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27 105And106 in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from God to Galilee107 to a 28 city called Nazareth, 108to a virgin given in marriage to a man named Joseph, of the 29 house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 109And the angel entered unto her and said unto her, Peace be unto thee, thou who art filled with grace. Our Lord 30 is with thee, thou blessed amongst women. 110And she, when she beheld, was agitated 31 at his word, and pondered what this salutation could be. 111And the angel said unto 32 her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God. 112Thou shalt now conceive, 33 and bear a son, and call his name Jesus. 113This shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of 34 David his father: and he shall rule over the house of Jacob for ever; 114and to his 35 kingdom there shall be no end. 115Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be to 36 me when no man hath known me? 116The angel answered and said unto her, The [Arabic, p. 4] Holy Spirit will come, and the power of the Most High shall rest upon thee, and therefore shall he that is born of thee be pure, and shall be called the Son 37 of God. 117And lo, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old 38 age; and this is the sixth month with her, her that is called barren. 118For nothing is 39 difficult for God. 119Mary said, Lo, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be unto me according unto thy word. And the angel departed from her.

1 Arabic, p. 7 173Now174 the birth of Jesus the Messiah was on this wise: In the time when his mother was given in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, 2 she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 175And Joseph her husband was a just man and did not wish to expose her, and he purposed to put her away secretly. 3 176But 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 begotten177 in her is of the Holy Spirit. 178She shall bear a son, and thou shalt 5 call his name Jesus, and he shall save179 his people from their sins. 180And all this was that the saying from the Lord by the prophet might be fulfilled:

6 181Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,

And they shall call his name Immanuel,

1, 2 234And after that,235 the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem, 236and said, Where is the King of the Jews which was born? We have seen his star in the east, and have 3 come to worship him. 237And Herod the king heard, and he was troubled, and all 4 Jerusalem with him. 238And he gathered all the chief priests and the scribes of the 5 people, and asked them in what place239 the Messiah should be born. 240They said, In Bethlehem of Judæa: thus it is written in the prophet,

6 241Thou 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 242Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which 8 the star appeared to them. 243And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said unto them, Go and search about the child diligently; and when ye have found him, come and 9 make known to me, that I also may go and worship him. 244And they, when they Arabic, p. 11 heard the king, departed; and lo, the star which they had seen in the east went before them, until it came and stood above the place where the child 10, 11 was. 245And when they beheld the star, they rejoiced with very great joy. 246And they entered the house and beheld the child with Mary his mother, and fell down worshipping him, and opened their saddle-bags and offered to him offerings, gold and 12 myrrh and frankincense. 247And they saw in a 234 Matt. ii. 1b. 235 On the substitution of this general phrase for Matt. ii. 1a, see the remarks of Harris in Fragments, etc., p. 37 ff. 236 Matt. ii. 2. 237 Matt. ii. 3. 238 Matt. ii. 4. 239 This periphrasis for where is very characteristic of this work. 240 Matt. ii. 5. 241 Matt. ii. 6. 242 Matt. ii. 7. 243 Matt. ii. 8. 244 Matt. ii. 9. 245 Matt. ii. 10. 246 Matt. ii. 11. 247 Matt. ii. 12. dream248 that they should not return to Herod, and they travelled by another way in going to their country.

13 249And when they had departed, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, and said unto him, Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I speak to thee; for Herod is determined to seek the child 14 to slay him. 250And Joseph arose and took the child and his mother in the night, and 15 fled into Egypt, 251and remained in it until the time of the death of Herod: that that might be fulfilled which was said by the Lord in the prophet, which said, From 16 Egypt did I call my son. 252And Herod then, when he saw that 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 under, according to the time 17 which he had inquired from the Magi. 253Then was fulfilled the saying in Jeremiah the prophet, which said,

18 254A voice was heard in Ramah,

Weeping and much lamentation;

Rachel weeping255 for her children,

And not willing to be consoled for their loss.

19 256But when Herod the king died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to 20 Joseph in Egypt, 257and said unto him, Rise and take the child and his mother, and Arabic, p. 12 go into the land of Israel; for they have died who sought the child’s life. 21 258And Joseph rose and took the child and his mother, and came to the land 22 of Israel. 259But when he heard that Archelaus had become king over Judæa instead of Herod his 248 So in later Arabic and some Arabic versions. According to classical usage the word means sleep. 249 Matt. ii. 13. 250 Matt. ii. 14. 251 Matt. ii. 15. 252 Matt. ii. 16. 253 Matt. ii. 17. 254 Matt. ii. 18. 255 Or, is weeping, and so in next line is not willing. 256 Matt. ii. 19. 257 Matt. ii. 20. 258 Matt. ii. 21. 259 Matt. ii. 22. father, he feared to go thither; and he saw in a dream that he should 23 go into the land of Galilee, 260and that he should abide in a city called Nazareth: that the saying in the prophet might be fulfilled, that he should be called a Nazarene.

24 261And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, becoming filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him.

25 262And his kinsfolk263 used to go every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 26 264And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to their custom, 27 to the feast. 265And when the days were accomplished, they returned; and the child 28 Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother knew not: 266and they supposed that he was with the children of their company. And when they had gone one day’s journey, they sought him beside their people and those who knew them, 29 and they found him not; 267so they returned to Jerusalem and sought him again. 30 268And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, 31 hearing them and asking them questions; 269and all who heard him wondered at 32 his wisdom and his words. 270And when they saw him they 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. 271And he said unto them, Why were 34 ye seeking me? know272 ye not that I must be in the house of my Father? 273And they 35 understood not the word which he spake unto them. 274And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was obedient to them: and his mother used to keep all these sayings in her heart.

36 Arabic, p. 13 275And Jesus grew in his stature and wisdom, and in grace with God and men.

1 303No man hath seen God at any time; the only Son, God,304 which is in the bosom of his Father, he hath told of him.

2 305And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent to him from Jerusalem priests 3 and Levites to ask him, Who art thou? 306And he acknowledged, and denied not; 4 and he confessed that he was not the Messiah. 307And they asked him again, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not he. Art thou a prophet? He 5 said, No. 308They said unto him, Then who art thou? that we may answer them that 6 sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? 309And he said, I am the voice that crieth in 7 the desert, Repair ye the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. 310And they 8 that were sent were from311 the Pharisees. 312And they asked him and said unto him, Why baptizest thou now, when thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a prophet? 9 313John answered and said unto them, I baptize with314 water: among you is standing 10 one whom ye know not: 315this is he who I said cometh after me and was before 11 me, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. 316And that was in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. 12 317Now John’s raiment was camel’s hair, and he was girded with skins, and his food 13 Arabic, p. 15 was of locusts and honey of the wilderness.318 319 Then went out unto 303 John i. 18. 304 cf. Peshitta, etc. (not Cur.); cf. also Gildemeister, op. cit., p. 29, on Luke ix. 20. 305 John i. 19. 306 John i. 20. 307 John i. 21. 308 John i. 22. 309 John i. 23. 310 John i. 24. 311 Lit. from the side of. 312 John i. 25. 313 John i. 26. 314 Or, in. 315 John i. 27. 316 John i. 28. 317 Matt. iii. 4. 318 On the original Diatessaron reading, honey and milk of the mountains, or, milk and honey of the mountains, which latter Ibn-at-Tayyib cites in his Commentary (folio 44b, 45a) as a reading, but without any allusion to the Diatessaron, see, e.g., now Harris, Fragments of the Com. of Ephr. Syr. upon the Diat. (London, 1895), p. 17 f. 319 Matt. iii. 5. him the people of Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region which is about the 14, 15 Jordan; 320and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 321But when he saw many of the Pharisees322 and Sadducees323 coming to be baptized, he said unto them, Ye children of vipers, who hath led you to flee from the wrath to come? 16, 17 324Do now the fruits which are worthy of repentance; 325and think and say not within yourselves, We have a father, even Abraham; for I say unto you, that God is able to 18 raise up of these stones children unto Abraham. 326Behold, 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 fire. 327And the multitudes were asking him and saying, What shall we do? 20 328He answered and said unto them, He that hath two tunics shall329 give to him that 21 hath not; and he that hath food shall330 do likewise. 331And the publicans also came 22 to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what shall we do? 332He said unto 23 them, Seek not more than what ye are commanded to seek. 333And the servants334 of the guard asked him and said, And we also, what shall we do? He said unto them, Do not violence to any man, nor wrong him; and let your allowances satisfy you.

1 376Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou 2 shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. 377And when the 3 devil378 had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season. 379And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him.

4, 5 380And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; 381and he saw Jesus as 6 he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God! 382And his two disciples heard 7 him saying this,383 and they followed Jesus. 384And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Our master, 8 where art thou staying? 385And he said unto them, Come and see. And they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it was about the tenth hour. 9 386One of the two which heard from387 John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the 10 brother of Simon. 388And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have 11 found the Messiah. 389And he brought him unto Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah: thou shalt be called Cephas.390

12 391And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Philip, 13 [Arabic, p. 19] and said unto him, Follow me. 392Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city 14 of Andrew and Simon. 393And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of 376 Matt. iv. 10. 377 Luke iv. 13. 378 Lit. backbiter, a different word from that used above in § 4, 43, 47. 379 Matt. iv. 11b. 380 John i. 35. 381 John i. 36. 382 John i. 37. 383 Or, speaking. 384 John i. 38. 385 John i. 39. 386 John i. 40. 387 cf. Peshitta. 388 John i. 41a. 389 John i. 42a. 390 The Arabic word used throughout this work means Stones. 391 John i. 43. 392 John i. 44. 393 John i. 45. whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found that 15 he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 394Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and 16 see. 395And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a396 17 son of Israel in whom is no guile. 397And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while thou wast under the 18 fig tree, I saw thee. 398Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art 19 the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. 399Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou believed? thou shalt see what is 20 greater than this. 400And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

21 401And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee.

22 402And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,403 a404 city of Galilee; and the 23 mother of Jesus was there: 405and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the 24 feast. 406And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine. 25 407And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine 26 hour come?408 409And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do. 27 410And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews’ purification, such as 28 Arabic, p. 20 would contain two or three jars. 411And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels 394 John i. 46. 395 John i. 47. 396 Lit. the (cf. note to § 1, 40). 397 John i. 48. 398 John i. 49. 399 John i. 50. 400 John i. 51. 401 Luke iv. 14a. 402 John ii. 1. 403 Arabic Qatna; at § 5, 32, Qatina, following the Syriac form. 404 Lit. the (cf. note to § 1, 40). 405 John ii. 2. 406 John ii. 3. 407 John ii. 4. 408 The reading of Cur. and Sin. is not known; but cf. Moesinger, p. 53, and Isho’dad quoted in Harris, Fragments, etc., p. 46. 409 John ii. 5. 410 John ii. 6. 411 John ii. 7. 29 with water. And they filled them to the top. 412He said unto them, Draw 30 out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so. 413And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), the ruler of the company called 31 the bridegroom, 414and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine, and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; but thou hast kept the good wine until 32 now. 415And this is the first sign416 which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested 33 his glory; and his disciples believed on him. 417And his fame spread in all the country 34 which was around them. 418And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified 35 by419 every man. 420And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood 36 up to read. 421And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written,

37 422The 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,423 and sight to the blind,

And to bring the broken into forgiveness,424

38 425And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

1 Arabic, p. 22 446But when Simon Cephas saw this he fell before the feet of Jesus, and said unto him, My Lord, I beseech of thee to depart from me, for I am 2 a sinful man. 447And amazement took possession of him, and of all who were with him, 3 because of the draught of the fishes which they had taken. 448And thus also were James and John the sons of Zebedee overtaken,449 who were Simon’s partners. And Jesus said 4 unto Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be a fisher of men unto life. 450And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everything, and followed him.

5 451And after that came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and he went 6 about there with them, and baptized. 452And John also was baptizing in Ænon, which is beside Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 7, 8 453And John was not yet come into prison. 454And there was an inquiry between 9 one of John’s disciples and one of the Jews about purifying. 455And they456 came unto John, and said unto him, Our master, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom 10 thou hast borne witness, behold, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. 457John answered and said unto them,458 A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be 11 given him459 from heaven. 460Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am 12 not the Messiah, but I am one sent461 before him. 462And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the 446 Luke v. 8. 447 Luke v. 9. 448 Luke v. 10. 449 The verb may be active as well as passive, but does not agree in gender with amazement. Mistakes in gender are, however, very common transcriptional errors. 450 Luke v. 11. 451 John iii. 22. 452 John iii. 23. 453 John iii. 24. 454 John iii. 25. 455 John iii. 26. 456 Dual. 457 John iii. 27. 458 Plural. In the Peshitta it is two individuals in verse 25. In Sin. the first is an individual and the second is ambiguous. In Cur. both are plural. 459 Or, he be given it. 460 John iii. 28. 461 The ordinary word for apostle. 462 John iii. 29. friend of the bridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Lo now,463 behold, 13, 14 Arabic, p. 23 my joy becometh complete.464 465And he must increase and I decrease. 466For467 he 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. 468And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man 16 receiveth his witness. 469And he that hath received his witness hath asserted470 that he is 17 truly God.471 472And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words473 of God: God gave 18 not the Spirit by measure. 474The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in 19 his hands. 475Whosoever believeth in the Son hath eternal476 life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh477 upon him.

20 478And Jesus learned479 that the Pharisees had heard that he had received many disciples, 21 and that he was baptizing more than John 480(not that Jesus was himself baptizing, 22 but his disciples); 481and so he left Judæa.

1 Arabic, p. 26 523And in the morning of that day he went out very early, and went to a 2 desert place, and was there praying. 524And Simon and those that were with 3 him sought him. 525And when they found him, they said unto him, All the people seek for 4 thee. 526He said unto them, Let us go into the adjacent villages and towns, that I may 5 preach there also; for to this end did I come. 527And the multitudes were seeking him, and came till they reached him; and they took hold of him, that he should not 6 go away from them. 528But Jesus said unto them, I must preach of the kingdom of 7 God in other cities also: for because of this gospel was I sent. 529And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the diseases and all the sicknesses, 8 530and casting out the devils. 531And his fame became known 532that533 he was teaching in 9 every place and being glorified by every man. 534And when he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting among the tax-gatherers;535 and he said unto him, Follow 10 me: and he rose and followed him. 536And 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, and those that were enduring torment, and those that were possessed, and lunatics,537 and paralytics; and he healed them.

1 602And the Pharisees went out, and consulted together concerning him, that they 2 might destroy him. 603And Jesus perceived, and removed thence: and great multitudes 3 followed him; and he healed all of them: 604and he forbade them that they should 4 not make him known:605 606that the saying in Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

5 607Behold, my servant608 with whom I am pleased;

My beloved in whom my soul hath delighted:609

My spirit have I put upon him,

And he shall proclaim to the nations judgement.

6 610He shall not dispute, nor cry out;

And no man shall hear his voice in the marketplace.

7 611And a bruised reed shall he not break,

And a smoking lamp612 shall he not extinguish,

Until he shall bring forth judgement unto victory.

8 613And the nations shall rejoice in his name.614

9 615And in those days Jesus went out to the mountain that he might pray, and he 10 spent the night616 there in prayer to God. 617And when the morning was come, he 602 Matt. xii. 14. 603 Matt. xii. 15. 604 Matt. xii. 16. 605 Lit. lead to him. 606 Matt. xii. 17. 607 Matt. xii. 18. 608 The Arabic word strictly means young man. 609 Or, rested. 610 Matt. xii. 19. 611 Matt. xii. 20. 612 Or, wick. 613 Matt. xii. 21. 614 The Arab. might also mean, And he shall preach (the good tidings) to the peoples in his name (cf. § 22, 47, note). 615 Luke vi. 12. 616 This phrase, in this case adopted from the Syriac, really means, in Arab., morning found him. 617 Luke vi. 13a. called the disciples. 618And he went towards the sea: and there followed him much people 11 from Galilee that he might pray,619 620and from Judæa, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon, and from Decapolis; 12 and great multitudes came unto him, which had heard what he did. 621And he spake to his disciples to bring him the boat because of the multitudes, that they 13 might not throng him. 622And he healed many, so that they were almost falling on Arabic, p. 31 him623 on account of their seeking to get near him. And624 those that had 14 plagues and unclean spirits, 625as soon as they beheld him, would fall, and 15 cry out, and say, Thou art the Son of God. 626And he rebuked them much, that they 16 should not make him known. 627And those that were under the constraint of628 unclean 17 spirits were healed. 629And all of the crowd were seeking to come near630 him; because power went out from him, and he healed them all.

18, 19 631And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he went up to the mountain. 632And he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve; and they are those whom he named 20 apostles: 633Simon, whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James and 618 Mark iii. 7. 619 It must be remembered that we have here only one ms. The Arabic words for Galilee and for mountain are very similar. The words that he might pray have therefore probably made their way here by some error from § 8, 9, above. 620 Mark iii. 8. 621 Mark iii. 9. 622 Mark iii. 10. 623 So (with the Peshitta) by transposing two letters. The Arabic text as it stands can hardly be translated. Almost may be simply a corruption of the Arabic word were. 624 The syntax of the Arabic is ambiguous. The alternative followed above, which seems the most natural, is that which agrees most nearly with the Peshitta. 625 Mark iii. 11. 626 Mark iii. 12. 627 Luke vi. 18. 628 Or, troubled with. 629 Luke vi. 19. 630 This is the meaning of the Arabic word, as it is the primary meaning of the Syriac; but in this work a number of words meaning approach are used (and generally translated) in the sense of touch. The commonest word so used is that in § 12, 13 (cf. also § 12, 35). 631 Matt. v. 1a. 632 Luke vi. 13b. 633 Luke vi. 14. 21 John, and Philip and Bartholomew, 634and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son 22 of Alphæus, and Simon which was called the Zealot, 635and Judas the son of James, 23 and Judas the Iscariot, being he that had betrayed him.636 637And Jesus went down with them and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and the great 24 multitude of people. 638And 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 639Then he lifted up his eyes unto them, and opened his mouth, 640and taught them, and said,

27 641Blessed are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

28 642Blessed are the sorrowful: for they shall be comforted.

29 643Blessed are the humble: for they shall inherit the earth.

30 644Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied.

31 645Blessed are the merciful: for on them shall be mercy.

32 Arabic, p. 32 646Blessed are the pure in their hearts: for they shall see God.

33 647Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the sons of God.

34 648Blessed are they that were persecuted649 for righteousness’ sake: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

35 650Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and separate you from them, and persecute you, and reproach you, 651and shall speak against you with all evil talk, for my 36 634 Luke vi. 15. 635 Luke vi. 16. 636 So Vat. ms., followed by Ciasca (cf. Sin.). Borg. ms. has he that was betraying or was a traitor (cf. Peshitta). 637 Luke vi. 17a. 638 Mark iii. 14. 639 Luke vi. 20. 640 Matt. v. 2. 641 Matt. v. 3. 642 Matt. v. 4. 643 Matt. v. 5. 644 Matt. v. 6. 645 Matt. v. 7. 646 Matt. v. 8. 647 Matt. v. 9. 648 Matt. v. 10. 649 This word, the ordinary meaning of which is expel, is freely used by our translator in the sense of persecute. 650 Luke vi. 22a. 651 Matt. v. 11b. sake, falsely. 652Then rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets before you.

37 653But woe unto you rich! for ye have received your consolation.

38 654Woe unto you that are satisfied! ye shall hunger.

Woe unto you that laugh now! ye shall weep and be sad.

39 655Woe unto you when men praise you! for so did their fathers use to do to the false prophets.

40 656Unto you do I say, ye which hear, 657Ye 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. 658Ye are the light of the world. It is 42 impossible that a city built on a mountain should be hid. 659Neither do they light a lamp and place it under a bushel, but on the lamp-stand, and it giveth light to all 43 who are in the house. 660So shall661 your light shine before men, that they may see 44 your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 662There is nothing 45 secret that shall not be revealed, or hidden that shall not be known. 663Whoever hath ears that hear, let him hear.

