixty fur longs.(5) And they were talking the one of them with the 41 other of all the th ings which had happened. And during the time of their talking and 42 inquiring with one another, Jesus came and reached them, and walked with them. But 43 the ir eyes were veiled that they should not know him. And he said unto them, What are these sayings which ye address the one of you to the other, as ye walk and are 44 sad? One of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered and said unto him, Ar t thou perchance alone a stranger to Jerusalem, since thou knowest not what was in 45 it in these days? He said unto them, What was? They said unto him, Conce rning Jesus, he who was from Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, and powerful in 46 speech and deeds before God and before all the people: and the chief priest s and 47 the elders delivered him up to the sentence of(6) death, and crucified him. But we supposed that he was the one who was to deliver Israel. And since all(7) these 48 things happened there have passed three days. But certain women of us also 49 informed us that they had come to the sepulchre; and when they f ound not his body, they came and told us that they had seen there the angels, a nd they(8) said 50 concerning him that he was alive. And some of us also went t o the sepulchre, and found 51 the matter as the women had said: only they saw h im not. Then said Jesus 52 unto them, Ye lacking in discernment, and heavy in heart to believe! Was it not in all the sayings of the prophets that the Messi ah was to suffer these things, and to 53 Arabic, enter into his glory? And he began from Moses and from all the prophets, 54 p. 204 and interpreted to them c oncerning himself from all the scriptures. And they drew near unto the village, whither they were going: and he was leading them to 55 imagine that he was as if going to a distant region. And they pressed (9) him, and said unto him, Abid e with us: for the day hath declined now to the darkness. And he went 56 in to abide with them. And when he sat with them, he took bread, and blessed, 57 and brake, and gave to them. And straightway their eyes were opened, and they 58 kn ew him; and he was taken away from them.(10) And they said the one to the other , Was not our heart heavy within us, while he was speaking to us in the way, an d interpreting to us the scriptures? 59 And they rose in that hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the ele ven 60 gathered, and those that were with them, saying, Truly our Lord is ris en, and hath 61 appeared to Simon. And they related what happened in the way, a nd how they knew him when he brake the bread. Neither believed they that also. Mt. 28, 11b. Mt. 28, 12. Mt. 28, 13. Mt. 28, 14. Mt. 28, 15. Jo. 20, 18. Mt. 28, 8b. Mt. 28, 9. Mt. 28, 10. Lk. 24, 9. Mk. 16, 10b. Lk. 24, 10. Mk. 16, 11. Lk. 24, 11a. Mk. 16, 12a. Lk. 24, 13b. Lk. 24, 14. Lk. 24, 15. Lk. 24, 16. Lk. 24, 17. Lk. 24, 18. Lk. 24, 19. Lk. 24, 20. Lk. 24, 21. Lk. 24, 22. Lk. 24, 23. Lk. 24, 24. Lk. 24, 25. Lk. 24, 26. Lk. 24, 27. Lk. 24, 28. Lk. 24, 29. Lk. 24, 30. Lk. 24, 31. Lk. 24, 32. Lk. 24, 33. Lk. 24, 34. Lk. 24, 35. Mk. 16, 13b. 127 SECTION LIV. 54 1 And while they talked together,(1) the evening of that day arrived which was the First-day; and the doors were shut where the disciples were, because of the fear of the 2 Jews; and Jesus came and stood among them, and said unto the m, Peace be with you: I am he; fear not. But they were agitated, and became afr aid, and supposed that they 3 saw a spirit. Jesus said unto them, Why are ye ag itated? and why do thoughts rise 4 Arabic, in(2) your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that I am he: feel me, and p. 205 know that a spirit hath not fles h and bones, as ye see me having that. 5 And when he had said this, he shewed t hem his hands and his feet and his side.(3) 6 And they were until this time unb elieving, from their joy and their wonder. He 7 said unto them, Have ye anythin g here to eat? And they gave him a portion of broiled fish and of honey.(4) And he took it, and ate before them. 8 And he said unto them, These are the saying s which I spake unto you, while I was with you, that (5) everything must be ful filled, which is written in the law of 9 Moses, and the prophets, and the psalm s, concerning me. Then opened he their 10 heart, that they might understand the scriptures; and he said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it is necessar y(6) that the Messiah suffer, and rise from among the 11 dead on the third day; and that repentance unto the forgiveness of sins be preached 12 in his name am ong all the peoples; and the beginning shall be from Jerusalem. And 13 ye shall be witnesses of that. And I send unto you the promise of my Father. And 14 whe n the disciples heard that, they were glad. And Jesus said unto them again, 15 Peace be with you: as my Father hath sent me, I also send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit: 16 and if ye forgive sins to any man, they shall be forgiven him; and if ye re tain them against any man, they shall be retained. 17 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Thama, was not there with the discip les 18 when Jesus came. The disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen our Lord. But he said unto them, If I do not see in his hands the places of the na ils, and put on them my fingers, and pass my hand over his side, I will not bel ieve. 19 And after eight days, on the next First-day, the disciples were assembled again within, and Thomas with them. And Jesus came, the doors being shut, and s tood 20 Arabic, in the midst, and said unto them, Peace be with you. And he sa id to p. 206 Thomas, Bring hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and bring hi ther 21 thy hand, and spread it on my side: and be not unbelieving, but believi ng. Thomas 22 answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus said unto h im, Now since thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen me, and have believed. 23 And many other signs did Jesus before his disciples, and they are they whi ch 24 are not written in this book: but these that(7) are written also are th at ye may believe in Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God; and that when ye have b elieved, ye may have in his name eternal life. 25 And after that, Jesus shewed himself again to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias; 26 and he shewed hims elf unto them thus. And there were together Simon Cephas, and Thomas which was called Twin,(8) and Nathanael who was of Cana of Galilee, 27 and the sons of Ze bedee, and two other of the disciples. Simon Cephas said unto them, I go to cat ch fish. They said unto him, And we also come with thee. And they went forth, a nd went up into the boat; and in that night they caught nothing. 28 And when th e morning arrived, Jesus stood on the shore of the sea: but the disciples 29 kn ew not that it was Jesus. And Jesus said unto them, Children, have ye anything to eat? They said unto him, No. He said unto them, Cast your net from the right side of the boat, and ye shall find.(9) And they threw, and they were not able 31 to draw the net for the abundance of the fish that were come(10) into it. A nd that Lk. 24, 36a. Jo. 20, 19. Lk. 24, 36c. Lk. 24, 37. Lk. 24, 38. Lk. 24, 39. Lk. 24, 40. Lk. 24, 41. Lk. 24, 42. Lk. 24, 43. Lk. 24, 44. Lk. 24, 45. Lk. 24, 46. Lk. 24, 47. Lk. 24, 48. Lk. 24, 49a. Jo. 20, 20b. Jo. 20, 21. Jo. 20, 22. Jo. 20, 23. Jo. 20, 24. Jo. 20, 25. Jo. 20, 26. Jo. 20, 27. Jo. 20, 28. Jo. 20, 29. Jo. 20, 30. Jo. 20, 31. Jo. 21, 1. Jo. 21, 2. Jo. 21, 3. Jo. 21, 4. Jo. 21, 5. Jo. 21, 6. Jo. 21, 7. 128 54 disciple whom Jesus loved said to Cephas, This is our Lord. And Simon, when he heard that it was our Lord, took his tunic, and girded it on his waist (for he was 32 naked), and cast himself into the sea to come to Jesus. But some oth ers of the disciples came in the boat(1) (and they were not far from the land, but about two 33 Arabic, hundred cubits), and drew that net of fish. And when they went up on the 34 p. 207 land, they saw live coals laid, and fish laid the reon, and bread. And Jesus 35 said unto them, Bring of this fish which ye have now caught. Simon Cephas therefore went up, and dragged the net to the land, fu ll of great fish, a hundred and fifty-three 36 fishes: and with all this weight that net was not rent. And Jesus said unto them,. Come and sit down. And no ma n of the disciples dared to ask him who he was, for they knew that it was our L ord. But he did not appear to them in his own 37, 38 form. And Jesus came, and took bread and fish, and gave unto them. This is the third time that Jesus appe ared to his disciples, when he had risen from among the dead. 39 And when they had breakfasted, Jesus said to Simon Cephas, Simon, son of J onah, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yea, my Lord; thou 40 k nowest that I love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed for me my lambs. He said unt o him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me? He said unto hi m, Yea, my Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed for 41 me my sheep.(2) He said unto him again the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, lov est thou me? And it grieved Cephas that he said unto him three times, Lovest th ou me? He said unto him, My Lord, thou knowest everything; thou knowest that I 42 love thee. Jesus said unto him, Feed for me my sheep.