46 664Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets; I came not to destroy, 47 but to complete. 665Verily I say unto you, Until heaven and earth shall pass, there Arabic, p. 33 shall not pass one point or one letter of the law, until all of it shall be 48 accomplished. 666Every one who shall violate now one of these small commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called lacking in the kingdom of heaven: every one that shall do and teach shall667 be called great in the kingdom 49 of heaven. 668I say unto you now, 652 Matt. v. 12. 653 Luke vi. 24. 654 Luke vi. 25. 655 Luke v. 26. 656 Luke vi. 27. 657 Matt. v. 13. 658 Matt. v. 14. 659 Matt. v. 15. 660 Matt. v. 16. 661 Or, let (cf. § 4, 20, note). 662 Mark iv. 22. 663 Mark iv. 23. 664 Matt. v. 17. 665 Matt. v. 18. 666 Matt. v. 19. 667 Lit. this (man) shall. 668 Matt. v. 20. unless your righteousness abound more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.

50 669Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Do not kill; and every one that 51 killeth is worthy of the judgement. 670But 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 condemned671 by the synagogue; and whosoever 52 saith to him, Thou fool, is worthy of the fire of Gehenna. 672If thou art now offering thy gift at the altar, and rememberest there that thy brother hath conceived 53 against thee any grudge, 673leave thy gift at the altar, and go first and satisfy thy 54 brother, and then return and offer thy gift. 674Join675 thine adversary quickly, 676and while thou art still with him in the way, give a ransom and free thyself from him; 55 lest thine adversary deliver thee to the judge, 677and the judge deliver thee to the tax-collector, 56 and thou fall into prison. 678And verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt not go out thence until thou payest the last farthing.

57, 58 679Ye have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery: 680but I now say unto you, that every one that looketh at a woman lusting after her hath forthwith already 59 Arabic, p. 34 committed adultery with her in his heart. 681If thy right eye injure thee, put it out and cast it from thee; for it is preferable for thee that one of thy 60 members should perish, and not thy whole body go into the fire of hell. 682And if thy right hand injure thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; and it is better for thee that 61 one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body fall into Gehenna. 683It was said that he that putteth away his wife should give her a writing of divorcement: 62 684but I say unto you, that 669 Matt. v. 21. 670 Matt. v. 22. 671 See § 10, 13, note. 672 Matt. v. 23. 673 Matt. v. 24. 674 Matt. v. 25a. 675 The text is rather uncertain. 676 Luke xii. 58a. 677 Matt. v. 25c. 678 Matt. v. 26. 679 Matt. v. 27. 680 Matt. v. 28. 681 Matt. v. 29. 682 Matt. v. 30. 683 Matt. v. 31. 684 Matt. v. 32. every one that putteth away his wife, except for the cause of adultery, hath made it lawful for685 her to commit adultery: and whosoever taketh one that is put away committeth adultery.

1 686Ye have heard also that it was said unto the ancients, Lie not, but perform unto 2 God in thy oaths: 687but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it 3 is God’s throne; 688nor by the earth, for it is a footstool under his feet; nor yet by 4 Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great689 King. 690Neither shalt thou swear by thy 5 head, for thou canst not make in it one lock of hair black or white. 691But your word shall be either Yea or Nay, and what is in excess of this is of the evil one.

6, 7 692Ye have heard that it was said, Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: 693but I say unto you, Stand not in opposition to the evil;694 but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right 8 cheek,695 turn to him also the other. 696And he that would sue thee, and take thy tunic, 9 leave to him also thy wrapper. 697And whosoever compelleth thee one mile, go with 10 Arabic, p. 35 him twain. 698And he that asketh thee, give unto him: 699and he that would borrow of thee, prevent him not. And prosecute700 not him that taketh thy 11 substance. 701And as ye desire that men should do to you, so do ye also to them.

12, 13 702Ye have heard that it was said, Love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy: 703but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for those that curse you, and deal well with those that hate you, and pray for those who take you with violence and persecute you; 686 Matt. v. 33. 687 Matt. v. 34. 688 Matt. v. 35. 689 The adj. is in the superlative. 690 Matt. v. 36. 691 Matt. v. 37. 692 Matt. v. 38. 693 Matt. v. 39. 694 A literal reproduction of the Greek, like that in Syr. versions. 695 Lit. jaw. 696 Matt. v. 40. 697 Matt. v. 41. 698 Matt. v. 42. 699 Luke vi. 30b. 700 Or, punish. 701 Luke vi. 31. 702 Matt. v. 43. 703 Matt. v. 44. 14 704that ye may be sons of your heavenly Father, who maketh his sun to rise on the good and the evil, and sendeth down his rain on the righteous and the 15 unrighteous. 705If ye love them that love you, what reward shall ye have? 706for the publicans 16 and sinners also love those that love them. 707And if ye do a kindness to those 17 who treat you well, where is your superiority? for sinners also do likewise. 708And if ye lend to him of whom ye hope for a reward,709 where is your superiority? for the 18 sinners also lend to sinners, seeking recompense from710 them. 711But 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 may be the children of the Highest: for he is lenient 19 towards the wicked and the ungrateful. 712Be ye merciful, even as your Father also is 20 merciful. 713And if ye inquire for the good of your brethren only, what more have 21 ye done than others? is not this the conduct of the publicans also? 714Be ye now715 perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

22 716Consider your alms; do them not before men to let them see you: and if it be not 23 so,717 ye have no reward before your Father which is in the heavens. 718When then thou givest an alms now, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as do the people of hypocrisy, Arabic, p. 36 in the synagogues and the marketplaces, that men may praise them. And 24 verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. 719But thou, when 25 thou doest alms, let thy left hand not know what thy right hand doeth; 720that thine alms may be concealed: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

1 Arabic, p. 38 753No man can serve two masters; and that because it is necessary that he hate one of them and love the other, and honour one of them and despise the 2 other. 754Ye cannot serve God and possessions. And because of this I say unto you, Be not anxious for yourselves,755 what ye shall eat and what ye shall drink; neither for your bodies, what ye shall put on. Is not the life better than the food, and the body 3 than the raiment? 756Consider the birds of the heaven, 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? 757Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one 5 cubit? 758If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the 6, 7 rest? 759Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins; 760and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of 8 them. 761And if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow 9 is cast762 into the oven, how much more shall be unto you, O ye of little faith! 763Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With 10 what shall we be clothed? 764Neither let your minds be perplexed in this: 765all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth 11 your need of all these things. 766Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; 12 [Arabic, p. 39] and all these shall come to you as something additional for you. 767Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil.

1 Arabic, p. 42 814And when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished 2 at his teaching; 815and that because he was teaching them as one having authority, not as their scribes and the Pharisees.

3 816And when he descended from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

4 817And when Jesus entered Capernaum, the servant of one of the chiefs was in an 5 evil case, and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of death. 818And he 6 heard of Jesus, and came to him with the elders of the Jews; 819and he besought him, and said, My Lord, my boy is laid in the house paralysed,820 and he is suffering grievous 7 torment. 821And the elders urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that 8 this should be done unto him: 822for he loveth our people, and he also built the synagogue 9, 10 for us. 823Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. 824That 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. 825And I also am a man in obedience to authority, having under my hand soldiers:826 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. 827And when Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,828 and turned and said unto the multitude that were coming with him, 829Verily I say unto you, I have 13 not found in Israel the like of this faith. 830I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, 814 Matt. vii. 28. 815 Matt. vii. 29. 816 Matt. viii. 1. 817 Matt. viii. 5a; Luke vii. 2. 818 Luke vii. 3. 819 Matt. viii. 5b; Matt. viii. 6. 820 i.e., so as to be unable to walk. 821 Luke vii. 4b. 822 Luke vii. 5. 823 Matt. viii. 7. 824 Matt. viii. 8. 825 Luke vii. 8. 826 Or, bodies of soldiers. 827 Luke vii. 9a. 828 Or, it. 829 Matt. viii. 10b. 830 Matt. viii. 11. and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob 14 Arabic, p. 43 in the kingdom of heaven: 831but the children of the kingdom shall be cast 15 forth into the outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 832And Jesus said to that chief, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so shall it be unto thee. 16 833And his lad was healed in that hour. And that chief returned to the house and found that sick servant healed.

17 834And the day after, he was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples with him, 18 and a great multitude. 835And when he was come near the gate of the city, he saw a crowd836 accompanying one that was dead, the only son of his mother; and his mother was a widow: and there was with her a great multitude of the people of the 19 city. 837And when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep 20 not. 838And 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. 839And that dead man sat up and began 22 to speak; and he gave him to his mother. 840And 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. 841And this news concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the region which was about them.

24 842And when Jesus saw great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to 25 depart to the other side. 843And while they were going in the way, there came one of the scribes and said unto him, My Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou 26 goest. 844Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have 27 nests; but the Son of man hath not a place in which to lay his head. 845And he said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My Lord, suffer me first to go and 28 bury 831 Matt. viii. 12. 832 Matt. viii. 13. 833 Luke vii. 10. 834 Luke vii. 11. 835 Luke vii. 12. 836 Lit. company. 837 Luke vii. 13. 838 Luke vii. 14. 839 Luke vii. 15. 840 Luke vii. 16. 841 Luke vii. 17. 842 Matt. viii. 18. 843 Luke ix. 57a; Matt. viii. 19. 844 Matt. viii. 20. 845 Luke ix. 59. my father. 846Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their dead; but thou, 29 follow me and preach the kingdom of God. 847And another said unto him, I will follow Arabic, p. 44 thee, my Lord; but first suffer me to go and salute my household and 30 come. 848Jesus said unto him, There is no one who putteth his hand to the plough849 and looketh behind him, and yet is fit for the kingdom of God.

31 850And he said to them on that day in the evening, Let us go over to the other side 32 of the lake; and he left851 the multitudes. 852And Jesus went up and sat in the ship, 33 he and his disciples, and there were with them other ships. 853And there occurred on the sea a great tempest854 of whirlwind and wind, 855 and the ship was on the point of 34 sinking from the greatness856 of the waves. 857But Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the ship; 858and his disciples came and awoke him, and said unto him, Our 35 Lord, save us; lo, we perish. 859And he rose, and rebuked the winds and the turbulence of the water, and said to the sea, Be still, for thou art rebuked; 860and the wind 36 was still, and there was a great calm. 861And he said unto them, Why are ye thus 37 afraid? and why have ye no faith? 862And they feared greatly.863 And they marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who commandeth also the wind and the waves and the sea, and they obey him?

1 888And all the multitude of the Gadarenes entreated him to depart from them, because that great fear took hold upon them.

2, 3 889But Jesus went up into the ship, and crossed, and came to his city. 890And 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, 891Return to thy house, and make known what 5 God hath done for thee. 892And he went, and began to publish in Decapolis893 what Jesus had done for him; and they all marvelled.

6 894And when Jesus had crossed in the ship to that side, a great multitude received 7 him; and they were all looking for him. 895And a man named Jairus, the chief of the 8 synagogue, fell before the feet of Jesus, 896and besought him much, and said unto him, I have an only daughter, and she is come nigh unto death; 897but come and lay thy 9 hand upon her, and she shall live. 898And Jesus rose, and his disciples, and they followed 10 him. 899And there joined him a great multitude, and they pressed him.

11, 12 900And a woman, which had a flow of blood for twelve years, 901had suffered much of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not benefited at all, but her 13 trouble increased further. 902And when she heard of Jesus, she came in the thronging of 14 Arabic, p. 47 the crowd behind him, and touched903 his garments; 904and she thought within 15 herself, If I could reach to touch his garments, I should live. 905And 888 Luke viii. 37a. 889 Matt. ix. 1. 890 Luke viii. 38. 891 Luke viii. 39a. 892 Mark v. 20. 893 Lit. the ten cities. 894 Mark v. 21a; Luke viii. 40b. 895 Luke viii. 41a. 896 Mark v. 23a. 897 Matt. ix. 18b. 898 Matt. ix. 19. 899 Mark v. 24b. 900 Mark v. 25. 901 Mark v. 26. 902 Mark v. 27. 903 See § 8, 17, note. 904 Mark v. 28. 905 Mark v. 29. immediately the fountain of her blood was dried; and she felt in her body that she was healed 16 of her plague. 906And 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 907And on their denying, all of them, Simon Cephas and those with him said unto him, Our Master, the multitudes throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who approached 18 unto me? 908And he said, Some one approached unto me; and I knew that 19 power went forth from me. 909And that woman, when she saw that she was not hid 20 from him, came fearing and agitated (for she knew what had happened to her), 910and fell down and worshipped him, and told, in the presence of all the people, for what 21 reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 911And Jesus said unto her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith hath made thee alive; depart in peace, and be whole from thy plague.

22 912And while he was yet speaking, there came a man from the house of the chief of the synagogue, and said unto him, Thy daughter hath died; so trouble not the 23 teacher. 913But Jesus heard, and said unto the father of the maid, Fear not: but believe 24 only, and she shall live. 914And he suffered no man to go with him, except 25 Simon Cephas, and James, and John the brother of James. 915And they reached the house of the chief of the synagogue; and he saw them agitated, weeping and wailing. 26 916And he entered, and said unto them, Why are ye agitated and weeping? the 27 Arabic, p. 48 maid hath not died, but she is sleeping. 917And they laughed at him, for 28 they knew that she had died. 918And 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. 919And he took hold of the hand of the maid, and said unto her, Maid, arise. 906 Mark v. 30. 907 Luke viii. 45b. 908 Luke viii. 46. 909 Luke viii. 47a. 910 Mark v. 33b; Luke viii. 47c. 911 Luke viii. 48; Mark v. 34b. 912 Luke viii. 49. 913 Luke viii. 50. 914 Mark v. 37. 915 Mark v. 38. 916 Mark v. 39. 917 Luke viii. 53. 918 Mark v. 40b. 919 Mark v. 41. 920And her spirit returned, and straightway 30 she arose and walked: 921and she was about twelve years of age. 922And he commanded 31 that there should be given to her something to eat. 923And her father wondered greatly: 32 and he warned them that they should tell no man what had happened. 924And this report spread in all that land.

33 925And when Jesus crossed over from there, there joined him two blind men, crying 34 out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David. 926And when he came to the house, those two blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, Believe ye 35 that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, our Lord. 927Then he touched928 36 their eyes, and said, As ye have believed, it shall be unto you. 929And immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus forbade them, and said, See that no man know. 37 930But they went out and published the news in all that land.

38 931And when Jesus went out, they brought to him a dumb man having a devil. 39 932And on the going out of the devil that dumb man spake. And the multitudes marvelled, and said, It was never so seen in Israel

40 933And Jesus was going about in all the cities and in the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease 41 Arabic, p. 49 and sickness; and many followed him. 934And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, for they were wearied and scattered,935 as sheep 42 that have no shepherd. 936And he called his twelve disciples, and gave them power and 43 much authority over all devils and diseases; 937and sent them two and two, that 920 Luke viii. 55a. 921 Mark v. 42b. 922 Luke viii. 55b. 923 Luke viii. 56. 924 Matt. ix. 26. 925 Matt. ix. 27. 926 Matt. ix. 28. 927 Matt. ix. 29. 928 Lit. went forward to (cf. § 8, 17, note). 929 Matt. ix. 30. 930 Matt. ix. 31. 931 Matt. ix. 32. 932 Matt. ix. 33. 933 Matt. ix. 35. 934 Matt. ix. 36. 935 Lit. cast away (cf. meanings of Syriac word). 936 Matt. x. 1a; Luke ix. 1b. 937 Luke ix. 2. they 44 might proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 938And he charged them, and said, Walk not in the way of the heathen, nor enter into the cities of the Samaritans. 939 45, 46 940Go especially unto the sheep that are lost of the sons of Israel. 941And 47 when ye go, proclaim and say, The kingdom of heaven is come near. 942And heal the sick, and cleanse the lepers, and cast out the devils: freely ye have received, freely 48, 49 give. 943Get you not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; 944and take nothing for the way, except a staff only; nor bag, nor bread; neither shall ye have two tunics, 50 nor shoes, nor staff, but be shod with sandals; 945for the labourer is worthy of his food. 51 946And whatever city or village ye enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and there be until 52, 53 ye go out. 947And when ye enter into the house, ask for the peace of the house: and if the house is worthy, your peace shall come upon it; 948but if it is not worthy, your 54 peace shall return unto you. 949And whosoever 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, p. 50 that is under your feet against them for a testimony. 950And verily I say unto you, To the land of Sodom and Gomorrah there shall be rest in the day of judgement, rather than to that city.

1 951I am sending you as lambs among wolves: be ye now wise as serpents, and 2 harmless952 as doves. 953Beware of men: they shall deliver you to the councils of the 3 magistrates, and scourge you in their synagogues; 954and shall bring you before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and against the nations. 4 955And when they deliver you up, be not956 anxious, nor consider beforehand, what ye 5 shall say; but ye shall be given957 in that hour what ye ought to speak. 958Ye do not 6 speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaketh in you. 959The brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and the sons shall rise against their 7 parents, and put them to death. 960And ye shall be hated of every man because of 8 my name; but he that endureth unto the end of the matter shall be saved.961 962When they expel you from this city, flee to another. Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not finish all the cities of the people of Israel, until the Son of man come.

9, 10 963A disciple is not superior to his lord, nor a servant to his master. 964For 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 more the people 11 of his house! 965Fear them not therefore:966 for there is nothing covered, that shall 12 Arabic, p. 51 not be revealed; nor hid, that shall not be disclosed and published. 967What I say unto you 951 Matt. x. 16. 952 The word is occasionally used in this sense, but ordinarily means sound, unhurt. 953 Matt. x. 17. 954 Matt. x. 18. 955 Matt. x. 19. 956 From this point down to Matt. x. 27a, is assigned by Vat. ms. to Mark. 957 Borg. ms. reads, but what ye are granted ye shall speak, and ye shall be given in, etc., and there seems to be a trace of this reading in Ciasca’s text. 958 Matt. x. 20. 959 Matt. x. 21. 960 Matt. x. 22. 961 See note to § 1, 78. 962 Matt. x. 23. 963 Matt. x. 24. 964 Matt. x. 25. 965 Matt. x. 26. 966 See note to § 9, 21. 967 Matt. x. 27a; Luke xii. 3b. in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye have told 13 secretly in the ears in closets, let it be proclaimed on the housetops. 968I say unto you now, my beloved, Be not agitated at969 those who kill the body, but have no power to 14 kill the soul. I will inform you whom ye shall fear: him970 which is able to destroy 15 soul and body in hell. 971Yea, I say unto you, Be afraid of him especially. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing in a bond?972 and one of them shall not fall on the 16 ground without your Father. 973But what concerns you: even the hair of your heads 17, 18 also is numbered. 974Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows. 975Every man who confesseth me now before men, I also will confess him before my Father 19 which is in heaven; 976but whosoever denieth me before men, I also will deny him before my Father which is in heaven.

20 977Think ye that I am come to cast peace into the earth? I came not to cast peace, 21 but to cast dissension. 978Henceforth there shall be five in one house, three of them 22 disagreeing with two, and the two with the three. 979The father shall become hostile to his son, and the son to his father; and the mother to her daughter, and the daughter to her mother; and the mother in law to her daughter in law, and the daughter 23 in law to her mother in law: 980and a man’s enemies shall be the people of his house. 24 981Whosoever loveth father or mother better than me is not worthy of me; and whosoever Arabic, p. 52 loveth son or daughter more than his love of me is not worthy of me. 25 982And 968 Luke xii. 4a; Luke x. 28b. 969 Perhaps this Arabic word is a copyist’s error for that used a few lines further down in Luke xii. 5, the Arabic words being very similar; but see note on § 1, 14. 970 Syriac. 971 Luke xii. 5; Matt. x. 29. 972 The Vat. ms., like the Brit. Mus. text of Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary, omits for a farthing, retaining in a bond. The two phrases are simply different explanations of the same Syriac consonants. These are really the naturalised Greek word rendered farthing in Eng. version; but they also form a Syriac word meaning bond. 973 Matt. x. 30. 974 Matt. x. 31. 975 Matt. x. 32. 976 Matt. x. 33. 977 Luke xii. 51. 978 Luke xii. 52. 979 Luke xii. 53. 980 Matt. x. 36. 981 Matt. x. 37. 982 Matt. x. 38. every one that doth not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of 26 me. 983Whosoever findeth his life984 shall lose it; and whosoever loseth his life985 for my sake shall find it.

27 986And whosoever receiveth you receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me receiveth 28 him that sent me. 987And whosoever receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall take988 a prophet’s reward; and whosoever shall receive a righteous man 29 in the name of a righteous man shall take989 a righteous man’s reward. 990And 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 lose his reward.

30 991And when Jesus finished charging his twelve disciples, he removed thence to 31 teach and preach in their cities. 992And while they were going in the way they entered into a certain village; and a woman named Martha entertained him in her house. 32 993And she had a sister named Mary, and she came and sat at the feet of our Lord, 33 and heard his sayings. 994But Martha was disquieted by much serving; 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. 995Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, 35 Martha, thou art solicitous and impatient996 on account of many things: 997but what is sought is one thing. But Mary hath chosen for herself a good portion, and that which shall not be taken from her.

36 998And the apostles went forth, and preached to the people that they might repent. 37 999And they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick with oil, and healed them. 983 Matt. x. 39. 984 Or, soul. 985 Or, soul. 986 Matt. x. 40. 987 Matt. x. 41. 988 Or, receive. 989 Or, receive. 990 Matt. x. 42a; Mark ix. 41b. 991 Matt. xi. 1. 992 Luke x. 38. 993 Luke x. 39. 994 Luke x. 40. 995 Luke x. 41. 996 Or, agitated. 997 Luke x. 42. 998 Mark vi. 12. 999 Mark vi. 13. 38, 39 1000And the disciples of John told him1001 of all these things. 1002And when John heard in Arabic, p. 53 the prison of the doings of the Messiah, he called two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for 40 another? 1003And 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? 1004And in that hour he cured many of diseases, and of plagues of an evil spirit; and he gave sight 42 to many blind. 1005Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John everything ye have seen and heard: the blind see, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the blind1006 hear, and the dead rise, and the poor have the gospel preached to 43 them. 1007And blessed is he who doubteth not in me.

44 1008And when John’s disciples departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the 45 winds? 1009And if not, then what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are in magnificent garments and in voluptuousness are in the abode 46 of kings. 1010And if not, then what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto 47 you, and more than a prophet. 1011This is he of whom it is written,

I am sending my messenger before thy face

To prepare the way before thee.

1 1012Verily I say unto you, There hath not arisen among those whom women have borne a greater than John the Baptist; but he that is little now in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

2 Arabic, p. 54 1013And all the people which heard, and the publicans, justified1014 God, for 3 they had been baptized with the baptism of John. 1015But the Pharisees and the scribes wronged1016 the purpose of God in themselves, in that they were not baptized of 4 him. 1017And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is 5 snatched away by violence. 1018The law and the prophets were until John; and after that, the kingdom of God is preached, and all press to enter it: 1019and they that exert themselves 6, 7 snatch it away. 1020All the prophets and the law until John prophesied. 1021And if ye 8 will, then receive it, that he is Elijah, which is to come. 1022Whosoever hath ears that hear 9 let him hear. 1023Easier is the perishing of heaven and earth, than the passing away of 10 one point of the law. 1024To whom then shall I liken the people of this generation,1025 and 11 to whom are they like? 1026They are like the children sitting in the market, which call to their companions, and say, We sang to you, and ye danced not; we wailed to you, 12 and ye wept not. 1027John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; 13 and ye said, He hath demons: 1028and the Son of man came eating and drinking; and ye said, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drinker of wine, and an associate of publicans 14, 1012 Matt. xi. 11. 1013 Luke vii. 29. 1014 Syriac. In Arabic the word ordinarily means believed. 1015 Luke vii. 30. 1016 See below, § 20, 28, note. 1017 Matt. xi. 12a. 1018 Luke xvi. 16. 1019 Matt. xi. 12b. 1020 Matt. xi. 13. 1021 Matt. xi. 14. 1022 Matt. xi. 15. 1023 Luke xvi. 17. 1024 Luke vii. 31b. 1025 See § 1, 49, note. 1026 Luke vii. 32. 1027 Luke vii. 33. 1028 Luke vii. 34. 15 and sinners! 1029And wisdom was justified of all her children. 1030And when he said that, they came to the house. And there gathered unto him again multitudes, 16 so that they found not bread to eat. 1031And while he was casting out a devil which was dumb, when he cast out that devil, that dumb man spake. And the multitudes 17 Arabic, p. 55 marvelled. 1032And the Pharisees, when they heard, said, This man doth not cast out the devils, except by Beelzebul the chief of the demons, which is in him. 18, 19 1033And others requested of him a sign from heaven, to tempt him. 1034And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them in parables, Every kingdom that withstandeth itself shall become desolate; and every house or city that disagreeth with itself shall not 20 stand: 1035and if a devil cast out a devil, he withstandeth himself; neither shall he be 21 able to stand, but his end shall be. 1036Then how now shall his kingdom stand? for ye 22 said that I cast out devils by Beelzebul. 1037And if I by Beelzebul cast out the devils, then your children, by what do they cast them out? And for this cause they shall 23 be judges against you. 1038But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then the kingdom 24 of God is come near unto you. 1039Or how can a man enter into the house of a valiant man, and seize his garments,1040 if he do not beforehand secure himself1041 from 25 that valiant man? and then will he cut off1042 his house. 1043But when the valiant man is 26 armed, guarding his house, his possessions are in peace. 1044But 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. 1045Whosoever 1029 Luke vii. 35. 1030 Mark iii. 20, and verse 19b. 1031 Luke xi. 14. 1032 Matt. xii. 24. 1033 Luke xi. 16. 1034 Matt. xii. 25. 1035 Matt. xii. 26a. 1036 Mark iii. 26b; Matt. xii. 26b. 1037 Luke xi. 18b; Matt. xii. 27. 1038 Matt. xii. 28. 1039 Matt. xii. 29. 1040 The word used in the Syriac versions (Pesh. and Cur.) means garments as well as utensils, and the Arabic translator has chosen the wrong meaning (cf. § 42, 44). 1041 Certain derivatives from the same root signify bind, but hardly this word. 1042 The two Arab. mss. differ in this word, but the meaning is about the same. Perhaps both are corrupt. 1043 Luke xi. 21. 1044 Luke xi. 22. 1045 Luke xi. 23. is not with me is against me; and 28 whosoever gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 1046For this reason I say unto you, Arabic, p. 56 that all sins and blasphemies with which men blaspheme shall be forgiven 29 them: 1047but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, there is no 30 forgiveness for him for ever, but he is deserving of eternal punishment: 1048because they 31 said that he had an unclean spirit. 1049And he said also, Every one that speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to 32 come. 1050Either ye must make a good tree1051 and its fruit good; or ye must make an evil 33 tree1052 and its fruit evil: for the tree is known by its fruit. 1053Ye children of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? from the overflowings of the heart the mouth 34 speaketh. 1054The good man from the good treasures which are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the wicked man from the evil treasures which are in his 35 heart bringeth forth evils. 1055I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall 36 speak, they shall give an answer for in the day of judgement: 1056for by thy sayings thou shalt be justified, and by thy sayings thou shalt be judged.

37 1057And he said to the multitudes, When ye see the clouds appear from the west, 38 straightway ye say that there cometh rain; and so it cometh to pass. 1058And when 39 the south wind bloweth, ye say that there will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 1059And when the evening is come, ye say, It will be fair weather, for the heaven has become 40 red. 1060And in the morning ye say, To-day there will be severe weather, for the redness Arabic, p. 57 of the heaven is paling. 1061Ye hypocrites, ye know to examine the face of the heaven and the earth; but the signs of this time ye know not to discern.

1 1072Jesus answered and said unto him, Simon, I have something to say unto thee. And 2 he said unto him, Say on, my Master. 1073Jesus said unto him, There were two debtors Arabic, p. 58 to one creditor; and one of them owed five hundred pence, and the other 3 owed fifty pence. 1074And because they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave 4 them both. Which of them ought to love him more? 1075Simon answered and said, I suppose, he to whom he forgave most. Jesus said unto him, Thou hast judged rightly. 5 1076And 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 wash my feet: but this 6 woman hath bathed1077 my feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair. 1078And thou kissedst me not: but this woman, since she1079 entered, hath not ceased to kiss my 7 feet. 1080And thou anointedst not my head with oil:1081 but this woman hath anointed 8 my feet with sweet ointment.1082 1083And for this, I say unto thee, Her many sins are forgiven her, because she loved much; for he to whom little is forgiven loveth little. 9, 10 1084And he said unto that woman, Thy sins are forgiven thee. 1085And those that were invited 11 began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 1086And Jesus said to that woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

1 1142Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, that they might tempt him, 2 and said, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. 1143He answered and said, This evil and adulterous generation1144 seeketh a sign; and it shall not be given a sign, 3 except the sign of Jonah the prophet. 1145And as Jonah was a sign to the inhabitants 4 of Nineveh, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation. 1146And as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of man 5 be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. 1147The queen of the south shall rise in the judgement with the people of this generation, and condemn1148 them: for she came from the ends of the earth that she might hear the wisdom of Solomon; 6 Arabic, p. 62 and behold, here is a better than Solomon. 1149The men of Nineveh shall stand in the judgement with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at 7 the preaching of Jonah; and behold, here is a greater than Jonah. 1150The unclean spirit, when he goeth out of the man, departeth, and goeth about through places wherein are no waters, that he may find rest for himself; and when he findeth it not, he 8 saith, I will return to my house whence I came out. 1151And if he come and find it 9 adorned and set in order, 1152then 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. 1153Thus shall it be unto this evil generation.

11 1154And while he was saying that, a woman from the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts that nursed 12 thee. 1155But he said unto her, Blessed is he that heareth the word of God, and keepeth it.

1 1204And he set forth to them another parable, and said, The kingdom of heaven is 2 like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 1205but when men slept, his enemy came 3 and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 1206And when the blade sprang up 4 and brought forth fruit, there were noticed the tares also. 1207And the servants of the master of the house came, and said unto him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good 5 Arabic, p. 66 seed in thy field? whence are there tares in it? 1208He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. His servants said unto him, Wilt thou that we go 6 and separate it? 1209He said unto them, Perhaps,1210 when ye separate the tares, ye would 7 root up with them wheat also. 1211Leave them to grow both together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say unto the reapers, Separate the tares first, and bind them in bundles to be burned with fire; and gather the wheat into my barns.

8, 9 1212And he set forth to them another parable, and said, 1213To what is the kingdom of 10 God like? and to what shall I liken it? and in what parable shall I set it forth? 1214It 11 is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and planted in his field: 1215and 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; 1216but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and produceth large branches, so that the birds of heaven make their nests in its branches.

1 1266At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and all the things which came to pass at his hand; 1267and he marvelled, for he had obtained excellent 2 information concerning him.1268 1269And some men said that John the Baptist was risen 3 from among the dead; 1270and1271 others said that Elijah had appeared; and others, Jeremiah; 4 and others, that a prophet of the old prophets was risen; 1272and others said that he 5 was a prophet like one of the prophets. 1273Herod said to his servants, This is John the Baptist, he whom I beheaded; he is risen from among the dead: therefore mighty 6 [Arabic, p. 70] works result from him. 1274For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and cast him into prison, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, whom he 7 had taken. 1275And John said to Herod, Thou hast no authority to take the wife of thy 8 brother. 1276And Herodias avoided him and wished to kill him; and she could not. 9 1277But 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. 1278And he wished to kill him; but he feared the people, for they adhered to him as the 11 prophet. 1279And there was a celebrated day, and Herod had made a feast for his great men on the day of his anniversary,1280 and for the officers and for the chief men 12 of Galilee. 1281And the daughter of Herodias came in and danced in the midst of the company, and pleased 1266 Matt. xiv. 1; Luke ix. 7b. 1267 Mark vi. 14b. 1268 There can be little doubt that this is the meaning of the Arabic. There is nothing like it in the Peshitta; the Curetonian is of course lacking; but the phrase in the Sinaitic is very similar. 1269 Luke ix. 7c. 1270 Luke ix. 8a; Matt. xvi. 14b. 1271 Here begins verse 8a in Greek. 1272 Luke ix. 8b; Mark vi. 15b. 1273 Mark vi. 16; Matt. xiv. 2b. 1274 Mark vi. 17. 1275 Mark vi. 18. 1276 Mark vi. 19. 1277 Mark vi. 20. 1278 Matt. xiv. 5. 1279 Mark vi. 21. 1280 Perhaps appointment (cf. Moesinger, p. 165; but Isho‘dad [Harris, Fragments, p. 65] and the Brit. Mus. text of Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary have the ordinary reading). 1281 Mark vi. 22. Herod and those that sat with him. And the king said to the 13 damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 1282And he sware unto her, 14 Whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom. 1283And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask him?1284 She said unto her, The 15 head of John the Baptist. 1285And immediately she came in hastily to the king, and said unto him, I desire in this hour that thou give me on a dish the head of John 16 the Baptist. 1286And the king was exceeding sorry; but because of the oath and the 17 guests he did not wish to refuse her. 1287But immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded that he should bring 72 the head of John: and he went and cut off 18 the head of John in the prison, 1288and brought it on a dish, and delivered it to the 19 damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. 1289And his disciples heard, and came Arabic, p. 71 and took his body, and buried it. 1290And they came and told1291 Jesus what 20 had happened. 1292And for this cause Herod said, I beheaded John: who 21 is this, of whom I hear these things. And he desired to see him. 1293And 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.1294

22 1295And many saw them going, and knew them, and hastened by land1296 from all the cities, and came thither beforehand; 1297for they saw the signs which he was doing on the 23, 24 sick. 1298And Jesus went up into the mountain, and sat there with his dis- 1282 Mark vi. 23. 1283 Mark vi. 24. 1284 Or simply ask. 1285 Mark vi. 25. 1286 Mark vi. 26. 1287 Mark vi. 27. 1288 Mark vi. 28. 1289 Mark vi. 29. 1290 Matt. xiv. 12b. 1291 Or, to tell. 1292 Luke ix. 9. 1293 Matt. xiv. 13a; John vi. 1b. 1294 A misunderstanding or slavish reproduction of the Syriac. The Brit. Mus. text of Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary has of Galilee, Tiberias. 1295 Mark vi. 33a. 1296 cf. Syriac versions and margin of R.V. 1297 John vi. 2b. 1298 John vi. 3. ciples. 1299And 25 the feast of the passover of the Jews was near. 1300And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saw great multitudes coming to him. 1301And he was moved with compassion for them, for 26 they were like sheep that were without a shepherd. 1302And he received them, and spake to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.

27 1303And when the evening approached,1304 his disciples came to him, and said unto 28 him, 1305The place is desert, and the time is past; send away the multitudes of the people,1306 that they may go to the towns and villages which are around us, and buy for 29 themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. 1307But he said unto them, They have 30 no need to go away; give ye them what may be eaten. 1308They said unto him, We have not here enough. 1309He said unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? 31, 32 1310And he said that proving him; and he knew what he was resolved to do. 1311Philip said Arabic, p. 72 unto him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread would not suffice them after1312 33 every one of them hath taken a small amount. 1313One of his disciples said unto 34 him (namely, Andrew the brother of Simon Cephas), 1314Here is a lad having five loaves 35 of barley and two fishes: but this amount, what is it for all these? 1315But wilt thou that we go and buy for all the people what may be eaten? for we have no more 36 than these five loaves and the two fishes. 1316And the grass was plentiful in that place. Jesus said unto them, Arrange all the people that they may sit down on the grass, 1299 John vi. 4. 1300 John vi. 5a. 1301 Mark vi. 34b. 1302 Luke ix. 11b. 1303 Matt. xiv. 15a. 1304 Or, came. 1305 Mark vi. 36. 1306 cf. the addition in the Sinaitic Syriac. 1307 Matt. xiv. 16. 1308 Matt. xiv. 17a. 1309 John vi. 5b. 1310 John vi. 6. 1311 John vi. 7. 1312 Probably a mistaken rendering of the ordinary Syriac reading. 1313 John vi. 8. 1314 John vi. 9. 1315 Luke ix. 13b; considerably changed. 1316 John vi. 10b; and Luke ix. 14b, 15a. 37 fifty people in a company. 1317And the disciples did so. And all the people sat down 38 by companies, by hundreds and fifties. 1318Then Jesus said unto them, Bring hither 39 those five loaves and the two fishes. 1319And 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; 1320and the disciples set for the multitudes the bread 41 and the fish; and they ate, all of them, and were satisfied. 1321And when they were satisfied, he said unto his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain over, that nothing 42 be lost. 1322And they gathered, and filled twelve baskets with fragments, being those that remained over from those which ate of the five barley loaves and the two 43 fishes. 1323And those people who ate were five thousand, besides the women and children. 44 Arabic, p. 73 1324And straightway he pressed his disciples to go up into the ship, and that they should go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he 45 himself should send away the multitudes. 1325And those people who saw the sign which 46 Jesus did, said, Of a truth this is a prophet who hath come into the world. 1326And Jesus knew their purpose to come and take him, and make him a king; and he left them, and went up into the mountain alone for prayer.

47, 48 1327And when the nightfall was near, his disciples went down unto the sea, and sat1328 in a boat, and came to the side of Capernaum. 1329And the darkness came on, and Jesus 49 had not come to them. 1330And the sea was stirred up against them by reason of a violent 50 wind that blew. 1331And the boat was distant from the land many furlongs, and they were much damaged by the waves, and the wind was against them.

1 1332And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking upon the 2 1333water, after they had rowed1334 with difficulty about twenty-five or thirty furlongs. 3 1335And 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; and they cried 4 out from their fear. 1336But Jesus straightway spoke unto them, and said, Take courage, 5 for it is I; fear not. 1337Then Cephas answered and said unto him, My Lord, if it be thou, 6 bid me to come unto thee on the water. 1338And Jesus said unto him, Come. And 7 Cephas went down out of the boat, and walked on the water to come unto Jesus. 1339But Arabic, p. 74 when he saw the wind strong, he feared, and was on the point of sinking; 8 and he lifted up his voice, and said, My Lord, save me. 1340And 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? 1341And when Jesus came near, he went up 10 unto them into the boat, he and Simon, and immediately the wind ceased. 1342And those that were in the ship came and worshipped him, and said, Truly thou art the 11 Son of God. 1343And straightway that ship arrived at the land which they made for. 12 1344And when they came out of the ship to the land, they marvelled greatly and were 13 perplexed in themselves: 1345and they had not understood by means of1346 that bread, because their heart was gross.