(3) Verily, verily, I s ay unto thee, When thou wast a child, thou didst gird thy waist for thyself, an d go whither Arabic, thou wouldest: but when thou shall be old, thou shalt stretch out t hy hands, p. 208 and another shall gird thy waist, and take thee whither thou w ouldest not. 43 He said that to him to explain by what death he was to glorify God. And when he 44 had said that, he said unto him, Come after me. And Simon C ephas turned, and saw that disciple whom Jesus loved following him; he which at the supper leaned(4) on 45 Jesus' breast, and said, My Lord, who is it that be trayeth thee? When therefore Cephas saw him, he said to Jesus, My Lord, and thi s man, what shall be in his 46 case?(5) Jesus said unto him, If I will that thi s man remain until I come, what is 47 that to thee? follow thou me. And this wo rd spread among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: but Jesus said not that he should not die; but, If I will that this man remain until I come, what is that to thee? 48 This is the disciple which bare witness of that, and wrote it: and we know that his witness is true. Jo. 21, 8. Jo. 21, 9. Jo. 21, 10. Jo. 21, 11. Jo. 21, 12. Jo. 21, 13. Jo. 21, 14. Jo. 21, 15. Jo. 21, 16. Jo. 21, 17. Jo. 21, 18. Jo. 21, 19. Jo. 21, 20. Jo. 21, 21. Jo. 21, 22. Jo. 21, 23. Jo. 21, 24. SECTION LV. 55 1 But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain s where Jesu s had 2 appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but there w ere of 3 them who doubted. And while they sat there he appeared to them again, and upbraided them for their lack of faith and the hardness of their hearts, th ose that saw him when he was risen, and believed not.(7) 4 Arabic, Then said J esus unto them, I have been given all authority in heaven 5 p. 209 and earth; a nd as my Father hath sent me, so I also send you. Go now into 6 all the world, and preach my gospel in all the creation; and teach(8) all the peoples, and 7 b aptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit; and teac h them to keep all whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you all the da ys, unto 8 the end of the world. For whosoever believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but 9 whosoever believeth not shall be rejected. And the signs(9) whi ch shall attend those that believe in me are these: that they shall cast out de vils in my name; and they 10 shall speak with new tongues; and they shall take up serpents, and if they drink" Mt. 28, 16. Mt. 28, 17. Mk. 16, 14. Mt. 28, 18b. Jo. 20, 21b. Mk. 16, 15b. Mt. 28, 19b. Mt. 28, 20. Mk. 16, 16. Mk. 16, 17. Mk. 16, 18. 129 55 deadly poison,(1) it shall not injure them; and they shall lay their hands on the 11 diseased, and they shall be healed. But ye, abide in the city of Jeru salem, until ye be clothed with power from on high. 12 And our Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, took them out to Bethany: and he 13 lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And while he blessed them, he was separated from them, and ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand o f God. 14, 15 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy : and at all times they were in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. 16 And from thence they went forth, and preached in every place; and our Lord helped them, and confirmed their sayings by the signs which they did.(2) 17 And here are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were w ritten every one of them, not even the world, according to my opinion, would co ntain the books which should be written.(3) Lk. 24, 49b. Mk. 16, 19a. Lk. 24, 50. Lk. 24, 51. Mk. 16, 19c. Lk. 24, 52. Lk. 24, 53. Mk. 16, 20. Jo. 21, 25. 130 SUBSCRIPTIONS I. IN BORGIAN MS Here endeth the Gospel which Tatianus compiled and named Diatessaron, i.e., The Fourfold, a compilation from the four Gospels of the holy Apostles, the ex cellent Evangelists (peace be upon them). It was translated by the excellent an d learned priest, Abu'l Faraj 'Abdulla ibn-at-Tayyib(1) (may God grant him favo ur), from Syriac into Arabic, from an exemplar written by 'Isa (2) ibn-'Ali al- Motatabbib,(3) pupil of Honain ibn-Ishak (God have mercy on them both). Amen. 2. IN VATICAN MS.(4) Here endeth, by the help of God, the holy Gospel that Titianus compiled fro m the four Gospels, which is known as Diatessaron. And praise be to God, as he is entitled to it and lord of it! And to him be the glory for ever. THE REVELATION OF PETER INTRODUCTION. The fragment here translated was discovered in 1886 by the French Archaeologic al Mission in an ancient burying-place at Akhmim in Upper Egypt. It was publish ed at Paris in 1892 (BOURIANT, Memoires publies par les membres de la Mission A rcheologique Francaise au Caire, T. ix., fasc. 1, 1892). The MS. is now in the Gizeh Museum and has been held to be of a date between the eighth and twelfth c enturies. Until the discovery of the fragment, the following was all that was known about the Revelation of Peter. 1. The so-called Muratorian Fragment, a list of sacred writings, first publ ished by Muratori in 1740, and found by him in a seventh or eighth century MS. belonging to the Ambrosian Library in Milan, but which had previously belonged to the Columban Monastery of Bobbio, is assigned on internal evidence to the th ird quarter of the second century. ( Vide Westcott, Canon of the N.T., p. 514.) At line 69 it says: "the Apo, calypsos also of John and Peter only do we recei ve, which (latter) some among us would not have read in church." 2. Clement of Alexandria (fl. c. 200 A.D.) in his Hypotoposes, according t o the testimony of Eusebius, H. E., vi., 14, gave "abridged accounts of all the canonical Scriptures, not even omitting those that are disputed, I mean the bo ok of Jude and the other general epistles. Also the Epistle of Barnabas and tha t called the Revelation of Peter." Also in his Eclogoe Propheticoe, chapters 41 , 48 and 49, he gives three, or as some think, four quotations from the Revelat ion of Peter, mentioning it twice by name. 3. The Catalogus Claromontanus, an Eastern list of Holy Scriptures, belong ing to the third century, gives at the end the Revelation of Peter (v. Westcott , Canon, p. 555). This catalogue gives the length of the various books it enume rates measured in stichoi. Our book is said to have two hundred and seventy, wh ich makes it rather longer than the Epistle to the Colossians which has two hun dred and fifty-one. 4. Methodius, bishop of Olympus in Lycia in the beginning of the fourth ce ntury, in his Symposium, ii., 6, says, wherefore we have also learned from divi nely inspired Scriptures that untimely births even if they are the offspring of adultery are delivered to care-taking angels." Though Peter is not here mentio ned, the purport of the passage is the same as that of one of the quotations gi ven by Clement of Alexandria. 5. Eusebius (+ c. 339 A.D.), in his Ecclesiastical History, iii., 25, expr essly mentions the Revelation of Peter along with the Acts of Paul and the Past or as spurious books, while at iii., 3, he says: "as to that which is called th e Preaching and that called the Apocalypse of Peter, we know nothing of their b eing handed down as Catholic writings. Since neither among the ancients nor amo ng the ecclesiastical writers of our own day, has there been anyone that has ap pealed to testimony taken from them." 6. Macarius Magnes (beginning of fifth century) in his Apocritica, iv., 6 , quotes as from a heathen opponent of Christianity the following: "Let us by w ay of superfluity cite also that saying in the Apocalypse of Peter. It thus int roduces the heaven as being about to undergo judgment along with the earth. ' T he earth,' it says, ' shall present all men before God at the day of judgment, being itself also to be judged along with the heaven also which encompasses it. And at iv., 16, he examines this passage again, naming the Revelation of Peter, and supporting the doctrine of the passage by the authority of prophecy (Isaia h xxxiv., 4) and the Gospel (Matt. xxiv., 35). 142 7. Sozomen (middle of fifth century), H. E., vii., 19, says: "For instance , the so-called Apocalypse of Peter which was esteemed as entirely spurious by the ancients, we have discovered to be read in certain churches of Palestine up to the present day, once a year, on the day of preparation, during which the p eople most religiously fast in commemoration of the Saviour's Passion" (i.e., o n Good Friday). It is to be noted that Sozomen himself belonged to Palestine. 8. In the list of the Sixty Books which is assigned to the fifth or sixth century the Revelation of Peter is mentioned among the Apocrypha (v. Westcott, Canon, p. 551). 9. The so-called Stichometry of Nicephorus, a list of scriptures with note s of their extent, ascribed to Nicephorus, Patriarch, Patriarch of Constantinop le, 806-814 A.D., includes the Revelation of Peter among the antilegomena or di sputed writings of the New Testament, and gives it three hundred stichoi or thi rty more than the above-mentioned Catalogue Claromontanus. 