14 1347And when the people of that region knew of the arrival of Jesus, they made haste in all that land, and began to bring those that were diseased,1348 borne in their 15 1332 Matt. xiv. 25. 1333 John vi. 19a, c. 1334 Lit. travelled. 1335 Matt. xiv. 26. 1336 Matt. xiv. 27. 1337 Matt. xiv. 28. 1338 Matt. xiv. 29. 1339 Matt. xiv. 30. 1340 Matt. xiv. 31. 1341 Matt. xiv. 32. 1342 Matt. xiv. 33. 1343 John vi. 21b. 1344 Mark vi. 54a; Mark vi. 51b. 1345 Mark vi. 52. 1346 Lit. from. 1347 Mark vi. 54; Mark vi. 55. 1348 Strictly used of severe chronic disease. beds to the place where they heard that he was. 1349And wheresoever the 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 touch1350 were it only the edge of his garment: and all that touched1351 him were healed and lived.1352

16 1353And 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 disciples had 17 gone up, 1354and that Jesus went not up into the ship with his disciples (but there were other ships from Tiberias near1355 the place where they ate the bread when Jesus blessed 18 it): 1356and when that multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor yet his disciples, they 19 Arabic, p. 75 went up into those ships, and came to Capernaum, and sought Jesus. 1357And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Our 20 Master, when camest thou hither? 1358Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye have not sought me because of1359 your seeing the signs, but because of 21 your eating the bread and being satisfied. 1360Serve not the food which perisheth, but the food which abideth in eternal life,1361 which the Son of man will give unto you: him1362 22 hath God the Father sealed. 1363They said unto him, What shall we do that we may 23 work the work of God? 1364Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of 24 God, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. 1365They said unto him, What sign hast thou done, that we may see, and believe in thee? what hast thou wrought? 25 1366Our 1349 Mark vi. 56. 1350 cf. § 12, 13, and note to § 8, 17. 1351 The word used at § 12, 35. 1352 Or, revived, i.e., made to live. 1353 John vi. 22a. 1354 John vi. 23. 1355 Lit. on the border of. 1356 John vi. 24. 1357 John vi. 25. 1358 John vi. 26. 1359 Or, for the sake of. 1360 John vi. 27. 1361 Sic. 1362 Lit. this. 1363 John vi. 28. 1364 John vi. 29. 1365 John vi. 30. 1366 John vi. 31. fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it was written, Bread from heaven 26 gave he them to eat. 1367Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not bread from 27 heaven; but my Father gave1368 you the bread of truth1369 from heaven. 1370The bread of God is that which came down from heaven and gave the 28, 29 world life. 1371They said unto him, Our Lord, give us at all times this bread. 1372Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: whosoever cometh unto me shall not hunger, 30 and whosoever believeth in me shall not thirst for ever. 1373But I said unto you, 31 Ye have seen me, and have not believed. 1374And all that my Father hath given to me cometh unto me; and whosoever cometh unto me I shall not cast him forth without. 32 1375I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him 33 that sent me; 1376and this is the will of him that sent me, that I should lose nothing of 34 Arabic, p. 76 that which he gave me, but raise it up in the last day. 1377This is the will of my Father, that 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 1378The Jews therefore murmured against him because of his saying, I am the bread 36 which came down from heaven. 1379And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? then how saith this man, I came down from 37, 38 heaven? 1380Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not one with another. 1381No 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. 1382It is written in the prophet, They shall all be the taught of God. Every one who heareth from the Father now,1383 and learneth of him, cometh 40 1367 John vi. 32. 1368 Represents a mistaken vocalisation of the Peshitta. 1369 Lit. equity; see above, § 3, 53, note. 1370 John vi. 33. 1371 John vi. 34. 1372 John vi. 35. 1373 John vi. 36. 1374 John vi. 37. 1375 John vi. 38. 1376 John vi. 39. 1377 John vi. 40. 1378 John vi. 41. 1379 John vi. 42. 1380 John vi. 43. 1381 John vi. 44. 1382 John vi. 45. 1383 i.e., therefore (see note, § 9, 21). unto me. 1384No man now seeth the Father; but he that is from God, he it is that seeth 41 the Father. 1385Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever believeth in me hath eternal 42, 43 life. 1386I am the bread of life. 1387Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and 44 they died. 1388This is the bread which came down from heaven, that a man may eat 45 of it, and not die. 1389I am the bread of life which came down from heaven: and if a man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: 1390and the bread which I shall give is my body, which I give for the life of the world.

46 1391The Jews therefore quarrelled one with another, and said, How can he give us 47 Arabic, p. 77 his body that we may eat it? 1392Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 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. 1393Whosoever eateth of my body and drinketh of my blood 49 hath eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. 1394My body truly is meat,1395 and 50 my blood truly is drink.1396 1397Whosoever eateth my body and drinketh my blood abideth 51 in me, and I in him—1398as the living Father sent me, and I am alive because of the 52 Father; and whosoever eateth me, he also shall live because of me. 1399This is the bread which came down from heaven: and not according as your fathers ate the 53 manna, and died: whosoever eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 1400This he said in 54 the synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum. 1401And many of his disciples, when they heard, said, This word is hard; who is he that can hear it?

1 1402And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of 2 that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you? 1403What if ye should see the Son 3 of man then ascend to the place where he was of old? 1404It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words1405 that I speak unto you are spirit 4 and life. 1406But there are some of you that do not believe. And Jesus knew beforehand who they were who should1407 not believe, and who it was that should betray 5 him. 1408And 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, p. 78 1409And because of this word many of his disciples turned back and walked 7 not with him. 1410And Jesus said unto the twelve, Do ye haply also wish to 8 go away? 1411Simon Cephas answered and said, My Lord, to whom shall we go? thou 9 hast the words of eternal life. 1412And we have believed and known that thou art the 10 Messiah, the Son of the living God. 1413Jesus said unto them, Did not I choose you, 11 ye company of the twelve, and of you one is a devil? 1414He said that because of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, being of the twelve, was purposed to1415 betray him.

12 1416And while he was speaking, one of the Pharisees came asking of him that he 13 would eat with him: and he went in, and reclined to meat. 1417And that Pharisee, when 14 he saw it,1418 marvelled that he had not first cleansed himself before his eating.

1 1479And Jesus went out again from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the 2 sea of Galilee, towards the borders of Decapolis. 1480And they brought unto him one dumb and deaf, and entreated him that he would lay his hand upon him and heal 3 him. 1481And he drew him away from the multitude, and went away alone, and spat 4 upon his fingers, and thrust them into his ears, and touched his tongue; 1482and looked 5 to heaven, and sighed, and said unto him, Be opened. 1483And in that hour his ears 6 were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake with ease. 1484And Jesus charged them much that they should not tell this to any man: but the more 7 he charged them, the more they increased in publishing, and marvelled much, 1485and Arabic, p. 82 said, This man doeth everything well: he made the deaf to hear, and those that lacked speech to speak.

8, 9 1486And while he was passing through the land of Samaria, 1487he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to 10 his son. 1488And there was there a spring of water of Jacob’s. And Jesus was fatigued from the exertion of the way, and sat at the spring. And the time was about the 11 sixth hour.1489 1490 And a woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said unto 12 her, Give me water, that I may drink. 1491And his disciples had entered into the city 13 to buy for themselves food. 1492And 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 1493(And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.1494) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest 1479 Mark vii. 31. 1480 Mark vii. 32. 1481 Mark vii. 33. 1482 Mark vii. 34. 1483 Mark vii. 35. 1484 Mark vii. 36. 1485 Mark vii. 37. 1486 John iv. 4. 1487 John iv. 5. 1488 John iv. 6. 1489 Lit. six hours (cf. Syr.). 1490 John iv. 7. 1491 John iv. 8. 1492 John iv. 9. 1493 John iv. 10. 1494 For the form cf. below, § 34, 40. the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me 15 to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life. 1495That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from 16 whence hast thou the water of life? 1496Can it be that thou art greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it, and his children, and his sheep? 17 1497Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst 18 again: 1498but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him shall not thirst for ever: but the water which I shall give him shall be in him a spring of water springing 19 up unto eternal life. 1499That 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. 1500Jesus said unto her, 21 Arabic, p. 83 Go and call thy husband, and come hither. 1501She said unto him, I have no 22 husband. 1502Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and 23 in this thou saidst truly. 1503That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to 24 be a prophet. 1504Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem 25 is the place in which worship must be. 1505Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship 26 the Father. 1506Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which 27 we know: for salvation is of the Jews. 1507But an hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: and the Father also 28 seeketh such as these worshippers. 1508For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him 29 must worship him in spirit and in truth. 1509That woman said unto him, 1495 John iv. 11. 1496 John iv. 12. 1497 John iv. 13. 1498 John iv. 14. 1499 John iv. 15. 1500 John iv. 16. 1501 John iv. 17. 1502 John iv. 18. 1503 John iv. 19. 1504 John iv. 20. 1505 John iv. 21. 1506 John iv. 22. 1507 John iv. 23. 1508 John iv. 24. 1509 John iv. 25. I know that 30 the Messiah cometh: 1510and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

31 1511And while he was speaking, his disciples came; and they wondered how he would speak1512 with a woman; but not one of them said unto him, What seekest thou? or, 32 What1513 speakest thou with her? 1514And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the 33 city, and said to the people, 1515Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: 34 perhaps then he is the Messiah. 1516And people went out from the city, and came to 35 him. 1517And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our 36, 37 master, eat. 1518And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not. 1519And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?1520 38 1521Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish 39 Arabic, p. 84 his work. 1522Said ye not that after four months cometh the harvest? 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 come.1523 1524And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life;1525 and the sower and 41 the reaper rejoice together. 1526For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and 42 another reapeth. 1527And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour.

1 1535And when Jesus came to a certain village, there drew near to him a leper, and fell at his feet, and besought him, and said unto him, If thou wilt, thou art able to 2 cleanse me. 1536And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and 3 touched him, and said, I will cleanse1537 thee. 1538And immediately his leprosy departed 4 from him, and he was cleansed. 1539And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, 5 Arabic, p. 85 and said unto him, 1540See that thou tell not any man: but go and shew thyself to the priests, and offer an offering for thy cleansing as Moses commanded 6 for their testimony. 1541But 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, but he remained without in a desert 7 place. 1542And much people came unto him from one place and another,1543 to hear 8 his word, and that they might be healed of their pains. 1544And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

9 1545And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

10 1546And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,1547 which was called in 11 Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. 1548And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving 12 of the water. 1549And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,1550 and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving 13 of the water, every pain that he had was healed. 1551And a man was there who had a 14 disease for thirty- 1535 Luke v. 12. 1536 Mark i. 41. 1537 Lit. to cleanse. 1538 Mark i. 42. 1539 Mark i. 43. 1540 Mark i. 44. 1541 Mark i. 45a. 1542 Luke v. 15. 1543 This phrase does not occur in the Syriac versions (Cur. wanting), but is obviously a Syriac construction. 1544 Luke v. 16. 1545 John v. 1. 1546 John v. 2. 1547 Or, baptism. The phrase almost exactly reproduces the Syriac versions. 1548 John v. 3. 1549 John v. 4. 1550 Or, baptism. The phrase almost exactly reproduces the Syriac versions. 1551 John v. 5. eight years. 1552And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew1553 that he had 15 been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole? 1554That 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, another goeth down before 16, 17 me. 1555Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and walk. 1556And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked.

18 1557And that day was a sabbath. And when the Jews saw that healed one, they1558 said 19 unto him, It is a sabbath: thou hast no authority to carry thy bed. 1559And he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take thy bed, 20 Arabic, p. 86 and walk. 1560They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, 21 Take thy bed, and walk? 1561But 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 multitude 22 which was in that place. 1562And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art whole: sin not again, lest there come upon 23 thee what is worse than the first. 1563And that man went, and said to the Jews that it 24 was Jesus that had healed him. 1564And because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus and 25 sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbath. 1565And Jesus said unto 26 them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work. 1566And because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profaned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God. 27 1567Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but 1552 John v. 6. 1553 Or, learned. 1554 John v. 7. 1555 John v. 8. 1556 John v. 9. 1557 John v. 10. 1558 Vat. ms. has he. 1559 John v. 11. 1560 John v. 12. 1561 John v. 13. 1562 John v. 14. 1563 John v. 15. 1564 John v. 16. 1565 John v. 17. 1566 John v. 18. 1567 John v. 19. what he seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, 28 that the Son also doeth like him. 1568The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him: and more than these works will he shew him, that ye 29 may marvel. 1569And as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so the Son 30 also giveth life to whomsoever he will. 1570And the Father judgeth no man, but hath 31 given all judgement unto the Son; 1571that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father. And he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which 32 sent him. 1572Verily, verily, 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 Arabic, p. 87 death unto life. 1573Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those 34 which hear shall live. 1574And as the Father hath life in himself, 1575 likewise he gave to 35 the Son also that he might have life in himself,1576 1577and authority to do judgement also, 36 because1578 he is the Son of man. 1579Marvel not then at that: I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth: 37 1580those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judgement.

38 1581I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge: and my judgement 39 is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me. 1582I1583 bear witness 1568 John v. 20. 1569 John v. 21. 1570 John v. 22. 1571 John v. 23. 1572 John v. 24. 1573 John v. 25. 1574 John v. 26. 1575 Borg. ms. reads his person. 1576 Borg. ms. reads his person. 1577 John v. 27. 1578 Lit. that; or, Verily. 1579 John v. 28. 1580 John v. 29. 1581 John v. 30. 1582 John v. 31. 1583 So Ciasca’s Arabic text. Borg. ms. has If I, and instead of and so, etc., simply a witness which is not true, etc.; but its text of the next sentence is quite corrupt. 40 of myself, and so1584 my witness is not true. 1585It is another that beareth witness 41 of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true. 1586Ye have sent 42 unto John, and he hath borne witness of the truth. 1587But not from man do I seek 43 witness; but I say that ye may live.1588 1589That1590 was a lamp which shineth and 44 giveth light: and ye were pleased to glory now1591 in his light. 1592But I have witness greater than that of John: the works which my Father hath given me to accomplish, 45 those works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 1593And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his 46 voice at any time, nor seen his appearance. 1594And his word abideth not in you; because 47 in him whom he hath sent ye do not believe. 1595Search the scriptures, in which ye rejoice1596 48 that ye have eternal life; 1597and they bear witness of me; and ye do not wish to come to 49, 50 Arabic, p. 88 me, that ye may have eternal life. 1598I seek not praise of men. 1599But I know 51 you, that the love of God is not in you. 1600I am come in the name of my Father, and ye received me not; but if another come in his own name, that one will 52 ye receive. 1601And how can ye believe, while ye receive praise one from another, and 53 praise from God, the One, ye seek not? 1602Can it be that ye think that I will accuse you 1584 So Ciasca’s Arabic text. Borg. ms. has If I, and instead of and so, etc., simply a witness which is not true, etc.; but its text of the next sentence is quite corrupt. 1585 John v. 32. 1586 John v. 33. 1587 John v. 34. 1588 Or, be saved. 1589 John v. 35. 1590 Or, that (man). 1591 Were it not also in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text) we should assume now to be a corruption of an original Arabic reading, for a season (cf. Syr.). 1592 John v. 36. 1593 John v. 37. 1594 John v. 38. 1595 John v. 39. 1596 This word (often used by our translator) means in Syriac (transposed) believe, think, hope (cf. § 8, 8, note). 1597 John v. 40. 1598 John v. 41. 1599 John v. 42. 1600 John v. 43. 1601 John v. 44. 1602 John v. 45. before the Father? Ye have one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye have 54 rejoiced.1603 1604If ye believed Moses, ye would believe me also; Moses wrote of me. 55 1605And if ye believed not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

1 1606And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went 2 up into the mountain, and sat there. 1607And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many others, and 3 they cast them at the feet of Jesus: 1608for they had seen all the signs which he did in 4 Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. 1609And he healed them all. 1610And those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men healed, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel.

5 1611And 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, 1612some of them having 6 Arabic, p. 89 come from far. 1613His disciples said unto him, Whence have we in the desert 7 bread wherewith to satisfy all this multitude? 1614Jesus said unto them, How 8 many loaves have ye? 1615They said unto him, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he 9 commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground; 1616and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before 10 them; and the disciples set before the multitudes. 1617And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took that which remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls. 11 1618And the people that ate were four thousand men, besides the women and children. 12 1619And when the multitudes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada.1620

1 1679And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There be here now some standing that shall not taste death, until they see the kingdom of God come1680 with strength, 1681and the Son of man who cometh in his kingdom.

2 1682And after six days Jesus took Simon Cephas, and James, and John his brother, 3 and brought them up into a high mountain, the three of them only. 1683And while they 4 were praying, Jesus changed, and became after the fashion of another person; 1684and his face shone like the sun, and his raiment was very white like the snow, and as 5 the light of lightning, so that nothing on earth can whiten1685 like it. 1686And there appeared 6 unto him Moses and Elijah talking to Jesus. 1687And they thought that the time 7 of his decease which was to be accomplished at Jerusalem was come. 1688And Simon and those that were with him were heavy in the drowsiness of sleep; and with effort they roused themselves, and saw his glory, and those two men that were standing with him. 8 Arabic, p. 93 1689And when they began to depart from him, Simon said unto Jesus, My 9 Master, it is good for us to be here: 1690and if thou wilt, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; 1691not knowing 10 what he said, because of the fear which took possession of them. 1692And while he 11 was yet saying that, a bright cloud overshadowed them. 1693And when they saw Moses 12 and Elijah that they had entered into that cloud, they feared again. 1694And a voice was heard out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, whom I have chosen; 13 hear ye therefore him. 1695And 1679 Mark ix. 1. 1680 i.e., already come. 1681 Matt. xvi. 28b. 1682 Matt. xvii. 1. 1683 Luke ix. 29a. 1684 Matt. xvii. 2b; Luke ix. 29b. 1685 Or, become white. In the Pesh. the verb is transitive. In Sin. the clause is omitted. 1686 Mark ix. 3b; Mark ix. 4. 1687 Luke ix. 31b. 1688 Luke ix. 32. 1689 Luke ix. 33a. 1690 Matt. xvii. 4b. 1691 Luke ix. 33c. 1692 Mark ix. 6b; Matt. xvii. 5a. 1693 Luke ix. 34b. 1694 Matt. xvii. 5b. 1695 Luke ix. 36a. when this voice was heard, Jesus was found alone. 14 1696And the disciples, when they heard the voice, fell on their faces from the fear which 15 took hold of them. 1697And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not 16 afraid. 1698And they lifted up their eyes, and saw Jesus as he was.

17 1699And when they went down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said unto them, Tell not what ye have seen to any man, until the Son of man rise from 18 among the dead. 1700And they kept the word within themselves, and told no man in 19 those days what they had seen. 1701And they reflected among themselves, What is this 20 word which he spake unto us, I, when I am risen from among the dead? 1702And his disciples asked him, and said, What is that which the scribes say, then, that Elijah 21 must first come? 1703He said unto them, Elijah cometh first to set in order everything, Arabic, p. 94 and as it was written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things, 22 and be rejected. 1704But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they knew him not, and have done unto him whatsoever they desired, as it was written of him. 23, 24 1705In like manner the Son of man is to suffer of them. 1706Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them concerning John the Baptist.

25 1707And 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 discussing 26 with them. 1708And the people, when they saw Jesus, were perplexed,1709 and in the 27 midst of their joy hastened1710 and saluted him. 1711And on that day came certain of the 1696 Matt. xvii. 6. 1697 Matt. xvii. 7. 1698 Matt. xvii. 8. 1699 Matt. xvii. 9. 1700 Mark ix. 10a; Luke ix. 36c. 1701 Mark ix. 10b. 1702 Mark ix. 11a; Matt. xvii. 10b. 1703 Mark ix. 12. 1704 Mark ix. 13. 1705 Matt. xvii. 12b. 1706 Matt. xvii. 13. 1707 Mark ix. 14. 1708 Mark ix. 15. 1709 This rendering assumes that the diacritical point is due to a clerical error. The text as printed can hardly be translated without forcing. 1710 This Arabic word repeatedly represents a Syriac ran (cf. § 53, 11). A different word is so used in § 26, 21. 1711 Luke xiii. 31. Pharisees, and said unto him, Get thee out, and go hence; for Herod seeketh 28 to kill thee. 1712Jesus said unto them, Go ye and say to this fox, Behold, I am casting out demons, and I heal to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I am perfected. 29 1713Nevertheless I must be watchful1714 to-day and to-morrow, and on the last day I shall depart; for it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.

30 1715And after that, there came to him a man from that multitude, and fell upon his knees, and said unto him, I beseech thee, my Lord, look upon my son; 1716he is my 31 only child: and the spirit cometh upon him suddenly. 1717A lunacy1718 hath come upon 32 him, and he meeteth with evils. 1719And when it cometh upon him, it beateth him about;1720 33 and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and wasteth;1721 1722and many times it hath thrown him into the water and into the fire to destroy him, and it hardly leaveth him after 34 Arabic, p. 95 bruising him. 1723And I brought him near to thy disciples, and they could 35 not heal him. 1724Jesus answered and 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. 1725And he brought him unto him: and when the spirit saw him, immediately 37 it beat him about; and he fell upon the ground, and was raging and foaming. 1726And Jesus asked his father, How long is the time during which he hath been thus? He 38 said unto him, From his youth until now. 1727But, my Lord, help me wherein thou 39 canst, and have mercy upon me. 1728Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe! All 40 things 1712 Luke xiii. 32. 1713 Luke xiii. 33. 1714 The Syriac word used in the Peshitta is here translated just as it was translated in § 1, 79 (see note); but the Greek shows that in the present passage the Syriac word means go about (cf. Cur.). 1715 Luke ix. 38a; Matt. xvii. 14b. 1716 Luke ix. 38b. 1717 Luke ix. 39a; Matt. xvii. 15b. 1718 Lit. The son-of-the-roof, a Syriac phrase meaning a demon of lunacy. 1719 Mark ix. 18a. 1720 A word used in Arabic of the devil producing insanity; but here it reproduces the Peshitta. 1721 Lit. becometh light; but a comparison with the Peshitta suggests that we should change one diacritical point and read withereth, as in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary. An equally easy emendation would be wasteth. 1722 Matt. xvii. 15c; Luke ix. 39c. 1723 Matt. xvii. 16. 1724 Matt. xvii. 17. 1725 Mark ix. 20. 1726 Mark ix. 21. 1727 Mark ix. 22b. 1728 Mark ix. 23. are possible to him that believeth. 1729And immediately the father of the child 41 cried out, weeping, and said, I believe, my Lord; help my lack of faith. 1730And when Jesus saw the hastening of the people, and their coming at the sound, he rebuked that unclean spirit, and said to it, Thou dumb1731 spirit that speakest not, I command 42 thee,1732 come out of him, and enter not again into him. 1733And that spirit, devil,1734 cried out much, and bruised him, and came out; and that child fell as one dead, and 43 many thought that he had died. 1735But Jesus took him by his hand, and raised him 44 up, and gave him to his father; and that child was healed from that hour. 1736And the people all marvelled at the greatness of God.

45 1737And when Jesus entered into the house, his disciples came, and asked him 46 privately,1738 and said unto him, Why were we not able to heal him? 1739Jesus said unto Arabic, p. 96 them, Because of your unbelief. Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence; 47 and it shall remove; and nothing shall overcome you. 1740But it is impossible to cast out this kind by anything except by fasting and prayer.

48 1741And when he went forth thence, they passed through Galilee: and he would not 49 that any man should know it.1742 1743And he taught his disciples, and said unto them, 50 1744Keep ye these sayings in your ears and your hearts: for the Son of man is to 1729 Mark ix. 24. 1730 Mark ix. 25. 1731 In Syriac, but not in Arabic, the word means deaf or dumb, according to the context. 1732 Ciasca’s Arabic follows Vat. ms. in inserting a that (pronoun) after thee. 1733 Mark ix. 26. 1734 Doubtless alternative renderings of the same Syriac word (demon). 1735 Mark ix. 27a; Luke ix. 42b. 1736 Matt. xvii. 18b; Luke ix. 43a. 1737 Mark ix. 28. 1738 Lit. between themselves and him. 1739 Matt. xvii. 20. 1740 Mark ix. 29b. 1741 Mark ix. 30. 1742 Or, about him. 1743 Mark ix. 31a; Luke ix. 44a. 1744 Mark ix. 31b. be delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, he 51 shall rise on the third day. 1745But they knew not the word which he spake unto them, for it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they feared to 52 ask him about this word. 1746And they were exceeding sorrowful.

1 1747And in that day this thought presented itself to his disciples, and they said, which 2 haply should be the greatest among them.1748 1749And when they came to Capernaum, and entered into the house, Jesus said unto them, What were ye considering in the 3 way among yourselves? 1750And they were silent because they had considered that matter.

4 1751And 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. 1752And when Cephas entered the house, Jesus anticipated him, and said unto him, What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom and tribute? from their sons, or from 6 Arabic, p. 97 strangers? 1753Simon said unto him, From strangers. Jesus said unto him, Children then are free. Simon said unto him, Yea. Jesus said unto him, 7 Give thou also unto them, like the stranger. 1754But, lest it trouble them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook; and the first fish that cometh up, open its mouth, and thou shalt find a stater: take therefore that, and give for me and thee.

8 1755And in that hour came the disciples to Jesus, and said unto him, Who, thinkest 9 thou, is greater in the kingdom of heaven? 1756And Jesus knew the thought of their heart, and called a1757 child, and set him in the midst, and took him in his arms, and 10 said unto them, 1758Verily I say unto you, If ye do not return, and become as children, 11 ye shall not enter the kingdom of heaven. 1759Every one that shall receive in my name such as this child hath received me: 1760and whosoever receiveth me receiveth 12 not me, but him that sent me. 1761And he who is little in your company,1762 the same 13 shall be 1747 Luke ix. 46. 1748 Borg. ms. omits among them. 1749 Mark ix. 33. 1750 Mark ix. 34a. 1751 Matt. xvii. 24b. 1752 Matt. xvii. 25. 1753 Matt. xvii. 26. 1754 Matt. xvii. 27. 1755 Matt. xviii. 1. 1756 Luke ix. 47a; Mark ix. 36. 1757 Lit. one (Syriac idiom). 1758 Matt. xviii. 3. 1759 Luke ix. 48. 1760 Mark ix. 37b. 1761 Luke ix. 48c. 1762 In the present work this word frequently means synagogue. great. 1763But whosoever shall injure one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a great millstone1764 should be hanged about his neck, and he should be drowned in the depths of the sea.

14 1765John 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. 1766Jesus said unto them, Prevent him not; for no man doeth powers in my name, and can hasten to speak evil 16, 17 of me. 1767Every one who is not in opposition to you is with you. 1768Woe unto the world Arabic, p. 98 because of trials!1769 but woe unto that man by whose hand the trials come! 18 1770If 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 fall into the hell of fire that burneth1771 for ever; 19, 20 1772where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. 1773And if thine eye seduce1774 21 thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; 1775for 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; 1776where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched. 1777Every 24 one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 1778How good 25 is salt! but if the salt also be tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? 1779It is fit neither for the land nor for dung, but they cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him 26 hear. 1780Have ye salt in yourselves, and be in peace one with another.

1, 2 1807And there came unto him publicans and sinners to hear his word. 1808And the scribes and the Pharisees murmured, and said, This man receiveth sinners, and 3 eateth with them. 1809And Jesus, when he beheld their murmuring, spake unto them 4 this parable: 1810What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if one of them were lost, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go and seek the straying one 5 till he found it? 1811Verily I say unto you, When he findeth it, he will rejoice over it 6 more than over the ninety-nine that went not astray; 1812and bear it on his shoulders, and bring it to his house, and call his friends and neighbours, 1813and say unto them, 7 Rejoice with me, since I have found my straying sheep. 1814So your Father which is in heaven willeth1815 not that one of these little ones that have strayed should perish, 8 and he seeketh for them repentance. 1816I say unto you, Thus there shall be rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repentance.

9 1817And 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; 1818and when she found it, call her friends and neighbours, and say unto them, Rejoice with me, as I 11 have found my drachma that was lost? 1819I say unto you, Thus there shall be joy Arabic, p. 101 before the angels of God over the one sinner that repenteth, more than over the ninetynine righteous persons that do not need repentance.

12, 13 1820And Jesus spake unto them also another parable: 1821A man had two sons: and the younger son said unto him, My father, give me my portion that belongeth to 14 1807 Luke xv. 1. 1808 Luke xv. 2. 1809 Luke xv. 3. 1810 Luke xv. 4. 1811 Matt. xviii. 13. 1812 Luke xv. 5b. 1813 Luke xv. 6. 1814 Matt. xviii. 14. 1815 Strictly, preferreth, but used also as in the text. 1816 Luke xv. 7. 1817 Luke xv. 8. 1818 Luke xv. 9. 1819 Luke xv. 10. 1820 Luke xv. 11. 1821 Luke xv. 12. me of thy goods. 1822And he divided between them his property. And after a few 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. 1823And when he had exhausted everything he had, there occurred a great dearth in that country. 16 1824And when he was in want, he went and joined himself to one of the people of a city 17 of that country; and that man sent him into the field1825 to feed the swine. 1826And he used to long to fill his belly with the carob that those swine were eating: and no man 18 gave him. 1827And when he returned unto himself, he said, How many hired servants now in my father’s house have bread enough and to spare, while I here perish with 19 hunger! 1828I will arise and go to my father’s house, and say unto him, My father, 1829I 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 servants. 1830And 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,1831 and fell on his breast,1832 and kissed him. 1833And 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. 1834His father said unto his servants, Bring forth a stately robe, and put 24 it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and put on him shoes on his feet: 1835and bring and 25 slay a fatted ox, that we may eat and make merry: 1836for this my son was dead, and is 26 Arabic, p. 102 alive; and was lost, and is found. 1837And they began to be merry.1838 Now his elder son was in the 1822 Luke xv. 13. 1823 Luke xv. 14. 1824 Luke xv. 15. 1825 This word is regularly used throughout this work in this sense. 1826 Luke xv. 16. 1827 Luke xv. 17. 1828 Luke xv. 18. 1829 Luke xv. 19. 1830 Luke xv. 20. 1831 See above, § 24, 26, note. 1832 Did not Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text) also read breast, we might assume it to be a clerical error for a very similar (less common) word (same as the Syriac) for neck. 1833 Luke xv. 21. 1834 Luke xv. 22. 1835 Luke xv. 23. 1836 Luke xv. 24. 1837 Luke xv. 25. 1838 A different word. field; and when he came and drew near to the house, 27 he heard the sound of many singing.1839 1840And he called one of the lads, and asked him 28 what this was. 1841He said unto him, Thy brother hath arrived; and thy father hath 29 slain a fatted ox, since he hath received him safe and sound.1842 1843And he was angry, 30 and would not enter; so his father went out, and besought him to enter. 1844And he said to his father, How many years do I serve thee in bondage, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and thou hast never given me a kid, that I might 31 make merry with my friends? 1845but this thy son, when he had squandered thy 32 property with harlots, and come, thou hast slain for him a fatted ox. 1846His father said unto him, My son, thou art at all times with me, and everything I have is 33 thine. 1847It behoveth thee to rejoice and make merry, since this thy brother was dead, and is alive; and was lost, and is found.

34 1848And he spake a parable unto his disciples: There was a rich man, and he had 35 a steward; and he was accused to him that he had squandered his property. 1849So 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 thou shouldest 36 be a steward for me. 1850The 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 beg1851 I 37 am ashamed. 1852I know what I will do, that, when I go out of the stewardship, they 38 may receive me into their houses. 1853And he called one after another of his lord’s 39 debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou my lord? 1854He said unto him, An hundred portions1855 of 1839 cf. Peshitta. 1840 Luke xv. 26. 1841 Luke xv. 27. 1842 One word. 1843 Luke xv. 28. 1844 Luke xv. 29. 1845 Luke xv. 30. 1846 Luke xv. 31. 1847 Luke xv. 32. 1848 Luke xvi. 1. 1849 Luke xvi. 2. 1850 Luke xvi. 3. 1851 Vat. ms. (followed by Ciasca’s text) has and if I beg, by a common confusion of grammatical forms. 1852 Luke xvi. 4. 1853 Luke xvi. 5. 1854 Luke xvi. 6. 1855 Or (otherwise vocalised), farks, a measure variously estimated. oil. He said unto him, Take thy writing, and sit down, and write 40 quickly fifty portions. 1856 1857And he said to the next, And thou, how much owest thou my lord? He said unto him, An hundred cors of wheat. He said unto him, Take 41 Arabic, p. 103 thy writing, and sit down, and write eighty cors. 1858And our1859 lord commended the sinful steward1860 because he had done a wise deed; for the children 42 of this world are wiser than the children of the light in this their age. 1861And I also say unto you, Make unto yourselves friends with the wealth of this unrighteousness;1862 43 so that, when it is exhausted, they may receive you into their tents for ever. 1863He who is faithful in1864 a little is faithful also in much: and he who is unrighteous in a 44 little is unrighteous also in much. 1865If then in the wealth of unrighteousness ye were 45 not trustworthy, who will intrust you with the truth?1866 1867If ye are not found faithful in what does not belong to you, who will give you what belongeth to you?

1 1868Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a 2 reckoning with his servants. 1869And when he began to make it, they brought to him one who 3 owed him ten talents.1870 1871And 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. 1872So that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything. 5 1873And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, and forgave him his 6 debt. 1874And that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him Arabic, p. 104 a hundred pence;1875 and he took him, and dealt severely with him, and said 7 unto him, Give me what thou owest. 1876So the fellow-servant fell down at his 8 feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me respite, and I will pay thee. 1877And he would not; but took him, and cast him into prison, till he should give him his debt. 9 1878And when their fellow-servants saw what happened, it distressed them much; and 10 they came and told their lord of all that had taken place. 1879Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because 11 thou besoughtest me: 1880was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy 12 fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?1881 1882And his lord became wroth, and delivered 13 him to the scourgers, till he should pay all that he owed. 1883So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, if one forgive not 1868 Matt. xviii. 23. 1869 Matt. xviii. 24. 1870 Lit. badras, an amount variously estimated. 1871 Matt. xviii. 25. 1872 Matt. xviii. 26. 1873 Matt. xviii. 27. 1874 Matt. xviii. 28. 1875 Lit. dinars. 1876 Matt. xviii. 29. 1877 Matt. xviii. 30. 1878 Matt. xviii. 31. 1879 Matt. xviii. 32. 1880 Matt. xviii. 33. 1881 The interrogative particle is lacking in the Arabic. 1882 Matt. xviii. 34. 1883 Matt. xviii. 35. his brother his wrong conduct1884 from 14 his heart. 1885Take heed within1886 yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he 15 repent, forgive him. 1887And 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 1888And if thy brother act wrongly towards thee, go and reprove him between thee and 17 him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 1889But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, and so1890 at the mouth of two or three every saying shall 18 be established. 1891And if he listen not to these also, tell the congregation;1892 and if he listen not even to the congregation, let him be unto thee as a publican and a Gentile.1893 19 1894Verily I say unto you, All that ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: 20 and what ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 1895I say unto you also, If two of you agree on earth to ask, everything shall1896 be granted them from my Father 21 Arabic, p. 105 which is in heaven. 1897For where two or three are gathered in my name, there 22 am I amongst them. 1898Then Cephas drew near to him, and said unto him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother act wrongly towards me, should I forgive him? 23 until seven times? 1899Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until seventy 24 times seven, seven.1900 1901And the servant that knoweth his lord’s will, and maketh not 25 ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment; 1902but he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, shall 1884 Or, folly. 1885 Luke xvii. 3. 1886 A very close reproduction of the Syriac. 1887 Luke xvii. 4. 1888 Matt. xviii. 15. 1889 Matt. xviii. 16. 1890 Or, for. 1891 Matt. xviii. 17. 1892 This word usually means synagogue in this work. 1893 Or, heathen. 1894 Matt. xviii. 18. 1895 Matt. xviii. 19. 1896 Or, to ask everything, it shall. 1897 Matt. xviii. 20. 1898 Matt. xviii. 21. 1899 Matt. xviii. 22. 1900 So Vat. ms., following the Syriac versions; Borg. ms. has only one seven. 1901 Luke xii. 47. 1902 Luke xii. 48. meet with slight punishment. Every one to whom much hath been given, much shall be asked of him; and he that hath had much committed to him, much shall be 26 required at his hand. 1903I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had 27 been kindled already.1904 1905And I have a baptism to be baptized with, and greatly am 28 I straitened till it be accomplished. 1906See that ye despise not1907 one of these little ones that believe in me. Verily I say unto you, Their angels at all times see the 29 face of my Father which is in heaven. 1908The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost.

30 1909And after that, Jesus walked in Galilee; and he did not like to walk in Judæa, 31 because the Jews sought to kill him. 1910And there came people who told him of 32 the Galilæans, those whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 1911Jesus answered and said unto them, Do ye imagine that those Galilæans were sinners 33 more than all the Galilæans, so that this thing has come upon them? 1912Nay. Verily I say unto you now,1913 that ye shall all also, if ye repent not, likewise perish. 34 1914Or perchance those eighteen on whom the palace fell in Siloam, and slew them, do ye imagine that they were to be condemned1915 more than all the people that dwell 35 Arabic, p. 106 in Jerusalem? Nay. 1916Verily I say unto you, If ye do not all repent, ye shall perish like them.

36 1917And he spake unto them this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vine yard; 37 and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 1918So 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? 1919The husbandman said unto 1903 Luke xii. 49. 1904 Lit. beforehand; and so often. 1905 Luke xii. 50. 1906 Matt. xviii. 10. 1907 Or, repeating a letter, See that ye despise not. 1908 Matt. xviii. 11. 1909 John vii. 1. 1910 Luke xiii. 1. 1911 Luke xiii. 2. 1912 Luke xiii. 3. 1913 Borg. ms. omits now. 1914 Luke xiii. 4. 1915 See note, § 10, 13. 1916 Luke xiii. 5. 1917 Luke xiii. 6. 1918 Luke xiii. 7. 1919 Luke xiii. 8. him, My lord, leave it this year also, that I may dig about it, and dung 39 it; 1920then if it bear fruit—! and if not, then cut it down in the coming year.

40 1921And 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; 1922and she was 42 bowed down, and could not straighten herself at all. 1923And Jesus saw her, and called 43 her, and said unto her, Woman, be loosed from thy disease. 1924And he put his hand 44 upon her; and immediately she was straightened, and praised God. 1925And the chief1926 of the synagogue answered with anger, because Jesus had healed on a sabbath, and said unto the multitudes, There are six days in which work ought to be done; 45 come in them and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 1927But Jesus answered and said unto him, Ye hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath day loose 46 his ox or his ass from the manger, and go and water it? 1928Ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, and whom the devil1929 hath bound eighteen years, 47 to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 1930And when he said this, they were all put to shame, those standing, who were opposing him:1931 and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded from his hand.

1, 2 Arabic, p. 107 1933And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew near. 1934So the brethren of Jesus said unto him, Remove now hence, and go to Judæa, that 3 thy disciples may see the deeds that thou doest. 1935 For no man doeth a thing secretly 4 and wisheth to be apparent. 1936If thou doest this, shew thyself to the world. For 5 up to this time not even the brethren of Jesus believed on him. 1937Jesus said unto them, My time till now has not arrived; but as for you, your time is alway ready. 6 1938It 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. 1939As for you, go ye up unto this feast: but I go 8 not up now to this feast; for my time has not yet been completed. 1940He said this, and remained behind in Galilee.

9 1941But when his brethren went up unto the feast, he journeyed from Galilee, and 10 came to the borders of Judæa, to the country beyond Jordan; 1942and there came after 11 him great multitudes, and he healed them all there. 1943And he went out, and proceeded 12 to the feast, not openly, but as one that conceals himself. 1944And the Jews sought him 13 at the feast, and said, In what place is this man? 1945And 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. 1946But no man spake of him openly for fear of the Jews.

1 1996Verily I say unto you, It is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of 2 heaven. 1997And 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. 1998And the disciples were wondering at these sayings. And Jesus answered and said unto them again, My children, how hard it is for those that rely on their possessions to enter the 4 kingdom of God! 1999And those that were listening wondered more, and said amongst 5 themselves, being agitated,2000 Who, thinkest thou, can be saved? 2001And Jesus looked at them intently, and said unto them, With men this is not possible, but with God it is: 6 Arabic, p. 111 it is possible for God to do everything. 2002Simon Cephas said unto him, Lo, we have left everything, and followed thee; what is it, thinkest thou, that we 7 shall have? 2003Jesus 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. 2004Verily I say unto you, No man leaveth houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or kinsfolk, or lands, because of the kingdom of God, or for 9 my sake, and the sake of my gospel, 2005who shall not obtain2006 many times as much in this 10 time, and in the world to come inherit eternal life: 2007and 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. 2008Many that are first shall be last,2009 and that are last shall be first.

1 2054And 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: 2055When a man invites thee to a feast, do not go and sit at the head of the room; lest there 3 be there a man more honourable than thou, 2056and he that invited you come and say unto thee, Give the place to this man: and thou be ashamed when thou risest and 4 takest2057 another place. 2058But when thou art invited, go and sit last; so that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, My friend, go up higher: and 5 thou shalt have praise before all that were invited with thee. 2059For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.