10. The Armenian annalist Mkhitan (thirteenth century) in a list of the Ne w Testament antilegomena mentions the Revelation of Peter, after the Gospel of Thomas and before the Periodoi Pauli, and remarks that he has himself copied th ese books. (Cf. Harnack, Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur.) Up till lately these facts represented all that was positively known of th e Revelation of Peter. From them we gather that it must have been written befor e the middle of the second century (so as to be known at Rome and included in t he Muratorian Canon), that it had a wide circulation, that it was for some time very popular, so that it would appear to have run a considerable chance of ach ieving a place in the canon, but that it was ultimately rejected and in the lon g run dropped out of knowledge altogether. But even previously to the discovery at Akhmim, the general character of t he book had been inferred from the scanty fragments preserved in ancient writer s and from the common elements contained in other and later apocalyptic writing s which seemed to require some such book as the Revelation of Peter as their ul timate source. Such writings are the (Christian) Apocalypse of Esdras, the Visi on of Paul, the Passion of S. Perpetua and the visions contained in the History of Barlaam and Josaphat. (Cf. Robinson, Texts and Studies, i., 2, p. 37-43, an d Robinson and James, The Gospel according to Peter and the Revelation of Peter , 1892.) The Revelation of Peter affords the earliest embodiment in Christian liter ature of those pictorial presentations of heaven and hell which have exercised so widespread and enduring an influence. It has, in its imagery, little or no k inship with the Book of Daniel, the Book of Enoch, or the Revelation of S. John . Its only parallels in canonical scripture, with the notable exception of the Second Epistle of Peter, are to be found in Isaiah lxvi., 24, Mark ix., 44, 48, and the parable of Dives and Lazarus in Luke xvi., 19. It is indeed Judaic in the severity of its morality and even in its phraseology (cf. the frequent use of the word righteous, and the idea that God and not Christ will come to judge sinners). But the true parallels for, if not the sources of, its imagery of the rewards and punishments which await men after death are to be found in Greek b eliefs which have left their traces in such passages as the Vision of Er at the end of Plato's Republic. The heaven of the Petrine Apocalypse is akin to the Elysian Fields and the Islands of the Blest. In it the saints are crowned as with flowers and beautif ul of countenance, singing songs of praise in the fragrant air, in a land all l ighted up with the light of the sun.(1) We are reminded of "the Elysian Fields and the world's end where is Rhadamanthus of the fair hair, where life is easie st for men. No snow is there, nor yet great storm, nor any rain; but alway Ocea n sendeth forth the breeze of the shrill West to blow cool on men" (Odyssey, iv .563), and of the garden of the gods on Olympus, which "is not shaken by winds, or ever wet with rain, nor doth the snow come nigh thereto, but most clear air is spread about it cloudless, and the white light floats over it" (Odyssey, vi ., 43, Butcher and Lang's transl.). Perhaps the most striking parallel of all i s afforded by the fragment of a dirge of Pindar: "For them shineth below the st rength of the sun, while in our world it is night, and the space of crimson-flo wered meadow before their city is full of the shade of frankincense trees, and of fruits of gold.And some in horses, and in bodily 1 Cf. "... the island valley of Avilon; Where falls not rain or hail or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair wish orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowned with summer seas. Tennyson, Passing of Arthur. 143 feats, and some in dice, and some in harp-playing have delight; and among them thriveth all fair-flowering bliss; and fragrance streameth ever through the lov ely land, as they mingle incense of every kind upon the altars of the gods" (Pi ndar, E. Myer's transl., p. 176). Beside this heaven the New Jerusalem of the c anonical Apocalypse is austere. But it is the spiritual city. "For the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine on it, for the Lord God Almig hty and the Lamb were in the midst of it and the Lamb was the light thereof." So likewise in the case of the torments of the wicked as presented in the R evelation of Peter. We are not here in the Jewish Sheol, or among the fires of the valley of Hinnom, so much as among the tortures of Tartarus and the boiling mud of the Acherusian Lake (cf. Plato, Phaedo, p. 113; Aristophanes, Frogs, li ne 145), or where "wild men of fiery aspect ... seized and carried off several of them, and Ardiaeus and others, they bound head and foot and hand, and threw them down and flayed them with scourges, and dragged them along the road at the side, carding them on thorns like wool, and declaring to the passers-by what w ere their crimes, and that they were being taken away to be cast into hell "(Re public, x., p. 616, Jowett's transl.). It is not surprising that in later visio ns of the same kind the very names of the Greek under-world are ascribed to loc alities of hell. It is across the river Oceanus. It is called Tartarus. In it i s the Acherusian Lake. Notice in this connection that the souls of innocent vic tims are present along with their murderers to accuse them. The Revelation of Peter shows remarkable kinship in ideas with the Second E pistle of Peter. The parallels will be noted in the margin of the translation. It also presents notable parallels to the Sibylline Oracles (cf. Orac. Sib., ii ., 255 sqq.), while its influence has been conjectured, almost with certainty, in the Acts of Perpetua and the visions narrated in the Acts of Thomas and the History of Barlaam and Josaphat. It certainly was one of the sources from which the writer of the Vision of Paul drew. And directly or indirectly it may be re garded as the parent of all the mediaeval visions of the other world. The fragment begins in the middle of an eschatological discourse of Jesus, probably represented as delivered after the resurrection, for verse 5 implies t hat the disciples had begun to preach the Gospel. It ends abruptly in the cours e of a catalogue of sinners in hell and their punishments. The fragments preser ved in the writings of Clement of Alexandria and Methodius probably belonged to the lost end of the book; that preserved by Macarius Magnes may have belonged to the eschatological discourse at the beginning. Taking the length of the whol e at from two hundred and seventy to three hundred stichoi, the Akhmim fragment contains about the half. The present translation is made from Harnack's edition of the text, 2d ed., Leipzig, 1893. There is another and later Apocalypse of Peter in Arabic, of which MSS. exi st in Rome and Oxford. It is called the Apocalypse of Peter, or the narrative o f things revealed to him by Jesus Christ which had taken place from the beginni ng of the world and which shall take place till the end of the world or the sec ond coming of Christ. The book is said to have been written by Clement, to whom Peter had communicated the secrets revealed to him. The writer himself calls t he book Librum Perfectionis or Librum Completum. Judging from the analysis of i ts contents quoted by Tischendorf (Apocalypses Apocr.) it has no connection wit h the present work. THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER 1. ... many of them will be false prophets,(1) and will teach divers ways a nd doctrines of perdition: but these will become sons of perdition.(2) 3. And t hen God will come unto my faithful ones who hunger and thirst and are afflicted and purify their souls in this life; and he will judge the sons of lawlessness .(3) 4. And furthermore the Lord said: Let us go into the mountain:(4) Let us pr ay.(5). And going with him, we, the twelve disciples, begged that he would show us one of our brethren, the righteous who are gone forth out of the world, in order that we might see of what manner of form they are, and having taken coura ge, might also encourage(5) the men who hear us. 6. And as we prayed, suddenly there appeared two men standing before the Lo rd towards the East, on whom we were not able to look;(6) 7, for there came for th from their countenance a ray as of the sun, and their raiment was shining, s uch as eye of man(7) never saw; for no mouth is able to express or heart to con ceive the glory with which they were endued, and the beauty of their appearance . 8. And as we looked upon them, we were astounded; for their bodies were white r than any snow and ruddier than any rose;(8) 9, and the red thereof was mingle d with the white, and I am utterly unable to express their beauty; 10, for thei r hair was curly and bright and seemly both on their face and shoulders, as it were a wreath(9) woven of spikenard and divers-coloured flowers, or like a rain bow in the sky, such was their seemliness. 11. Seeing therefore their beauty we became astounded at them, since they a ppeared suddenly. 12. And I approached the Lord and said: Who are these? 13. He saith to me: These are your brethren the righteous, whose forms ye desired to see. 14. And I said to him: And where are all the righteous ones and what is th e aeon in which they are and have this glory? 15. And the Lord showed me(10) a very great country outside of this world, exceeding bright with light, and the air there lighted with the rays of the sun , and the earth itself blooming with unfading flowers and full of spices and pl ants, fair-flowering and incorruptible and bearing blessed fruit. 16. And so gr eat was the perfume that it(11) was borne thence even unto us. 17. And the dwel lers in that place were clad in the raiment of shining angels and their raiment was like unto their country; and angels hovered about them there. 18. And the glory of the dwellers there was equal, and with one voice they sang praises alt ernately to the Lord God, rejoicing in that place. 19. The Lord saith to us: Th is is the place of your high-priests,(12) the righteous men. 20. And over against that place I saw another, squalid, and it was the plac e of punishment; and those who were punished there and the punishing angels had their raiment dark(13) like the air of the place. 21. And there were certain there hanging by the tongue: and these were the blasphemers of the way of righteousness; and under them lay fire,(14) burning a nd punishing them. 22. And there was a great lake, full of 146 flaming mire, in which were certain men that pervert righteousness,(1) and torm enting angels afflicted them. 23. And there were also others, women, hanged by their hair over that mire that bubbled up: and these were they who adorned themselves for adultery; and t he men who mingled with them in the defilement(2) of adultery, were hanging by the feet and their heads in that mire. And I said: I did not believe that I sho uld come into this place. 24. And I saw the murderers and those who conspired with them, cast into a certain strait place, full of evil snakes, and smitten by those beasts, and thu s turning to and fro in that punishment; and worms,(3) as it were clouds of dar kness, afflicted them. And the souls of the murdered stood and looked upon the punishment of those murderers and said: O God, thy judgment is just. 25. And near that place I saw another strait place into which the gore and the filth of those who were being punished ran down and became there as it were a lake: and there sat women having the gore up to their necks, and over agains t them sat many children who were born to them out of due time, crying; and the re came forth from them sparks of fire and smote the women in the eyes: and the se were the accursed who conceived and caused abortion. 26. And other men and women were burning up to the middle and were cast int o a dark place and were beaten by evil spirits, and their inwards were eaten by restless worms:(4) and these were they who persecuted the righteous and delive red them up. 27. And near those there were again women and men gnawing their own lips, a nd being punished and receiving a red-hot iron in their eyes: and these were th ey who blasphemed and slandered(5) the way of righteousness. 28. And over against these again other men and women gnawing their tongues and having flaming fire in their mouths: and these were the false witnesses.(6) 29. And in a certain other place there were pebbles sharper than swords or any spit, red-hot, and women and men in tattered and filthy raiment rolled about on them in punishment: and these were the rich who trusted in their riches and had no pity for orphans and widows, and despised th e commandment(7) of God. 30. And in another great lake, full of pitch and blood and mire bubbling up , there stood men and women up to their knees: and these were the usurers and t hose who take interest on interest. 31. And other men and women were being hurled down from a great cliff and r eached the bottom, and again were driven by those who were set over them to cli mb up upon the cliff, and thence were hurled down again, and had no rest from t his punishment: and these were they who defiled(8) their bodies acting as women ; and the women who were with them were those who lay with one another as a man with a woman. 32. And alongside of that cliff there was a place full of much fire, and th ere stood men who with their own hands had made for themselves carven images in stead of God. And alongside of these were other men and women, having rods and striking each other and never ceasing from such punishment. 33. And others again near them, women and men, burning and turning themselv es and roasting: and these were they that leaving the way of God(9) FRAGMENTS OF THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER. 1. CLEMENS ALEXANDRINUS, Eclog. 48. For instance, Peter in the Apocalypse s ays that the children who are born out of due time shall be of the better part: and that these are delivered over to a care-taking angel that they may attain a share of knowledge and gain the better abode [after suffering what they would have suffered if they had been in the body: but the others shall merely obtain salvation as injured beings to whom mercy is shown, and remain without punishm ent, receiving this as a reward].* 2. CLEM. ALEX. Eclog. 49. But the milk of the women running down from their breasts and congealing shall engender small flesh- 147 eating beasts: and these run up upon them and devour them.(1) 3. MACARIUS MAGNES, Apocritica iv., 6 cf. 16. The earth, it (sc. the Apoc. of Peter) says, "shall present all men before God at the day of judgment, being itself also to be judged, with the heaven also which encompasses it." 4. CLEM. ALEX. Eclog. 41. The scripture says that infants that have been ex posed are delivered to a care-taking angel, by whom they are educated and so gr ow up, and they will be, it says, as the faithful of a hundred years old are he re. 5. METHODIUS, Conviv. ii., 6. Whence also we have received in divinely-insp ired scriptures that untimely births are delivered to care-taking angels, even if they are the offspring of adultery. THE VISION OF PAUL HERE BEGINS THE VISION OF SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE. "But I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: I know a man in Ch rist fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or out of the body, I know not, God knoweth) snatched up in this manner to the third heaven: and I k now such a man, whether in the body or out of the body I know not, God knoweth; how that he was snatched up into Paradise and heard secret words which it is n ot lawful for men to speak; on behalf of such a one will I glory; but on mine o wn behalf I will not glory, save in my infirmities."--2 Cor. xii. 1-5. 1. At what time was this revelation made? In the consulship of Theodosius A ugustus the Younger and Cynegius,(1) a certain nobleman then living in Tharsus, in the house which was that of Saint Paul, an angel appearing in the night rev ealed to him, saying that he should open the foundations of the house and shoul d publish what he found, but he thought that these things were dreams. 2. But the angel coming for the third time beat him and forced him to open the foundation. And digging he found a marble box, inscribed on the sides; ther e was the revelation of Saint Paul, and his shoes in which he walked teaching t he word of God. But he feared to open that box and brought it to the judge; whe n he had received it, the judge, because it was sealed with lead, sent it to th e Emperor Theodosius, fearing lest it might be something else; which when he ha d received the emperor opened it, and found the revelation of Saint Paul; a cop y of it he sent to Jerusalem, and retained the original himself. 3. While I was in the body in which I was snatched up to the third heaven, the word of the Lord came to me saying: speak to the people: until when will ye transgress, and heap sin upon sin, and tempt the Lord who made you? Ye are the sons of God, doing the works of the devil in the faith of Christ, on account o f the impediments of the world. Remember therefore and know that while every cr eature serves God, the human race alone sins. But it reigns over every creature and sins more than all nature. 4. For indeed the sun, the great light, often addressed the Lord saying: Lo rd God Almighty, I look out upon the impieties and injustices of men; permit me and I shall do unto them what are my powers, that they may know that thou art God alone. And there came a voice saying to him: I know all these things, for m ine eye sees and ear hears, but my patience bears them until they shall be conv erted and repent. But if they do not return to me I will judge them all. 5. For sometimes the moon and stars addressed the Lord saying: Lord God Alm ighty, to us thou hast given the power of the night; till when shall we look do wn upon the impieties and fornications and homicides done by the sons of men? P ermit us to do unto them according to our powers, that they may know that thou art God alone. And there came a voice unto them saying: I know all these things , and mine eye looks forth and ear hears, but my patience bears with them until they shall be converted and repent. But if they do not return unto me I will j udge them. 6. And frequently also the sea exclaimed saying: Lord God Almighty, men hav e defiled thy holy name in me; permit me to arise and cover every wood and orch ard and the whole world, until I blot out all the sons of men from before thy f ace, that they may know that thou art God alone. And the voice came again and s aid: I know all things; mine eye seeth everything, and mine ear heareth, but my patience bears with them until they be converted and repent. But if they do no t return, I will judge them. Sometimes the waters(2) also spoke against the sin s of men saying: Lord God Almighty, 152 all the sons of men have defiled thy holy name. And there came a voice saying: I know all things before they come to pass, for mine eye seeth and mine ear hea reth all things, but my patience bears with them until they be converted. But i f not I will judge them. Frequently also the earth(1) too exclaimed to the Lord against the sons of men saying: Lord God Almighty, I above every other