6 2060And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a feast2061 or a banquet,2062 do not invite thy friends, nor even thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy 7 rich neighbours; lest haply they also invite thee, and thou have this reward. 2063But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, and those with withered hand, and the 8 lame, and the blind: 2064and blessed art thou, since they have not the means to reward 9 thee; that thy reward may be at the rising of the righteous. 2065And when one of them that were invited heard that, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

10, 11 2066Jesus answered again in parables, and said, 2067The kingdom of heaven hath been likened Arabic, p. 115 to2068 a certain king, which made a feast2069 for his son, 2054 Luke xiv. 7. 2055 Luke xiv. 8. 2056 Luke xiv. 9. 2057 Lit. at thy rising and taking. 2058 Luke xiv. 10. 2059 Luke xiv. 11. 2060 Luke xiv. 12. 2061 Practically synonymous words. 2062 Practically synonymous words. 2063 Luke xiv. 13. 2064 Luke xiv. 14. 2065 Luke xiv. 15. 2066 Matt. xxii. 1; Matt. xxii. 2. 2067 Luke xiv. 16b. 2068 Borg. ms., is like. 2069 Used specially of a marriage feast. and prepared a 12 great banquet,2070 and invited many: and he sent his servants at the time of the feast to inform them that were invited, 2071Everything is made ready for you; come. And 13 they would not come, but began all of them with one voice to make excuse. 2072And the first said unto them, Say to him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out 14 to see it: 2073I pray thee to release2074 me, for I ask to be excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them: I pray thee 15 to release me, for I ask to be excused. 2075And another said, I have married a wife, 16 and therefore I cannot come. 2076And the king sent also other servants, and said, Say to those that were invited, that my feast is ready, and my oxen and my fatlings are 17 slain, and everything is ready: come to the feast. 2077But they made light of it, and 18 went, one to his field, and another to his merchandise: 2078and the rest took his 19 servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. 2079And one of the servants 20 came, and informed his lord of what had happened. 2080And when the king heard, he became angry, and sent his armies; and they destroyed those murderers, and 21 burned their cities. 2081Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, but those 22 that were invited were not worthy. 2082Go out quickly into the markets and into the partings of the ways of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and those with pains, and the lame, and the blind. And the servants did as the king commanded them. 23 2083And they came, and said unto him, Our lord, we have done all that thou commandedst 24 us, and there is here still room. 2084So the lord said unto his servants, Go out into the roads, and the ways, and the paths, and every one that ye find, invite 25 Arabic, p. 116 to the feast, and constrain them to enter, till my house is2085 2070 Lit. bread, the Syriac word for which (not that in the versions) means also feast. 2071 Luke xiv. 17; Matt. xxii. 3b. 2072 Luke xiv. 18. 2073 Luke xiv. 19. 2074 Or, omit. 2075 Luke xiv. 20. 2076 Matt. xxii. 4. 2077 Matt. xxii. 5. 2078 Matt. xxii. 6. 2079 Luke xiv. 21a. 2080 Matt. xxii. 7. 2081 Matt. xxii. 8. 2082 Luke xiv. 21c. 2083 Luke xiv. 22. 2084 Luke xiv. 23a; Matt. xxii. 9b. 2085 Or, that my house may be. filled. 2086I say unto you, that no one of those people that were invited shall taste of my feast. 26 2087And those servants went out into the roads, and gathered all that they found, good and 27 bad: and the banquet-house was filled with guests. 2088And the king entered to see those 28 who were seated, and he saw there a man not wearing a festive garment: 2089and he said unto him, My friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive garments? 29 2090And he was silent. Then the king said to the servants, Bind his hands and his feet, and put him forth into the outer darkness; there shall be weeping and 30 gnashing of teeth. 2091The called are many; and the chosen, few.

31 2092And after that, the time of the feast of unleavened bread of the Jews arrived, 32 and Jesus went out to go to Jerusalem. 2093And as he went in the way, there met him 33 ten persons who were lepers, and stood afar off: 2094and they lifted up their voice, and 34 said, Our Master, Jesus, have mercy upon us. 2095And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and shew yourselves unto the priests. And when they went, they 35 were cleansed. 2096And one of them, when he saw himself cleansed, returned, and 36 was praising God with a loud voice; 2097and he fell on his face before the feet of 37 Jesus, giving him thanks: and this man was a Samaritan. 2098Jesus answered and said, 38 Were not those that were cleansed ten? where then are the nine? 2099Not one of them turned aside to come and praise God, but this man who is of a strange 39 people. 2100He said unto him, Arise, and go thy way; for thy faith hath given thee life.2101

40 2102And 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 disciples apart, 2086 Luke xiv. 23b; Luke xiv. 24. 2087 Matt. xxii. 10. 2088 Matt. xxii. 11. 2089 Matt. xxii. 12. 2090 Matt. xxii. 13. 2091 Matt. xxii. 14. 2092 John v. 1a. 2093 Luke xvii. 11; Luke xvii. 12. 2094 Luke xvii. 13. 2095 Luke xvii. 14. 2096 Luke xvii. 15. 2097 Luke xvii. 16. 2098 Luke xvii. 17. 2099 Luke xvii. 18. 2100 Luke xvii. 19. 2101 Or, saved thee. 2102 Mark x. 32. 41 and began to tell them privately2103 what was about to befall him. 2104And he said unto Arabic, p. 117 them, We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things shall be fulfilled 42 that are written in the prophets concerning the Son of man. 2105He shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, 43 and deliver him to the peoples;2106 2107and they shall treat him shamefully, and scourge 44 him, and spit in his face, and humble him,2108and crucify him, and slay him: 2109and on 45 the third day he shall rise. 2110But they understood not one thing of this; but this word was hidden from them, and they did not perceive these things that were addressed to them.

46 2111Then 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. 2112And he said 47 unto her, What wouldest thou? 2113And 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. 2114He said unto them,2115 What would ye that I should do unto you? 49 2116They said unto him, Grant us that we may sit, the one on thy right, and the other 50 on thy left, in thy kingdom and thy glory. 2117And 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? 2118And they said unto 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: 2119but that ye should sit on my right and on my left is not mine to give; but it is for him for whom my Father hath prepared it.

1 2120And when the ten heard, they were moved with anger against James and John. 2 2121And Jesus called them, and said unto them, Ye know that the rulers of the nations 3 are their lords; and their great men are set in authority over them. 2122Not thus shall it Arabic, p. 118 be amongst you: but he amongst you that would be great, let him be to you a 4 servant; 2123and whoever of you would be first,2124 let him be to every man a 5 bondservant: 2125even 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. 2126He said this, and was going about 7 the villages and the cities, and teaching; and he went to Jerusalem. 2127And 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: 2128I say unto you now, that many shall 9 seek to enter, and shall not be able2129—2130from the time when the master of the house riseth, and closeth the door, and ye shall be standing without, and shall knock at the door, and shall begin to say, Our lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and 10 say, I say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 2131and ye shall begin to say, 11 Before thee we did eat and drink, and in our markets didst thou teach; 2132and he shall say unto you, I know you not whence ye are; depart2133 from me, ye servants 12 of untruth. 2134There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while ye are 13 put forth without. 2135And they shall come from the east and the west, 2120 Mark x. 41. 2121 Mark x. 42. 2122 Mark x. 43. 2123 Mark x. 44. 2124 Lit. advanced. 2125 Matt. xx. 28. 2126 Luke xiii. 22. 2127 Luke xiii. 23. 2128 Luke xiii. 24. 2129 Lit. find, like the Syriac. 2130 Luke xiii. 25. 2131 Luke xiii. 26. 2132 Luke xiii. 27. 2133 This rendering requires the omission of the diacritical point over the middle radical. The text as printed means perish. 2134 Luke xiii. 28. 2135 Luke xiii. 29. and from the 14 north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 2136And there shall then be last that have become first, and first that have become last.

15, 16 2137And when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho, 2138there was a man named Zacchæus, 17 rich, and chief of the publicans. 2139And he desired to see Jesus who he was; and he was not able for the pressure of the crowd, because Zacchæus was little of stature. 18 Arabic, p. 119 2140And he hastened, and went before Jesus, and went up into an unripe fig 19 tree2141 to see Jesus: for he was to pass thus. 2142And when Jesus came to that place, he saw him, and said unto him, Make haste, and come down, Zacchæus: 20 to-day I must be in thy house. 2143And he hastened, and came down, and received 21 him joyfully. 2144And when they all saw, they murmured, and said, He hath gone in 22 and lodged with a man that is a sinner. 2145So Zacchæus stood, and said unto Jesus, My Lord, now half of my possessions I give to the poor, and what I have unjustly 23 taken2146 from every man I give him fourfold. 2147Jesus said unto him, Today is salvation 24 come to this house, because this man also is a2148 son of Abraham. 2149For the Son of man came to seek and save the thing that was lost.

25 2150And when Jesus went out of Jericho, he and his disciples, there came after him 26 a great multitude. 2151And there was a blind man sitting by the way side begging. 27 2152And his name was Timæus, the son of Timæus. And he heard the sound of the 28 multitude passing, and asked, Who is this? 2153They said unto him, Jesus the Nazarene 29 2136 Luke xiii. 30. 2137 Luke xix. 1. 2138 Luke xix. 2. 2139 Luke xix. 3. 2140 Luke xix. 4. 2141 cf. the extract from Isho‘dad (Harris, Fragments, p. 19). 2142 Luke xix. 5. 2143 Luke xix. 6. 2144 Luke xix. 7. 2145 Luke xix. 8. 2146 A diacritical point must be restored to the second letter of this word. As it stands it gives no sense. 2147 Luke xix. 9. 2148 Lit. the. 2149 Luke xix. 10. 2150 Luke xviii. 35a [rather, Matt. xx. 29a + Mark x. 46a.]; Matt. xx. 29b. 2151 Luke xviii. 35b. 2152 Mark x. 46b; Luke xviii. 36. 2153 Luke xviii. 37. passeth by. 2154And when he heard that it was Jesus, he called out with a loud 30 voice, and said, Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. 2155And those that went before Jesus were rebuking him, that he should hold his peace: 2156but he cried the 31 more, and said, Son of David, have mercy on me. 2157And Jesus stood, 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. 2158And the blind 33 man threw away his garment, and rose, and came to Jesus. 2159Jesus 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 may see thee.2160 34 Arabic, p. 120 2161And Jesus had compassion on him, and touched his eyes, and said unto 35 him, See; for thy faith hath saved thee. 2162And immediately he received his sight,2163 and came after him, and praised God; and all the people that saw praised God.

36 2164And he spake a parable because he was nearing2165 Jerusalem, and they supposed 37 that at that time the kingdom of God was about to appear. 2166He said unto them, A man, a son of a great race, went into a far country, to receive a kingdom, and 38 return. 2167And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten shares, and said unto 39 them, Trade till the time of my coming. 2168But the people of his city hated him, and 40 sent messengers after him, and said, We will not that this man reign over us. 2169And when he had received a2170 kingdom, and returned, he said that the servants to whom he had given the money should be called unto him, that he might know what each 41 of them had traded. 2171And 2154 Mark x. 47a; Luke xviii. 38. 2155 Luke xviii. 39a. 2156 Mark x. 48b. 2157 Mark x. 49. 2158 Mark x. 50. 2159 Mark x. 51. 2160 cf. Matt. xx. 33, Luke xviii. 41, both in Curetonian. 2161 Matt. xx. 34a. 2162 Luke xviii. 42b; Luke xviii. 43. 2163 Lit. saw. 2164 Luke xix. 11b. 2165 Or, near. 2166 Luke xix. 12. 2167 Luke xix. 13. 2168 Luke xix. 14. 2169 Luke xix. 15. 2170 Doubtless a misinterpretation of the Syriac. 2171 Luke xix. 16. the first came, and said, My lord, thy share hath gained 42 ten shares.2172 The king said unto him, Thou good and faithful servant, who hast 43 been found faithful in a little, be thou set over ten districts. 2173And the second came, 44 and said, My lord, thy portion hath gained five portions. 2174And he said unto him 45 also, And thou shalt be set over five districts. 2175And another came, and said, My 46 lord, here is thy portion, which was with me laid by in a napkin: 2176I 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. 2177His lord said unto him, From thy mouth shall I judge thee, thou wicked and idle servant, who wast untrustworthy. Thou knewest that I am a hard man, and take what I did not 48 leave, and reap what I did not sow: 2178why didst thou not put my money at usury, 49 and so I might come and seek it, with its gains? 2179And he said unto those that were standing in front of him, Take from him the share, and give it to him that hath 50, 51 Arabic, p. 121 ten shares. 2180They said unto him, Our lord, he hath ten shares. 2181He said 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. 2182And those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them, bring them, and slay them before me.

1 2183And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, he went up to the temple of God, and found 2 there oxen and sheep and doves. 2184And when he beheld those that sold and those that bought, and the money-changers sitting, 2185he made for himself a scourge of rope, and drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, and the money-changers; 2186and he threw down their money, and upset their tables, and the seats of 3 them that sold the doves; 2187and he was teaching, and saying unto them, Is it not written, My house is a house of prayer for all peoples? and ye have made it a den 4 for robbers. 2188And he said unto those that sold the doves, Take this hence, and 5 make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. 2189And he suffered not any 6 one to carry vessels inside the temple. 2190And his disciples remembered the scripture, 7 The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 2191The Jews answered and said unto him, 8 What sign hast thou shewn us, that thou doest this? 2192Jesus answered and said unto 9 them, Destroy this temple, and I shall raise it in three days. 2193The Jews said unto him, This temple was built in forty-six years, and wilt thou raise it in three days? 10 2194But he spake unto them of the temple of his body, that when2195 they destroyed it, he 11 Arabic, p. 122 would raise it in three days. 2196When therefore he rose from among the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the scriptures, and the word that Jesus spake.

12 2197And when Jesus sat down over against the treasury, he observed how the multitudes were casting their offerings into the treasury: and many rich men were 13, 14 2183 Matt. xxi. 12a; John ii. 14a. 2184 Matt. xxi. 12b. 2185 John ii. 14b. 2186 Matt. xxi. 12c. 2187 Matt. xxi. 13. 2188 John ii. 16. 2189 Mark xi. 16. 2190 John ii. 17. 2191 John ii. 18. 2192 John ii. 19. 2193 John ii. 20. 2194 John ii. 21. 2195 Or, if. 2196 John ii. 22. 2197 Mark xii. 41. throwing in much. 2198And there came a poor widow, and cast in two mites. 2199And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor 15 widow cast into the treasury more than all the people: 2200and all of these cast into the place of the offering of God2201 of the superfluity of their wealth; while this woman of her want threw in all that she possessed.

16 2202And he spake unto them this parable, concerning people who trusted in themselves 17 that they are righteous, and despised every man: 2203Two men went up to the 18 temple to pray; one of them a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 2204And the Pharisee stood apart,2205 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 publican; 19 2206but I fast two days a week, and tithe all my possessions.2207 2208And the publican was 20 standing at a distance, and he would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but was 21 beating upon his breast, and saying, O Lord, have mercy on me, me the sinner. 2209I 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 every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.

22 Arabic, p. 123 2210And when eventide was come, he left all the people, and went outside the 23 city to Bethany, he and his twelve, and he remained there. 2211And all the people, because they knew the place, came to him, and he received them; and them that 24 had need of healing he healed. 2212And on the morning of the next day, when he returned 2198 Mark xii. 42a. 2199 Luke xxi. 3. 2200 Mark xii. 44a. 2201 Lit. house of the offering of God, as in the ms. described by Gildemeister (at Luke xxi. 4); but it is simply a reproduction of the phrase used in the Peshitta at Luke xxi. 3. The parallel passages are a good deal fused together. 2202 Luke xviii. 9. 2203 Luke xviii. 10. 2204 Luke xviii. 11. 2205 Lit. between him and himself. 2206 Luke xviii. 12. 2207 Or, gains. 2208 Luke xviii. 13. 2209 Luke xviii. 14. 2210 Mark xi. 19a; Matt. xxi. 17. 2211 Luke ix. 11. 2212 Mark xi. 12. 25 to the city from Bethany, he hungered. 2213And he saw a2214 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 nothing on it but the leaves—it2215 was not 26 the season of figs—2216and he said unto it, Henceforward for ever let no man eat fruit of thee. And his disciples heard.

27 2217And they came to Jerusalem. And there was there a man of the Pharisees, 28 named Nicodemus, ruler of the Jews. 2218This man came unto Jesus by night, and said 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. 2219Jesus 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. 2220Nicodemus said unto 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? 2221Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man be not born of water and the Spirit, 32 he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 2222For he that is born of flesh is flesh; and he that 33 is born of Spirit is spirit. 2223Wonder not that I said unto thee that ye must be born a 34 Arabic, p. 124 second time. 2224The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest its voice, but thou knowest not from what place it cometh, nor whither it goeth: so 35 is every man that is born of the Spirit. 2225Nicodemus answered and said unto him, 36 How can that be? 2226Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou teaching2227 Israel, 37 and yet knowest not these things? 2228Verily, verily, I say unto thee, What we know 38 we say, and what we have seen we witness: and ye receive 2213 Mark xi. 13. 2214 Lit. one (Syriac). 2215 Lit. and it. 2216 Mark xi. 14. 2217 Mark xi. 15a; John iii. 1. 2218 John iii. 2. 2219 John iii. 3. 2220 John iii. 4. 2221 John iii. 5. 2222 John iii. 6. 2223 John iii. 7. 2224 John iii. 8. 2225 John iii. 9. 2226 John iii. 10. 2227 Or the teacher of. 2228 John iii. 11. not our witness. 2229If I said unto you what is on earth, and ye believed not, how then, if I say unto you 39 what is in heaven, will ye believe? 2230And no man hath ascended up into heaven, except him that descended from heaven, the Son of man, which is in heaven. 40 2231And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so is the Son of man to be 41 lifted up; 2232so that every man who may believe in him may not perish, but have 42 eternal life. 2233God so loved the world, that2234 he should give his only Son; and so every one that believeth on him should not perish, but should have eternal life. 43 2235God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world might 44 be saved by his hand. 2236He that believeth in him shall not be judged: but he that believeth not is condemned beforehand, because he hath not believed in the name 45 of the only Son, the Son of God.2237 2238This is the judgement, that the light came into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light; because their deeds 46 were evil. 2239Whosoever doeth evil deeds hateth the light, and cometh not to the 47 light, lest his deeds be reproved. 2240But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be known, that they have been done in God.

1 Arabic, p. 125 2241And when evening came, Jesus went forth outside of the city, he and his 2 disciples. 2242And as they passed in the morning, the disciples saw that fig tree 3 withered away from its root. 2243And they passed by, and said, How did the fig tree dry 4 up immediately? 2244And Simon remembered, and said unto him, My Master, behold, 5 that fig tree which thou didst curse hath dried up. 2245And Jesus answered and said 6 unto them, Let there be in you the faith of God. 2246Verily I say unto you, if ye believe, and doubt not in your hearts, and assure yourselves that that will be which 7 ye say, ye shall have what ye say. 2247And if ye say to this mountain, Remove, and 8 fall2248 into the sea, it shall be. 2249And all that ye ask God in prayer, and believe, he 9, 10 will give you. 2250And the apostles2251 said unto our Lord, Increase our2252 faith. 2253He 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 2254Who of you hath a servant driving a yoke of oxen or tending sheep, and if he 12 come from the field, will say unto him straightway, Go and sit down? 2255Nay,2256 he will say unto him, Make ready for me wherewith I may sup, and gird thy waist, and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink also. 13 2257Doth that servant haply, who did what he was bid, receive his praise? I think 14 not. 2258So ye also, when ye have done all that ye were bid, say, We are idle servants; what it was our duty to do, we have done.