creatur e of thine am harmed, supporting the fornications, adulteries, homicides, theft s, perjuries and magic and ill-doings of men and all the evil they do, so that the father rises up against the son, and the son upon the father, the alien aga inst the alien, so that each one defiles his neighbour's wife. The father ascen ds upon the bed of his own son, and the son likewise ascends the couch of his o wn father; and in all these evils, they who offer the sacrifice to thy name hav e defiled thy holy place. Therefore I am injured above every creature, desiring not to shew my power to myself, and my fruits to the sons of men. Permit me an d I will destroy the virtue of my fruits. And there came a voice and said: I kn ow all things, and there is none who can hide himself from his sin. Moreover I know their impieties, but my holiness suffers them until they be converted and repent. But if they do not return unto me I will judge them. 7. Behold, ye sons of men, the creature is subject to God, but the human ra ce alone sins. For this cause, therefore, ye sons of men, bless the Lord God un ceasingly, every hour and every day: but more especially when the sun has set:( 2) for at that hour all the angels proceed to the Lord to worship him and to pr esent the works of men, which every man has wrought from the morning till the e vening, whether good or evil. And there is a certain angel who proceeds rejoici ng concerning the man in whom he dwells. When therefore the sun(3) has set in t he first hour of night, in the same hour the angel of every people and every ma n and woman, who protect and preserve them, because man is the image of God: si milarly also in the matin hour which is the twelfth of the night, all the angel s of men and women, go up to God to worship God, and present every work which e ach man has wrought, whether good or evil. Moreover every day and night the ang els show to God an account(4) of all the acts of the human race. To you, theref ore, I say, ye sons of men, bless the Lord God without fail all the days of your life. 8. Therefore at the appointed hour all the angels whatever, rejoicing at on ce together, proceed before God that they may meet to worship at the hour deter mined. And behold suddenly it became the hour of meeting, and the angels came t o worship in the presence of God, and the spirit proceeded to meet them: and th ere came a voice and said: Whence come ye, our angels, bearing the burdens of t idings? 9. They answered and said: We come from those who have renounced this world for the sake of thy holy name, wandering as pilgrims, and in caves of the rock s, and weeping every hour in which they inhabited the earth, and hungering and thirsting because of thy name, with their loins girded, having in theist hands the incense of their hearts, and praying and blessing every hour, and restraini ng and overcoming themselves, weeping and wailing above the rest that inhabit t he earth. And we indeed, their angels, mourn along with them: whither therefore it shall please thee, command us to go and minister, lest others also do it, b ut the destitute above the rest who are on earth. And there came the voice of G od to them saying: Know ye that now henceforward my grace is appointed unto you , and my help, who is my well-beloved Son, shall be present with them, guiding them every hour; ministering also to them, never deserting them, since their pl ace is his habitation. 10. When therefore these angels had retired, behold other angels came to ad ore in the presence of honour, in the assembly, who wept; and the spirit of God proceeded to meet them, and there came the voice of God and said: Whence come ye, our angels, bearing the burdens of the ministry of the tidings of the world ? They answered and said in the presence of God: We have arrived from those who called upon thy name, and the impediments of the world made them wretched, dev ising many occasions every hour, not even making one pure prayer, nor out of th eir whole heart, in all the time of their life; what need, therefore, is there to be present with men who are sinners? And there came the voice of God to them : It is necessary that ye should minister to them, until they be converted and repent: but if they do not return to me I will judge them. Know therefore, sons of men, that whatever things are wrought by you, these angels relate to God, w hether good or evil. 153 11. And the angel answered and said unto me: Follow me, and I will show you the place of the just where they are led when they are deceased, and after the se things taking thee into the abyss, I will show thee the souls of sinners and what sort of place they are led into when they have deceased. And I proceeded back after the angel, and he led me into heaven, and I looked back upon the fir mament, and I saw in the same place power, and there was there oblivion which d eceives and draws down to itself the hearts of men, and the spirit of detractio n, and the spirit of fornication, and the spirit of madness, and the spirit of insolence, and there were there the princes of vices: these I saw under the fir mament of heaven: and again I looked back, and I saw angels without mercy, havi ng no pity, whose countenance was full of madness, and their teeth sticking out beyond the mouth: their eyes shone like the morning star of the east, and from the hairs of their head sparks of fire went out, or from their mouth. And I as ked the angel saying: Sir, who are those? And the angel answered and said unto me: These are those who are destined to the souls of the impious in the hour of need, who did not believe that they had the Lord for their helper, nor hoped i n him. 12. And I looked on high and I saw other angels whose countenance shone as the sun, their loins girded with golden girdles, having palms in their hands, a nd the sign of God, clothed with garments in which was written the name of the Son of God, filled moreover with all meekness and pity; and I asked the angels saying: Who are these, Lord, in so great beauty and pity? And the angel answere d and said unto me: These are the angels of justice who are sent to lead up the souls of the just, in the hour of need, who believed that they had the Lord fo r their helper. And I said to him: Do the just and sinners necessarily meet wit nesses when they have died? And the angel answered and said to me: There is one way by which all pass over to God, but the just having their helper with them are not confounded when they go to appear in the sight of God. 13. And I said to the angel: I wished to see the souls of the just and of s inners going out of the world. And the angel answered and said unto me: Look do wn upon the earth. And I looked down from heaven upon the earth, and saw the wh ole world, and it was nothing in my sight and I saw the sons of men as though t hey were naught, and a-wanting, and I wondered and said to the angel: Is this t he greatness of men? And the angel answered and said unto me: It is, and these are they who do evil from morning till evening. And I looked and saw a great cl oud of fire spread over the whole world, and I said to the angel: What is this, my Lord? and he said to me: This is injustice stirred up by the princes of sin ners. 14. I indeed when I had heard this sighed and wept, and said to the angel: I wished to see the souls of the just and of sinners, and to see in what manner they go out of the body. And the angel answered and said unto me: Look again u pon the earth. And I looked and saw all the world, and men were as naught and a -wanting: and I looked carefully and saw a certain man about to die, and the an gel said to me: This one whom thou seest is a just man. And I looked again and saw all his works, whatever he had done for the sake of God's name, and all his desires, both what he remembered, and what he did not remember; they all stood in his sight in the hour of need; and I saw the just man advance and find refr eshment and confidence, and before he went out of the world the holy and the im pious angels both attended: and I saw them all, but the impious found no place of habitation in him, but the holy took possession of his soul, guiding it till it went out of the body: and they roused the soul saying: Soul, know thy body whence thou goest out, for it is necessary that thou shouldst return to the sam e body on the day of the resurrection, that thou mayest receive the things prom ised to all the just. Receiving therefore the soul from the body, they immediat ely kissed it as familiarly known to them, saying to it: Do manfully, for thou hast done the will of God while placed in the earth. And there came to meet him the angel who watched him every day, and said to him: Do manfully, soul; for I rejoice in thee, because thou hast done the will of God on earth: for I relate d to God all thy works, such as they were. Similarly also the spirit proceeded to meet him and said: Soul, fear not, nor be disturbed, until thou comest into a place which thou hast never known, but I will be a helper unto thee: for I fo und in thee a place of refreshment in the time when I dwelt in thee, while I wa s on earth. And his spirit strengthened him, and his angel received him, and le d him into heaven: and an angel said: Whither runnest thou, O soul, and dost th ou dare to enter into heaven? Wait and let us see if there is anything of ours in thee: and behold 154 we find nothing in thee. I see also thy divine helper and angel, and the spirit is rejoicing along with thee, because thou hast done the will of God on earth. And they led him along till he should worship in the sight of God. And when th ey had ceased, immediately Michael and all the army of angels, with one voice, adored the footstool of his feet, and his doom, saying at the same time to the soul: This is your God of all things, who made you in his own image and likenes s. Moreover the angel returns and points him out saying: God, remember his labo urs: for this is the soul, whose works I related to thee, doing according to th y judgment. And the spirit said likewise: I am the spirit of vivification inspi ring him: for I had refreshment in him, in the time when I dwelt in him, doing according to thy judgment. And there came the voice of God and said: In as much as this man did not vex me, neither will I vex him; for according as he had pi ty, I also will have pity. Let him therefore be handed over to Michael, the ang el of the Covenant, and let him lead him into the Paradise of joy, that he hims elf may become co-heir with all the saints. And after these things I heard the voices of a thousand thousand angels, and archangels, and cherubim, and twenty- four elders saying hymns, and glorifying the Lord and crying: thou art just, O Lord, and just are thy judgments, and there is no acceptance of persons with th ee, but thou rewardest unto every man according to thy judgment. And the angel answered and said unto me: Hast thou believed and known, that whatever each man of you has done, he sees in the hour of need? And I said: Yes, sir. 15. And he saith to me: Look again down on the earth, and watch the soul of an impious man going out of the body, which vexed the Lord day and night, sayi ng: I know nothing else in this world, I eat and drink, and enjoy what is in th e world; for who is there who has descended into hell, and ascending has declar ed to us that there is judgment there! And again I looked carefully, and saw al l the scorn of the sinner, and all that he did, and they stood together before him in the hour of need: and it was done to him in that hour, in which he was t hreatened about his body at the judgment, and I said: It were better for him if he hall not been born. And after these things, there came at the same time, th e holy angels, and the malign, and the soul of the sinner and the holy angels d id not find a place in it. Moreover the malign angels cursed it; and when they had drawn it out of the body, the angels admonished it a third time, saying: O wretched soul, look upon thy flesh, whence thou camest out: for it is necessary that thou shouldst return to thy flesh in the day of resurrection, that thou m ayest receive the due for thy sins and thy impieties. 16. And when they had led it forth, the customary angel preceded it, and sa id to it: O wretched soul, I am the angel belonging to thee, relating daily to the Lord thy malign works, whatever thou didst by night or day: and if it were in my power, not for one day would I minister to thee, but none of these things was I able to do: the judge is pitiful and just, and he himself commanded us t hat we should not cease to minister to the soul, till you should repent, but th ou hast lost the time of repentance. I indeed was strange to thee and thou to m e. Let us go on then to the just judge: I will not dismiss thee, before I know from to-day why I was strange to thee. And the spirit confounded him, and the a ngel troubled him. When, therefore, they had arrived at the power, when he star ted to enter heaven, a labour was imposed upon him, above all other labour: err or and oblivion and murmuring met him, and the spirit of fornication, and the r est of the powers, and said to him: Whither goest thou, wretched soul, and dare st thou to rush into heaven? hold, that we may see if we have our qualities in thee, since we do not see that thou hast a holy helper. And after that I heard voices in the height of heaven saying: Present that wretched soul to God, that it may know that it is God that it despised. When, therefore, it had entered he aven, all the angels saw it, a thousand thousand exclaimed with one voice, all saying: Woe to thee, wretched soul, for the sake of thy works which thou didst on earth; what answer art thou about to give to God when thou shalt have approa ched to adore him? The angel who was with it answered and said: Weep with me, m y beloved, for I have not found rest in this soul. And the angels answered him and said: Let such a soul be taken away from the midst of ours, for from the ti me he entered, the stink of him crosses to us angels. And after these things it was presented, that it might worship in the sight of God, and an angel of God showed him God who made him after his own image and likeness. Moreover his ange l ran before him saying: Lord God Almighty, I am the angel of this soul, whose works I presented to thee day and night, not doing according to thy judg- 155 ment. And the spirit likewise said: I am the spirit who dwelt in it from the ti me it was made, in itself moreover I know it, and it has not followed my will: judge it, Lord, according to thy judgment. And there came the voice of God to i t and said: Where is thy fruit which thou has made worthy of the goods which th ou hast received? Have I put a distance of one day between thee and the just ma n? Did I not make the sun to arise upon thee as upon the just? But the soul was silent, having nothing to answer: and again there came a voice saying: Just is the judgment of God, and there is no acceptance of persons with God, for whoev er shall have done mercy, on them shall he have mercy, and whoever shall not ha ve pitied neither shall God pity him. Let him therefore be handed over to the a ngel Tartaruch, who is set over the punishments, and let him place him in outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, and let him be there t ill the great day of judgment. And after these things I heard the voice of ange ls and archangels saying: Thou art just, Lord, and thy judgment is just. 17. And again I saw, and behold a soul which was led forward by two angels, weeping and saying: Have pity on me, just God, God the judge, for to-day is se ven days since I went out of my body, and I was handed over to these two angels , and they led me through to those places, which I had never seen. And God, the just judge, saith to him: What hast thou done? for thou never didst mercy, whe refore thou wast handed over to such angels as have no mercy, and because thou didst not do uprightly, so neither did they act piously with thee in the hour o f thy need. Confess therefore thy sins which thou didst commit when placed in t he world. And he answered and said: Lord, I did not sin. And the Lord, the just Lord, was angered in fury when it said: I did not sin, because it lied; and Go d said: Dost thou think thou art still in the world? if any one of you, sinning there, conceal and hide his sin from his neighbour, here indeed nothing whatev er shall be hid: for when the souls come to adore in sight of the throne, both the good works and the sins of each one are made manifest. And hearing these th ings the soul was silent, having no answer. And I heard the Lord God, the just judge, again saying: Come, angel of this soul, and stand in the midst. And the angel of the sinful soul came, having in his hands a manuscript, and said: Thes e, Lord, in my hands, are all the sins of this soul from his youth till to-day, from the tenth year of his birth: and if thou command, Lord, I will also relat e his acts from the beginning of his fifteenth year. And the Lord God, the just judge, said: I say unto thee, angel, I do not expect of thee an account of him since he began to be fifteen years old, but state his sins for five years befo re he died and before he came hither. And again God, the just judge, said: For by myself I swear, and by my holy angels, and by my virtue, that if he had repe nted five years before he died, on account of one year's life, oblivion would n ow be thrown over all the evils which he sinned before, and he would have indul gence and remission of sins: now indeed he shall perish. And the angel of the s inful soul answered and said: Lord, command that angel to exhibit those souls. 18. And in that same hour the souls were exhibited in the midst, and the so ul of the sinner knew them; and the Lord said to the soul of the sinner: I say unto thee, soul, confess thy work which thou wroughtest in these souls, whom th ou seest, when they were in the world. And he answered and said: Lord, it is no t yet a full year since I slew this one and poured his blood upon the ground, a nd with another (a woman) I committed fornication: not this alone, but I also g reatly harmed her in taking away her goods. And the Lord God, the just judge, s aid: Either thou didst not know that he who does violence to another, if he die s first who sustains the violence, is kept in this place until the doer of hurt dies, and then both stand in the presence of the judge, and now each receives according to his deed. And I heard a voice of one saying: Let that soul be deli vered into the hands of Tartarus, and led down into hell: he shall lead him int o the lower prison and he shall be put in torments, and left there till the gre at day of judgment. And again I heard a thousand thousand angels saying hymns t o the Lord, and crying: Thou art just, O Lord, and just are thy judgments. 