1 2315Then went the Pharisees and considered how they might ensnare him in a word, 2 and deliver him into the power of the judge,2316 and into the power of the ruler. 2317And they sent unto him their disciples, with the kinsfolk of Herod; and they said unto him, Arabic, p. 129 Teacher, we know that thou speakest the truth, and teachest the way of God with equity,2318 and art not lifted up2319 by any man: for thou actest not so as to 3 be seen of any man. 2320Tell us now, What is thy opinion? Is it lawful that we should 4 pay the tribute to Cæsar, or not? shall we give, or shall we not give? 2321But Jesus knew 5 their deceit, and said unto them, 2322Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the 6 penny of the tribute. 2323So they brought unto him a penny. Jesus said unto them, To whom belongeth this image and inscription? They said unto him, To Cæsar. 7, 8 2324He said unto them, Give what is Cæsar’s to Cæsar, and what is God’s to God. 2325And they could not make him slip in a single word before the people; and they marvelled at his word, and refrained.

9 2326And on that day came the Sadducees, and said unto him,2327 There is no life for 10 the dead. 2328And they asked him, and said unto him, Teacher, Moses said unto us, If a man die, not having children, let his brother take his wife, and raise up seed 11 for his brother. 2329Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first took a wife, 12 and died without children; 2330and the second took his wife, and died without children; 13 2331and 2315 Matt. xxii. 15; Luke xx. 20b. 2316 Vat. ms. omits the power. We should then translate (with Pesh. and Sin.) unto judgement. 2317 Matt. xxii. 16. 2318 See note, § 3, 53. 2319 Possibly this is the meaning of the Arabic phrase, which occurs also in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text). 2320 Matt. xxii. 17. 2321 Mark xii. 15a. 2322 Matt. xxii. 18b; Matt. xxii. 19. 2323 Matt. xxii. 20. 2324 Matt. xxii. 21. 2325 Luke xx. 26. 2326 Matt. xxii. 23. 2327 cf. the Syriac versions. 2328 Matt. xxii. 24. 2329 Matt. xxii. 25; Luke xx. 29b. 2330 Luke xx. 30. 2331 Luke xx. 31. the third also took her; and in like manner the seven of them also, and they 14, 15 died without leaving children. 2332And last of them all the woman died also. 2333At the resurrection, then, which of these seven shall have this woman? for all of them took 16 her. 2334Jesus answered and said unto them, Is it not for this that ye have erred, 17 because ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God? 2335And the sons of this 18 world take wives, and the women become the men’s;2336 2337but those that have become worthy of that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, do2338 not take 19 Arabic, p. 130 wives, and the women also do2339 not become the men’s. 2340Nor is it possible that they should die; but they2341 are like the angels, and are the children of 20 God, because they have become the children of the resurrection. 2342For in2343 the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read in the book of Moses, 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 2344And 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 2345And when the multitudes heard, they were wondering at his teaching. 2346And 24 some of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, thou hast well said. 2347But the rest of the Pharisees, when they saw his silencing the Sadducees on this point, gathered against him to contend with him.

25 2348And one of the scribes, of those that knew the law, when he saw the excellence 26 of his answer to them, desired to try him, and said unto him, 2349What shall I do to 2332 Matt. xxii. 27. 2333 Matt. xxii. 28. 2334 Matt. xxii. 29a; Mark xii. 24b. 2335 Luke xx. 34b. 2336 cf. the Syriac versions. 2337 Luke xx. 35. 2338 Or, shall. 2339 Or, shall. 2340 Luke xx. 36. 2341 Borg. ms., all of them instead of but they. 2342 Matt. xxii. 30a; Mark xii. 26b. 2343 Or, Moreover, regarding. 2344 Luke xx. 38; Mark xii. 27b. 2345 Matt. xxii. 33. 2346 Luke xx. 39. 2347 Matt. xxii. 34. 2348 Matt. xxii. 35a; Mark xii. 28b. 2349 Luke x. 25b. inherit eternal life? and, 2350Which of the commandments is greater, and has precedence 27 in the law? 2351Jesus said unto him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O 28 Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: 2352and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy thought, and with all thy 29, 30 strength. 2353This is the great and preëminent2354 commandment. 2355And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. And another commandment 31 greater than these two there is not. 2356On these two commandments, then, are hung the 32 Arabic, p. 131 law and the prophets. 2357That scribe said unto him, Excellent! my Master; 2358 thou hast said truly that he is one, and there is no other outside of him: 33 2359and 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 should love his neighbour as 34 himself, is better than all savours and sacrifices. 2360And Jesus saw him that he had answered wisely; and he answered and said unto him, Thou art not far from the 35, 36 kingdom of God. 2361Thou hast spoken rightly: do this, and thou shalt live. 2362And he, as his desire was to justify himself, said unto him, And who is my neighbour? 37 2363Jesus said unto him, A man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and the robbers fell upon him, and stripped2364 him, and beat him, his life remaining in him but little,2365 38 and went away. 2366And it happened that there came down a certain priest that way; 39 and he saw him, and passed 2350 Mark xii. 28b. 2351 Mark xii. 29. 2352 Mark xii. 30a; Matt. xxii. 37b [rather, Mark xii. 30b.]. 2353 Matt. xxii. 38. 2354 This simply represents first in Syriac. 2355 Mark xii. 31. 2356 Matt. xxii. 40. 2357 Mark xii. 32. 2358 Vat. ms. has a corruption of Excellent! Rabbi, better preserved by Borg. ms., which, however, adds our translator’s ordinary rendering of Rabbi—my Master. This explanation is confirmed by Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary. Ciasca’s emended text cannot be right. 2359 Mark xii. 33. 2360 Mark xii. 34a. 2361 Luke x. 28b. 2362 Luke x. 29. 2363 Luke x. 30. 2364 The diacritical point over the third radical must be removed. 2365 cf. Peshitta. 2366 Luke x. 31. by. 2367And likewise a Levite also came and reached 40 that place, and saw him, and passed by. 2368And a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, 41 came to2369 the place where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him, 2370and came near, and bound up his strokes,2371 and poured on them wine and oil; and he set2372 him on the ass, and brought him to the inn, and expended his care upon him. 42 2373And 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. 2374Who of these three now, thinkest thou, is nearest 44 to him that fell among the robbers? 2375And he said unto him, He that had compassion 45 Arabic, p. 132 on him. 2376Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou also likewise. And no man dared afterwards to ask him anything.

46 2377And he was teaching every day in the temple. But the chief priests and scribes and the elders of the people sought to destroy him: 2378and they could2379 not find what 47 they should do with him; and all the people were hanging upon him to hear him. 48 2380And many of the multitude believed on him, and said, The Messiah, when he 49 cometh, can it be that he will do more than these signs that this man doeth? 2381And the Pharisees heard the multitudes say that of him; and the chief priests sent 50 officers2382 2367 Luke x. 32. 2368 Luke x. 33. 2369 Ciasca’s Arabic text (apparently following Borg. ms.) has till he before came. This is unsupported by any of the three Syriac texts, although they differ from one another. Perhaps till and came should be transposed. The translation would then be as given in the text above; but this rendering may also be obtained according to § 54, 1, note. 2370 Luke x. 34. 2371 The Syriac word used means both wounds and strokes. 2372 The Arabic word is a favourite of the translator’s, and may therefore be original. One cannot help thinking, however, that it is a clerical error for mounted (cf. Cur. and Sin.). 2373 Luke x. 35. 2374 Luke x. 36. 2375 Luke x. 37. 2376 Mark xii. 34b. 2377 Luke xix. 47. 2378 Luke xix. 48. 2379 In Syriac could and found are represented by the same word. The Arabic translator has chosen the wrong one. 2380 John vii. 31. 2381 John vii. 32. 2382 See note, § 11, 11. to seize him. 2383And Jesus said unto them, I am with you but a short time 51 yet, and I go to him that sent me. 2384And ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: 52 and where I shall be, ye shall not be able to come. 2385The Jews said within themselves, Whither hath this man determined to go that we shall not be able2386 to find him? can it be that he is determined to go to the regions of the nations,2387 and teach 53 the heathen? 2388What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?

1 2389And on the great day, which is the last of the feast, Jesus stood, crying out and 2 saying, If any man is thirsty, let him come unto me, and drink. 2390Every one that believeth in me, as the scriptures said, there shall flow from his belly rivers of pure 3 water.

2391He said that referring to the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet granted; and because Jesus had not yet been 4 Arabic, p. 133 glorified. 2392And many of the multitude that heard his words said, This is 5 in truth the prophet. 2393And others said, This is the Messiah. But others 6 said, Can it be that the Messiah will come from Galilee? 2394Hath not the scripture said that from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village of David, the 7 Messiah cometh? 2395And there occurred a dissension in the multitude because of him. 8 2396And some of them were wishing to seize him; but no man laid a hand upon him.

9 2397And those officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees: and the priests said 10 unto them, Why did ye not bring him? 2398The officers said, Never spake man thus 11 as speaketh this man. 2399The Pharisees said unto them, Perhaps ye also have gone 12, 13 astray? 2400Hath any of the rulers or the Pharisees haply believed in him? 2401except 14 this people which knows not the law; they are accursed. 2402Nicodemus, one of them, 15 he that had come to Jesus by night, 2403said unto them, Doth our law haply condemn 16 a man, except it hear him first and know what he hath done? 2404They answered and 2389 John vii. 37. 2390 John vii. 38. 2391 John vii. 39. 2392 John vii. 40. 2393 John vii. 41. 2394 John vii. 42. 2395 John vii. 43. 2396 John vii. 44. 2397 John vii. 45. 2398 John vii. 46. 2399 John vii. 47. 2400 John vii. 48. 2401 John vii. 49. 2402 John vii. 50. 2403 John vii. 51. 2404 John vii. 52. said unto him, Art thou also haply from Galilee? Search, and see that a prophet riseth not from Galilee.

17, 18 2405And when the Pharisees assembled, Jesus asked them, and said, 2406What say ye of 19 the Messiah? whose son is he? They said unto him, The son of David. 2407He said unto them, And how doth David in the Holy Spirit call him Lord? for he said, 20 2408The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit on my right hand, That I may put thine enemies under thy feet.

21, 22 2409If then David calleth him Lord, how is he his son? 2410And no one was able to answer him; and no man dared from that day again to ask him of anything.

23 2411And 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 of life. 2412The Pharisees Arabic, p. 134 said unto him, Thou bearest witness to thyself; thy witness is not true. 2413Jesus 25 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. 2414And ye judge after the flesh; and I judge no man. 2415And even if I judge, my judgement is true; because I am not alone, but I and my Father which 28, 29 sent me. 2416And in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. 2417I am he that beareth witness to myself, and my Father which sent me beareth witness to 30 me. 2418They said unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye know not me, nor my Father: for did ye know me, ye would know my 31 Father. 2419He said 2405 Matt. xxii. 41. 2406 Matt. xxii. 42. 2407 Matt. xxii. 43. 2408 Matt. xxii. 44. 2409 Matt. xxii. 45. 2410 Matt. xxii. 46. 2411 John viii. 12. 2412 John viii. 13. 2413 John viii. 14. 2414 John viii. 15. 2415 John viii. 16. 2416 John viii. 17. 2417 John viii. 18. 2418 John viii. 19. 2419 John viii. 20. these sayings in the treasury, where he was teaching in the 32 temple: 2420and 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 where I go, ye cannot come. 2421The Jews said, Will he haply kill 34 himself, that he saith, Where I go, ye cannot come? 2422He 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. 2423I said unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: if ye believe not that I am 36 he, ye shall die in your sins. 2424The Jews said, And thou, who art thou? Jesus said 37 unto them, If I should begin to speak unto you, 2425I have concerning you many words and judgement: but he that sent me is true; and I, what I heard from him is what 38, 39 I say in the world. 2426And they knew not that he meant by that the Father. 2427Jesus Arabic, p. 135 said unto them again, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am he: and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father 40 taught me, so I speak. 2428And he that sent me is with me; and my Father hath not 41 left me alone; because I do what is pleasing to him at all times. 2429And while he was saying that, many believed in him.

42 2430And Jesus said to those Jews that believed in him, If ye abide in my words, truly 43 ye are my disciples; 2431and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 44 2432They said unto him, We are the seed of Abraham, and have never served any man 45 in the way of slavery: how then sayest thou, Ye shall be free children? 2433Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that doeth a sin is a slave of 46 sin.

2434And the slave doth not remain for ever in the house; but the son remaineth 47, 48 for ever. 2435And if the Son set you free, truly ye shall be free children. I know that ye are the 2420 John viii. 21. 2421 John viii. 22. 2422 John viii. 23. 2423 John viii. 24. 2424 John viii. 25. 2425 John viii. 26. 2426 John viii. 27. 2427 John viii. 28. 2428 John viii. 29. 2429 John viii. 30. 2430 John viii. 31. 2431 John viii. 32. 2432 John viii. 33. 2433 John viii. 34. 2434 John viii. 35. 2435 John viii. 37. seed of Abraham; but ye seek to slay me, because ye are unable for my 49 word. 2436And what I saw with my Father, I say: and what ye saw with your father, 50 ye do. 2437They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said unto them, If ye were the children of Abraham, ye would do the deeds of Abraham. 51 2438Now, behold, ye seek to kill me, a man that speak2439 with you2440 the truth, that I 52 heard from God: this did Abraham not do. 2441And ye do the deeds of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication;2442 we have one Father, who is 53 God. 2443Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: I proceeded and came2444 from God; and it was not of my own self that I came,2445 but he sent 54 Arabic, p. 136 me. 2446Why then do ye not know my word? Because ye cannot hear my word. 55 2447Ye are from the father, the devil,2448 and the lust of your father do ye desire to do, who from the beginning is a slayer of men, and in the truth standeth not, 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.

2449And I who speak the truth, ye 57 believe me not. 2450Who of you rebuketh me for a sin? And if I speak the truth, ye 58 do not believe me.2451 2452Whosoever is of God heareth the words of God: therefore do 59 ye not hear, because ye are not of God. 2453The Jews 2436 John viii. 38. 2437 John viii. 39. 2438 John viii. 40. 2439 Lit. speaketh, according to Arabic idiom. 2440 Borg. ms. omits with you. 2441 John viii. 41. 2442 Borg. ms. has an adulteress, mistaking the less common Arabic word for a clerical error. 2443 John viii. 42. 2444 Different words are used in the Arabic; so in the Greek, but not in the Peshitta. Sin. and Cur. are wanting. 2445 Different words are used in the Arabic; so in the Greek, but not in the Peshitta. Sin. and Cur. are wanting. 2446 John viii. 43. 2447 John viii. 44. 2448 Lit. backbiter. 2449 John viii. 45. 2450 John viii. 46. 2451 This is probably simply a clerical error for the ordinary reading, why have ye not believed me? The Arabic words why and not having the same consonants, one of them was purposely or accidentally omitted by a copyist. 2452 John viii. 47. 2453 John viii. 48. answered and said unto him, 60 Did we not say well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast demons? 2454Jesus said unto them, As for me, I have not a devil; but my Father do I honour, and ye dishonour 61 me. 2455I seek not my glory: here is one who seeketh and judgeth.

1 2456Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death 2 for ever. 2457The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast demons. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not 3 taste death for ever. 2458Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is 4 dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself? 2459Jesus said unto them, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is he that 5 glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is our2460 God; 2461and yet ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say that I know him not, I should become 6 Arabic, p. 137 a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word. 2462Abraham your father 7 longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced. 2463The Jews said unto him, 8 Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 2464Jesus said unto 9 them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 2465And they take2466 stones to stone him: 2467but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way.

10 2468And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother’s womb. 2469And his 11 disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so 12 that he was born blind?2470 2471Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, nor his parents: 2456 John viii. 51. 2457 John viii. 52. 2458 John viii. 53. 2459 John viii. 54. 2460 cf. Peshitta. The Sinaitic omits our. 2461 John viii. 55. 2462 John viii. 56. 2463 John viii. 57. 2464 John viii. 58. 2465 John viii. 59. 2466 The Vat. ms. has took him, probably omitting stones, though Ciasca does not say so. Take is probably a copyist’s error (change in diacritical paints) for took. 2467 John viii. 60 [reckoned to verse 59 in the Greek.]. 2468 John ix. 1. 2469 John ix. 2. 2470 A different word in Arabic from that used in verses 1 and 6. 2471 John ix. 3. 13 but that the works of God may be seen in him.2472 2473It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will come, and no man will be 14 able to busy himself. 2474As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 15

2475And 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, 2476Go and wash thyself in 17 the pool2477 of Siloam.2478 2479And he went and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging? 18

2480And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much. He 19, 20 said, I am he. 2481They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? 2482He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and 21 washed, and received sight.2483 2484They said unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. 22, 23 Arabic, p. 138 2485And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. 2486And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath 24 day. 2487And again 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. 2488The people2489 of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there came 26 to be a division amongst them.

1 2515And 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. 2516And some of the Pharisees which were 3 with him heard that, and they said unto him, Can it be that we are blind? 2517Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should not have sin: but now ye say, We see: and because of this your sin remaineth.2518

4 Arabic, p. 140 2519Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever entereth not into the fold of the sheep by the door, but goeth up from another place, that man is a thief and a 5, 6 stealer. 2520But he that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 2521And therefore2522 the keeper of the door openeth for him the door; and the sheep hear his voice: and 7 he calleth his sheep2523 by their names, and they go forth unto him. 2524And when he putteth forth his sheep, he goeth before them, and his sheep2525 follow him: because 8 they know his voice. 2526And after a stranger will the sheep not go, but they flee from 9 him: because they hear not the voice of a stranger. 2527This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew not what he was saying unto them.

10 2528Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the 11 sheep. 2529And all that came are thieves and stealers: but the sheep heard them not. 12 2530I am the door: and if a man enter by me, he shall live, and shall go in and go out, 2515 John ix. 39. 2516 John ix. 40. 2517 John ix. 41. 2518 Or, is permanent. 2519 John x. 1. 2520 John x. 2. 2521 John x. 3. 2522 Or, to him. 2523 A different word (lit. rams) from that used in the other verses; so in Peshitta (cf. Sin., which, however, differs somewhat); cf. also § 54, 40 f., note. 2524 John x. 4. 2525 A different word (lit. rams) from that used in the other verses; so in Peshitta (cf. Sin., which, however, differs somewhat); cf. also § 54, 40 f., note. 2526 John x. 5. 2527 John x. 6. 2528 John x. 7. 2529 John x. 8. 2530 John x. 9. 13 and shall find pasture. 2531And 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.2532 2533I am the good shepherd; and the good shepherd giveth 15 himself2534 for his sheep. 2535But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, and whose the sheep2536 are not, when he seeth the wolf as it cometh, leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, 16 and the wolf cometh, and snatcheth away the sheep, and scattereth2537 them: 2538and the 17 hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and hath no care for the sheep. 2539I am the 18 good shepherd; 2540and I know what is mine, and what is mine knoweth me, as my Father knoweth me, and I know my Father; and I give myself2541 for the sheep. 19 2542And I have other sheep 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 Arabic, p. 141 2543And therefore doth my Father love me, because I give my life, that I may 21 take it again. 2544No man taketh it from me, but I leave it of my own choice. And I have the right to leave it, and have the right also to take it. And this commandment did I receive of my Father.

22 2545And there occurred a disagreement among the Jews because of these sayings. 23 2546And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is afflicted with madness;2547 why listen 24 ye to him? 2548And others said, These sayings are not those of men possessed with demons. Can a demon haply open the eyes of a blind man?

1, 2 2596And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave. 2597And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs; 2598 3 2599and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfort their heart 4 because of their brother. 2600And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went 5 out to meet him: but Mary was sitting in the house. 2601Martha then said unto Jesus, 6 My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 2602But I know now that, 7 whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee. 2603Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall 8 rise. 2604Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day. 9 2605Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: whosoever believeth in 10 Arabic, p. 144 me, even though he die, he shall live: 2606and every living one that believeth 11 in me shall never die.Believest thou this? 2607She said unto him, Yea, my Lord: I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the 12 world.