19. The angel answered and said unto me: Hast thou perceived all these thin gs? and I said, Yes, sir. And he said to me: Follow me again, and I will take t hee, and show thee the places of the just. And I followed the angel, and he rai sed me to the third heaven, and placed me at the entry of the door: and looking carefully I saw, and the door was of gold, and two columns of gold, full above of golden letters, and the angel tuned again to me and said: Blessed weft thou , if thou hadst entered into these doors, for it is not allowed to any to enter except only to those who have 156 goodness and innocence of body in all things. And I asked the angel about every thing and said: Sir, tell me on what account these letters are put upon those t ables? The angel answered and said unto me: These are the names of the just, se rving God with their whole heart, who dwell on the earth. And again I said: Sir , therefore their names and countenance and the likeness of these who serve God are in heaven, and are known to the angels: for they know who are the servants of God with all their heart, before they go out of the world. 20. And when I had entered the interior of the gate of Paradise,(1) there c ame out to meet me an old man whose countenance shone as the sun; and when he h ad embraced me he said: Hail, Paul, beloved of God. And he kissed me with a che erful countenance. He wept, and I said to him: Brother, why dost thou weep? And again sighing and lamenting he said: We are hurt by men, and they vex us great ly; for many are the good things which the Lord has prepared, and great is his promise, but many do not perceive them. And I asked the angel, and said: Sir, w ho is this? And he said to me: This is Enoch, the scribe of righteousness. And I entered into the interior of that place, and immediately I saw the sun,(2) an d coming it saluted me laughing and rejoicing. And when it had seen (me), it tu rned away and wept, and said to me: Paul, would that thou shouldst receive thy labours which thou hast done in the human race. For me, indeed, I have seen the great and many good things, which God has prepared for the just, and the promi ses of God are great, but many do not perceive them; but even by many labours s carcely one or two enters into these places. 21. And the angel answered and said to me,(3) Whatever I now show thee here , and whatever thou shalt hear, tell it not to any one in the earth. And he led me and shewed me: and there I heard words which it is not lawful for a man to speak. And again he said, For now follow me, and I will shew thee what thou oug htest to narrate in public and relate. And he took me down from the third heaven, and led me into the second heave n, and again he led me on to the firmament and from the firmament he led me ove r the doors of heaven: the beginning of its foundation was on the river which w aters all the earth. And I asked the angel and said, Lord, what is this river o f water? and he said to me, This is Oceanus! And suddenly I went out of heaven, and I understood that it is the light of heaven which lightens all the earth. For the land there is seven times brighter(4) than silver. And I said, Lord, wh at is this place? And he said to me, This is the land of promise. Hast thou nev er heard what is written: Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the eart h? The souls therefore of the just, when they have gone out of the body, are me anwhile dismissed to this place. And I said to the angel, Then this land will b e manifested before the time? The angel answered and said to me, When Christ, w hom thou preachest, shall come to reign, then, by the sentence of God,(5) the f irst earth will be dissolved and this land of promise will then be revealed, an d it will be like dew or cloud, and then the Lord Jesus Christ, the King Eterna l, will be manifested and will come with all his saints to dwell in it, and he will reign over them a thousand years, and they will eat of the good things whi ch I shall now show unto thee. 22. And I looked around upon that land and I saw a river flowing of milk an d honey, and there were trees planted by the bank of that river, full of fruit: moreover each single tree bore twelve fruits in the year, having various and d iverse fruits: and I saw the created things which are in that place and all the work of God, and I saw there palms of twenty cubits, but others of ten cubits: and that land was seven times brighter than silver. And there were trees full of fruits from the roots to the highest branches, of ten thousand fruits of pal ms upon ten thousand fruits. The grape-vines moreover had ten thousand plants.( 6) Moreover in the single vines there were ten thousand thousand bunches and in each of these a thousand single grapes: moreover these single trees bore a tho usand fruits. And I said to the angel, Why does each tree bear a thousand fruit s? The angel answered and said unto me, Because the Lord God gives an abounding flood of gifts to the worthy, because they also of their own will afflicted th emselves when they were placed in the world doing all things on account of his holy name. And again I said to the angel, Sir, are these the only promises whic h the Most Holy God makes? And he answered and said to me: No! there are seven times greater than these. But I say unto 157 thee that when the just go out of the body they shall see the promises and the good things which God has prepared for them. Till then, they shall sigh, and la ment saying: Have we emitted any word from our mouth to vex our neighbour even on one day? I asked and said again: Are these alone the promises of God? And th e angel answered and said unto me: These whom you now see are the souls of the married(1) and those who kept the chastity of their nuptials, containing themse lves. But to the virgins and those who hunger and thirst after righteousness an d those who afflicted themselves for the sake of the name of God, God will give seven times greater than these, which I shall now show thee. And then he took me up from that place where I saw these things and behold, a river, and its waters were greatly whiter than milk, and I said to the angel , What is this? And he said to me: This is the Acherousian Lake where is the Ci ty of Christ, but not every man is permitted to enter that city; for this is th e journey which leads to God, and if anyone is a fornicator and impious, and is converted and shall repent and do fruits worthy of repentance, at first indeed when he shall have gone out of the body, he is led and adores God, and thence by command of the Lord he is delivered to the angel Michael and he baptizes him in the Acherousian Lake--thus he leads them into the City of Christ alongside of those who have never sinned. But I wondered and blessed the Lord God for all the things which I saw. 23. And the angel answered and said unto me: Follow me and I will lead thee into the City of Christ. And he was standing on the Acherousian Lake and he pu t me into a golden ship(2) and angels as it were three thousand were saying hym ns before me till I arrived at the City of Christ. Moreover those who inhabited the City of Christ greatly rejoiced over me as I went to them, and I entered a nd saw the City of Christ, and it was all of gold, and twelve walls encircled i t, and twelve interior towers, and each wall had between them single stadia in the circuit: And I said to the angel, Sir, how much is a stadium? The angel ans wered and said to me: As much as there is between the Lord God and the men who are on the earth, for the City of Christ is alone great. And there were twelve gates in the circuit of the city, of great beauty, and four rivers which encirc led it. There was, moreover, a river of honey and a river of milk, and a river of wine and a river of oil. And I said to the angel: What are these rivers surr ounding that city? And he saith to me: These are the four rivers which flow suf ficiently for those who are in this land of promise, of which the names(3) are: the river of honey is called Fison, and the river of milk Euphrates, and the r iver of oil Gion, and the river of wine Tigris, such therefore they are for tho se who when placed in the world did not use the power of these things, but they hungered for these things and afflicted themselves for the sake of the Lord Go d: so that when these enter into this city, the Lord will assign them these thi ngs on high above all measure. 24. I indeed entering the gates saw trees great and very high before the do ors of the city, having no fruit but leaves only, and I saw a few men scattered in the midst of the trees, and they lamented greatly when they saw anyone ente r the city. And those trees were sorry for them and humbled themselves and bowe d down and again erected themselves. And I saw and wept with them and I asked t he angel and said: Sir, who are these who are not admitted to enter into the Ci ty of Christ? And he said to me: These are they who zealously abstained day and night in fasts, but they had a proud heart above other men, glorifying and pra ising themselves and doing nothing for their neighbours. For they gave some fri endly greeting, but to others they did not even say hail! and indeed they shewe d hospitality to those only whom they wished, and if they did anything whatever for their neighbour they were immoderately puffed up. And I said: What then, S ir? Did their pride prevent them from entering into the City of Christ? And the angel answered and said unto me: Pride is the root of all evils. Are they bett er than the Son of God who came to the Jews with much humility? And I asked him and said: Why is it that the trees humble themselves and erect themselves agai n? And the angel answered and said to me: The whole time which these men passed on earth zealously serving God, on account of the confusion and reproaches of men at the time, they blushed and humiliated themselves, but they were not sadd ened. nor did they repent that they should recede from their pride which was in them. This is why the trees humble themselves, and again 158 are raised up. And I asked and said: For what cause were they admitted to the d oors of the city? The angel answered and said unto me: Because of the great goo dness of God, and because there is the entry of his holy men entering into this city: for this cause they are left in this place, but when Christ the King Ete rnal enters with his saints, as he enters just men may pray for these, and then they may enter into the city along with them: but yet none of them is able to have assurance such as they have who humbled themselves, serving the Lord God a ll their lives. 25. But I went on while the angel instructed me, and he carried me to the r iver of honey, and I saw there Isaiah and Jeremiah(1) and Ezekiel and Amos, and Micah and Zechariah, the minor and major prophets, and they saluted me in the city. I said to the angel: What way is this? And he said to me: This is the way of the prophets, every one who shall have afflicted his soul and not done his own will because of God, when he shall have gone out of the world and have been led to the Lord God and adored him, then by the command of God he is handed ov er to Michael, and he leads him into the city to this place of the prophets, an d they salute him as their friend and neighbour because he did the will of God. 26. Again he led me where there is a river of milk, and I saw in that place all the infants whom Herod slew because of the name of Christ, and they salute d me, and the angel said to me: All who keep their chastity with purity, when t hey shall have come out of the body, after they adore the Lord God are delivere d to Michael and are led to the infants and they salute them, saying that they are our brothers and friends and members; in themselves they shall inherit the promises of God. 27. Again he took me up and carried me to the north of the city and led me where there was a river of wine, and there I saw Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, L ot and Job and other saints,(2) and they saluted me: and I asked and said: What is this place, my Lord? The angel answered and said to me: All who are receive rs of pilgrims, when they go out of the world, first adore the Lord God, and ar e delivered to Michael and by this way are led into the city, and all the just salute him as son and brother, and say unto him: Because thou hast observed hum anity and the receiving of pilgrims, come, have an inheritance in the city of t he Lord our God: every just man shall receive good things of God in the city, a ccording to his own action. 28. And again he carried me near the river of oil on the east of the city. And I saw there men rejoicing and singing psalms, and I said: Who are those, my Lord? And the angel saith to me: Those are they who devoted themselves to God with their whole heart and had no pride in themselves. For all those who rejoic e in the Lord God and sing psalms to the Lord with their whole heart are here l ed into this city. 29. And he carried me into the midst of the city near the twelve walls.(3) But there was in this place a higher wall, and I asked and said: Is there in th e City of Christ a wall which in honour exceeds this place? And the angel answe ring said to me: There is a second better than the first, and similarly a third than the second, as each exceeds the other, unto the twelfth wall. And I said: Tell me, Sir, why one exceeds another in glory? And the angel answered and sai d unto me: All who have in themselves even a little detraction or zeal or pride , something of his glory would be made void even if he were in the city of Chri st: look backward! And turning round I saw golden thrones placed in each gate, and on them men having golden diadems and gems:(4) and I looked carefully and I saw inside bet ween the twelve men thrones placed in another rank which appeared of much glory , so that no one is able to recount their praise. And I asked the angel and sai d: My lord, who is on the throne? And the angel answered and said unto me: Thos e thrones belong to those who had goodness and understanding of heart and made themselves fools for the sake of the Lord God, nor knew new Scriptures nor psal ms, but, mindful of one chapter of the commands of God, and hearing what it con tained they wrought thereby in much diligence and had s fight zeal before the L ord God, and the admiration of them will seize all the saints in presence of th e Lord God, for talking with one another they say, Wait and see the unlearned w ho know nothing more: by which means they merited so great and such a garment a nd so great glory on account of their innocence. And I saw in the midst of this city a great 159 altar, very high, and there was one standing near the altar whose countenance s hone as the sun, and he held in his hands a psaltery and harp, and he sang psal ms, saying Halleluia! And his voice filled the whole city: at the same time whe n all they who were on the towers and gates heard him they responded Halleluia! so that the foundations of the city were shaken: and I asked the angel and sai d, Sir, who is this of so great power? And the angel said to me: This is David: this is the city of Jerusalem, for when Christ the King of Eternity shall come with the assurance of His kingdom, he again shall go before him that he may si ng psalms, and all the just at the same time shall sing psalms responding Halle luia! And I said, Sir, how did David alone above the other saints make a beginn ing of psalm-singing? And the angel answered and said unto me: Because Christ t he Son of God sits at the right hand of His Father, and this David sings psalms before him in the seventh heaven, and as is done in the heavens so also below, because the host may not be offered to God without David, but it is necessary that David should sing psalms in the hour of the oblation of the body and blood of Christ: as it is performed in heaven so also on earth. 30. And I said to the angel: Sir, what is Alleluia? And the angel answered and said to me: You ask questions about everything. And he said to me, Alleluia is said in the Hebrew language of God and angels, for the meaning of Alleluia is this: tecel cat. marith macha.(1) And I said, Sir, what is tecel cat. marith macha? And the angel answered and said unto me: Tecel cat. marith macha is: Le t us all bless him together. I asked the angel and said, Sir, do all who say Al leluia bless the Lord? And the angel answered and said to me: It is so, and aga in, therefore, if any one sing Alleluia and those who are present do not sing a t the same time, they commit sin because they do not sing along with him, And I said: My lord, does he also sin if he be hesitating or very old? The angel ans wered and said unto me: Not so, but he who is able and does not join in the sin ging, know such as a despiser of the Word, and it would be proud and unworthy t hat he should not bless the Lord God his maker. 31. Moreover when he had ceased speaking to me, he led me outside the city through the midst of the trees and far from the places of the land of the good, and put me across the river of milk and honey: and after that he led me over t he ocean which supports the foundations of heaven. The angel answered and said unto me: Dost thou understand why thou goest he nce? And I said: Yes, sir. And he said to me Come and follow me, and I will sho w thee the souls of the impious and sinners, that thou mayest know what manner of place it is. And I proceeded with the angel and he carried me by the setting of the sun, and I saw the beginning of heaven rounded on a great river of wate r, and I asked: What is this river of water? And he said to me: This is Ocean w hich surrounds all the Earth. And when I was at the outer limit of Ocean I look ed, and there was no light in that place, but darkness and sorrow and sadness: and I sighed. And I saw there a fervent river of fire, and in it a multitude of men and w omen immersed. up to the knees, and other men up to the navel, others even up t o the lips, others moreover up to the hair. And I asked the angel and said: Sir , who are those in the fiery river? And the angel answered and said to me: They are neither hot nor cold, because they were found neither in the number of the just nor in the number of the impious.(2) For those spent the time of their li fe on earth passing some days in prayer, but others in sins and fornications, u ntil their death. And I asked him and said: Who are these, Sir, immersed up to their knees in fire? He answered and said to me: These are they who when they h ave gone out of church throw themselves into strange conversations to dispute. Those indeed who are immersed up to the navel are those who, when they have tak en the body and blood of Christ go and fornicate and did not cease from their s ins till they died. Those who are immersed up to the lips are the detractors of each other when they assemble in the church of God: those up to the eyebrows a re those who nod approval of themselves and plot spite against their neighbour. (3) 32. And I saw on the north a place of various and diverse punishments full of