2608And when she had said that, she went and called Mary her sister secretly, 13 and said unto her, Our Master hath come, and summoneth thee. 2609And Mary, when 14 she heard, rose in haste, and came unto him. 2610(And Jesus then had not come into 15 the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.) 2611And the Jews also that were with her in the house, to comfort her, when they saw that Mary rose up and went out in haste, went after her, because they supposed that she was going to the 16 tomb to weep. 2612And 2596 John xi. 17. 2597 John xi. 18. 2598 Arabic mil, a somewhat indefinite distance. 2599 John xi. 19. 2600 John xi. 20. 2601 John xi. 21. 2602 John xi. 22. 2603 John xi. 23. 2604 John xi. 24. 2605 John xi. 25. 2606 John xi. 26. 2607 John xi. 27. 2608 John xi. 28. 2609 John xi. 29. 2610 John xi. 30. 2611 John xi. 31. 2612 John xi. 32. Mary, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fell at his feet, and said unto him, If thou hadst been here, my Lord, my brother had 17 not died. 2613And Jesus came; and when he saw her weeping, and the Jews that were 18 with her weeping, he was troubled2614 in himself, and sighed; and he said, 2615In what 19 place have ye laid him? And they said unto him, Our Lord, come and see. 2616And 20 the tears of Jesus came.2617 2618The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for 21 him! 2619But some of them said, Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that 22 blind man, have caused that this man also should not die? 2620And Jesus came to the place of burial, being troubled within himself. And the place of burial was a cave, 23 and a stone was placed at its door. 2621Jesus therefore said, Take these stones away. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, My Lord, he hath come to 24 stink for some time: he hath been2622 four days dead. 2623Jesus said unto her, Did not I say 25 Arabic, p. 145 unto thee, If thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God? 2624And they removed those stones. And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father, 26 I thank thee since thou didst hear me. 2625And I know 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. 2626And when he had said that, he cried with a 28 loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 2627And that dead man came out, having his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped in a scarf. Jesus said unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

1 2653And Jesus six days before the passover2654 came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, 2 whom Jesus raised from among the dead. 2655And they made2656 a feast for him there: 3 and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him. 2657And 4 at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 2658great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there: and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but Arabic, p. 147 that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead. 5, 6 2659And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; 2660because 7 many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus. 2661And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, 2662and opened it, and poured 8 it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; 2663and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 9, 10 2664But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, 2665Why was 11 not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor? 2666This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest 12 was with him, and what was put2667 into it he used to bear. 2668And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste? 2669It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given 14 it. 2670And they were 2653 John xii. 1. 2654 cf. the Greek phrase. 2655 John xii. 2. 2656 Lit. he made (cf.first note to § 38, 43, last sentence). 2657 Mark xiv. 3a. 2658 John xii. 9. 2659 John xii. 10. 2660 John xii. 11. 2661 John xii. 3a. 2662 Mark xiv. 3b. 2663 John xii. 3b. 2664 John xii. 4. 2665 John xii. 5. 2666 John xii. 6. 2667 Lit. fell (cf. § 25, 18). 2668 Mark xiv. 4. 2669 Matt. xxvi. 9. 2670 Mark xiv. 5b. angry with2671 Mary. 2672And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, 2673Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me: 2674for the 15 day of my burial kept she it. 2675At all times the poor are with you, and when ye 16 wish ye can do them a kindness: 2676but I am not at all times with you. 2677And for this cause, when she poured2678 this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, 17 and anointed my body beforehand. 2679And verily 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, p. 148 2680And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem. 2681And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is 20 called the mount of Olives, 2682Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go 21 into this village that is opposite you: 2683and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and 22 a colt with him,2684 which no man ever yet mounted: loose him, and bring them2685 unto me. 2686And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We 23 seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither. 2687All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said, 24 2688Say 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.

1 Arabic, p. 150 2717And when Jesus entered the temple, they brought unto him blind and 2 lame: and he healed them. 2718But when the chief priests and the Pharisees saw the wonders that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and 3 saying, Praise be to the Son of David: it distressed them, 2719and they said, Hearest thou not what these say? Jesus said unto them, Yea: did ye not read long ago, From 4 the mouths of children and infants thou hast chosen my praise? 2720And the Pharisees said one to another, Behold, do ye not see that nothing availeth us? for lo, the whole world hath followed him.

5 2721And there were among them certain Gentiles also, which had come up to worship 6 at the feast: 2722these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, 7 and asked him, and said unto him, My lord, we wish to see Jesus. 2723And Philip 8 came and told Andrew: and Andrew and Philip told Jesus. 2724And Jesus answered and said unto them, The hour is come nigh, in which the Son of man is to be glorified. 9 2725Verily, verily, I say unto you, A grain of wheat, if it fall not and die in the 10 earth, remaineth alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit. 2726He that loveth his life2727 destroyeth it; and he that hateth his life2728 in this world shall keep it unto the life eternal. 11 2729If a man serve me, he will follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be 12 also: and whosoever serveth me, the Father will honour him. 2730Now is my soul troubled: Arabic, p. 151 and what shall I say? My Father, deliver me from this hour. But 13 for this cause came I unto this hour. 2731My Father, glorify thy name. And a 14 voice was heard from heaven, I have glorified it, and shall glorify it. 2732And the multitude that were standing 2717 Matt. xxi. 14. 2718 Matt. xxi. 15. 2719 Matt. xxi. 16. 2720 John xii. 19. 2721 John xii. 20. 2722 John xii. 21. 2723 John xii. 22. 2724 John xii. 23. 2725 John xii. 24. 2726 John xii. 25. 2727 Or, soul; or, self. 2728 Or, soul; or, self. 2729 John xii. 26. 2730 John xii. 27. 2731 John xii. 28. 2732 John xii. 29. heard, and said, This is thunder: and others said, An 15 angel speaketh to him. 2733Jesus answered and said unto them, Not because of me 16 was this voice, but because of you.

2734Now is the judgement of this world; and the 17 prince of this world shall now be cast forth. 2735And I, when I am lifted up from the 18 earth, shall draw every man unto me.

2736This he said, that he might shew by what 19 manner of death he should die. 2737The multitudes said unto him, We have heard out of the law that the Messiah abideth for ever: how then sayest thou, that the Son of 20 man is to be lifted up? who is this, the Son of man? 2738Jesus said unto them, Another little while is the light with you. Walk so long as ye have light, lest the darkness overtake you; for he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 21 2739So long as ye have light, believe the light, that ye may be the children of the light.

22 2740And 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 23 with expectation: 2741neither shall they say, Lo, it is here! nor, Lo, it is there! for the kingdom of God is within you.

24 2742And 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. 2743And all the people came2744 to him in the morning in the temple, to hear his word.

26, 27 2745Then spake Jesus unto the multitudes and his disciples, and said unto them, 2746On 28 Arabic, p. 152 the seat of Moses are seated the scribes and Pharisees: 2747everything that they say unto you now to keep, keep and do: but according to their deeds 29 do ye not; for they say, and do not. 2748And they bind heavy burdens, and lay 2733 John xii. 30. 2734 John xii. 31. 2735 John xii. 32. 2736 John xii. 33. 2737 John xii. 34. 2738 John xii. 35. 2739 John xii. 36. 2740 Luke xvii. 20. 2741 Luke xvii. 21. 2742 Luke xxi. 37. 2743 Luke xxi. 38. 2744 i.e., used to come. 2745 Matt. xxiii. 1. 2746 Matt. xxiii. 2. 2747 Matt. xxiii. 3. 2748 Matt. xxiii. 4. them on the shoulders of the people; while they with one of their fingers will not come 30, 31 near2749 them. 2750But all their deeds they do to make a shew before men. 2751And all the multitude were hearing that with pleasure.

32 2752And in the course of his teaching he said unto them, Guard yourselves from the 33 scribes, who desire to walk in robes, 2753and love salutation in the marketplaces, and sitting in the highest places of the synagogues, and at feasts in the highest parts of 34 the rooms: 2754and they broaden their amulets, and lengthen the cords of their cloaks, 35 2755and love that they should be called by men, My master, 2756and devour widows’ houses, because2757 of their prolonging their prayers; these then shall receive greater judgement. 36 2758But ye, be ye not called masters:2759 for your master is one; all ye are brethren. 37 2760Call not then to yourselves any one2761 father on earth: for your Father is one, who is 38 in heaven. 2762And be not called directors: for your director is one, even the Messiah. 39, 40 2763He that is great among you shall be unto you a minister. 2764Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and whosoever shall abase himself shall be exalted.

41 2765Woe unto you, Pharisees! because ye love the highest places in the synagogues, and salutation in the marketplaces.

1 2801Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute2802 from city to 2 city: 2803that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground2804 from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple2805 and the altar. 3 2806Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.2807

4 Arabic, p. 155 2808O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as 5 a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 2809Your house shall 6 be left over you desolate. 2810Verily 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 2811And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they 8 were not confessing him, lest they be put2812 out of the synagogue: 2813and they loved 9 the praise of men more than the praising of God. 2814And Jesus cried and said, 10 Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me. 2815And 11 whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. 2816I am come a light2817 into the 12 2801 Matt. xxiii. 34. 2802 cf. 8, 34. 2803 Matt. xxiii. 35. 2804 Or, earth. 2805 Or, sanctuary. 2806 Matt. xxiii. 36. 2807 See § 1, 49, note. 2808 Matt. xxiii. 37. 2809 Matt. xxiii. 38. 2810 Matt. xxiii. 39. 2811 John xii. 42. 2812 Lit. become. 2813 John xii. 43. 2814 John xii. 44. 2815 John xii. 45. 2816 John xii. 46. 2817 The text as it stands ought to mean I am a light. I am come; but it is a word-for-word reproduction of the Peshitta, and should therefore doubtless be rendered as above. world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. 2818And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not: for I came 13 not to judge the world, but to give the world life.2819 2820Whosoever wrongeth2821 me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, it 14 shall judge him at the last day. 2822I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,2823 what I should say, and what I 15 should speak; and I know that his commandment2824 is eternal life. 2825The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.

16 2826And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evildoing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing2827 him 17 in many things; 2828seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.

18 2829And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode Arabic, p. 156 one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves 19 from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2830For there is nothing 20 concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. 2831Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs.

1 2881But when ye see Jerusalem with the army compassing it about, then know that 2 its desolation is come near. 2882Those then that are in Judæa at that time shall flee to the mountain; and those that are within her shall flee; and those that are in the 3 villages shall not enter her. 2883For these days are the days of vengeance, that all that 4 is written may be fulfilled. 2884And when ye see the unclean sign of desolation,2885 spoken of in Daniel the prophet, standing in the pure place, he that readeth shall understand, 5, 6 2886and then he that is in Judæa shall flee in to the mountain: 2887and let him that is on the 7 roof not go down, nor enter in to take anything from his house: 2888and let him that is in 8 Arabic, p. 159 the field not turn behind him to take his garment. 2889Woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! there shall be great 9 distress in the land, and wrath against this nation. 2890And they shall fall on the edge of the sword,2891 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 2892Then if any man say unto you, The Messiah is here; or, Lo, he is there; believe 11 him not: 2893there shall rise then false Messiahs and prophets of lying, and shall do signs and wonders, in order that they may lead astray even the elect also, if they 12 be able. 2894But as for you, beware: for I have acquainted you with everything 13 beforehand.

2895If then they say unto you, Lo, he is in the desert; go not out, lest ye 14 be taken: and 2881 Luke xxi. 20. 2882 Luke xxi. 21. 2883 Luke xxi. 22. 2884 Matt. xxiv. 15. 2885 So Vat. ms., following the Peshitta. Ciasca follows Borg. ms., which by a change of diacritical points has the hardly grammatical reading, see that it is the desolation, the unclean thing spoken of. Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary supports Vat. ms. 2886 Matt. xxiv. 16. 2887 Mark xiii. 15. 2888 Mark xiii. 16. 2889 Luke xxi. 23. 2890 Luke xxi. 24. 2891 This word has a Syriac meaning given to it. In Arabic it means war. 2892 Mark xiii. 21. 2893 Matt. xxiv. 24. 2894 Mark xiii. 23. 2895 Matt. xxiv. 26. if they say unto you, Lo, he is in the chamber; believe not. 2896And as the lightning appeareth from the east, and is seen unto the west; so shall be the 15 coming of the Son of man. 2897But first he must suffer much and be rejected by this 16 generation.2898 2899Pray therefore that your flight be not in winter, nor on a sabbath: 17 2900there shall be then great tribulation,2901 the like of which there hath not been from the 18 beginning of the world till now, nor shall be. 2902And except the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh would have lived: but because of the elect, whom he elected, 19 he shortened those days.

2903And there shall be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars; and upon the earth affliction2904 of the nations, and rubbing of hands for the confusion2905 20 Arabic, p. 160 of the noise of the sea, and an earthquake: 2906the souls of men shall 21 go forth from fear of that which is to come upon the earth. 2907And in those days, straightway after the distress of those days, the sun shall 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: 2908and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and at that time all the tribes of the earth shall wail, and look unto the Son 23 of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and much glory. 2909And he shall send his angels with the great trumpet, and they shall gather his elect from the four 24 winds, from one end of heaven to the other.2910 2911But when these things begin to be, be of good cheer, and lift up your heads; for your salvation2912 is come near.

1 2947Simon Cephas said unto him, Our Lord, is it to us that thou hast spoken this 2 parable, or also to every man? 2948Jesus said unto him, Who, thinkest thou, is the servant, the master of the house,2949 trusted with control,2950 whom his lord set over his 3 household, to give them their food in its season? 2951Blessed is that servant, whom his 4 lord shall come and find having done so. 2952Verily I say unto you, He will set him 5 over all that he hath. 2953But if that evil servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his 6 coming; 2954and shall begin to beat his servants and the maidservants of his lord, and 7 shall begin to eat and to drink with the drunken; 2955the lord of that servant shall come 8 in the day that he thinketh not, and in the hour that he knoweth not, 2956and shall Arabic, p. 163 judge him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites, 2957and with those that are not faithful: 2958there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

9 2959Then 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. 2960Five of them were 11 wise, and five foolish. 2961And those foolish ones took their lamps, and took not with 12, 13 them oil: 2962but those wise ones took oil in vessels along with their lamps. 2963When then 14 the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 2964But in the middle of 2947 Luke xii. 41. 2948 Luke xii. 42a [Borg. ms. omits Luke xii. 42a]; Matt. xxiv. 45. 2949 i.e., the steward. 2950 Borg. ms. has trusted and faithful. Doubtless we should supply diacritical points to the reading of Vat. ms., and translate trusted and wise. Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary, however, has both and wise and the word translated with control, used in a different sense. 2951 Matt. xxiv. 46. 2952 Luke xii. 44a; Matt. xxiv. 47b. 2953 Matt. xxiv. 48; Luke xii. 45b. 2954 Matt. xxiv. 49b. 2955 Matt. xxiv. 50. 2956 Matt. xxiv. 51a. 2957 Luke xii. 46b. 2958 Matt. xxiv. 51b. 2959 Matt. xxv. 1. 2960 Matt. xxv. 2. 2961 Matt. xxv. 3. 2962 Matt. xxv. 4. 2963 Matt. xxv. 5. 2964 Matt. xxv. 6. the night there occurred a cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh! Go forth therefore to 15, 16 meet him. 2965Then all those virgins arose, and made ready their lamps. 2966The foolish 17 said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 2967But those wise answered and said, Perhaps2968 there will not be enough for us and you: but go ye to 18 the sellers, and buy for yourselves. 2969And when they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and 19 the door was shut. 2970And at last those other virgins also came and said, Our Lord, 20 our Lord, open unto us. 2971He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, 21 I know you not. 2972Watch then, for ye know not that day nor that hour.

22 2973It is as a man, who went on a journey, and called his servants, and delivered unto 23 them his possessions. 2974And unto one he gave five talents,2975 and another two, and another 24 one; every one according to his strength; and went on his journey forthwith.

2976He Arabic, p. 164 then that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained 26 other five. 2977And so also he of the two gained other two. 2978But he that received 27 the one went and digged in the earth, and hid the money of his lord. 2979And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and took from them the account. 28

2980And he that received five talents came near and brought other five, and said, My lord, thou gavest me five talents: lo, I have gained other five in addition to them. 29 2981His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: over a little hast 30 thou been faithful, over much will I set thee: enter into the joy of thy lord. 2982And he that had 2965 Matt. xxv. 7. 2966 Matt. xxv. 8. 2967 Matt. xxv. 9. 2968 See § 10, 17, and § 4, 24, note. 2969 Matt. xxv. 10. 2970 Matt. xxv. 11. 2971 Matt. xxv. 12. 2972 Matt. xxv. 13. 2973 Matt. xxv. 14. 2974 Matt. xxv. 15. 2975 cf. § 27, 2, note. 2976 Matt. xxv. 16. 2977 Matt. xxv. 17. 2978 Matt. xxv. 18. 2979 Matt. xxv. 19. 2980 Matt. xxv. 20. 2981 Matt. xxv. 21. 2982 Matt. xxv. 22. the two came near and said, My lord, thou gavest me two talents: lo, 31 other two have I gained in addition to them. 2983His lord said unto him, Good,2984 thou faithful servant: over a little hast thou been faithful, over much will I set thee: enter 32 into the joy of thy lord. 2985And he also that received the one talent came forward and said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a severe man, who reapest where thou 33 sowest not, and gatherest where thou didst not scatter: 2986and so I was afraid, and 34 went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast what is thine. 2987His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest me 35 that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter; 2988it was incumbent on thee to put my money to the bank,2989 and then I should come and seek it with its 36 gains. 2990Take now from him the talent, and give it to him that hath ten talents. 37 2991Whosoever hath shall be given, and he shall have more: but he that hath not, even 38 Arabic, p. 165 what he hath shall be taken from him. 2992And the unprofitable servant, put him forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

39, 40 2993Your loins shall be girded, and your lamps lit; 2994and ye shall be like the 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. 2995Blessed 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 through2996 them and serve 42 them. 2997And if he come in the second watch, or the third, and find thus, blessed are those servants.

1, 2 3017And when Jesus3018 finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 3019Ye know that after two days will be the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be 3 crucified. 3020Then gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders 4 of the people, unto the court of the chief priest, who was called Caiaphas; 3021and they took counsel together concerning Jesus, that they might seize him by subtilty, and 5 kill him. 3022But they said, Not during the feast, lest there take place a disturbance among the people; 3023for they feared the people.

6 3024And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, who was of the number 7 of the twelve. 3025And he went away, and communed with the chief priests, and the scribes, and those that held command in the temple, and said unto them, What 8 Arabic, p. 167 would ye pay me, and I will deliver him unto you? 3026And they, when they heard it, were pleased, and made ready3027 for him thirty pieces of money.3028 9 3029And he promised3030 them, and from that time he sought an opportunity3031 that he might deliver unto them Jesus without the multitude.

10 3032And on the first day of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, and said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready for thee that thou mayest eat the passover?

1, 2 Arabic, p. 170 3086And one of his disciples was sitting3087 in his bosom, he whom Jesus loved. 3088To him Simon Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him who this was, concerning 3 whom he spake. 3089And that disciple leaned3090 on Jesus’ breast, and said unto him, 4 My Lord, who is this? 3091Jesus 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 3092And after the bread, Satan entered him. And Jesus said unto him, What thou 6 desirest to do, hasten the doing of it. 3093And no man of them that sat knew why he 7 said this unto him. 3094And some of them thought, because Judas had the box, that he was bidding him buy what would be needed for the feast; or, that he might pay 8 something to the poor. 3095Judas the betrayer answered and said, Can it be I, my 9 Master? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said. 3096And Judas took the bread straightway, and went forth without: and it was still night.

10 3097And Jesus said, Now is the Son of man being glorified,3098 and God is being glorified3099 11 in him; 3100and if God is glorified in him, God also will glorify him in him, and straightway will glorify him.

1 3165Whosoever hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will 2 shew myself unto him. 3166Judas (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? 3167Jesus 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 our3168 abode with him. 4 3169But 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 3170This have I spoken unto you, while I was yet with you. 3171But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, he will teach you everything, and 7 Arabic, p. 174 he will bring to your remembrance all that I say unto you. 3172Peace I leave you; my peace I give unto you: and not as this world giveth, give I unto you. 8 3173Let your heart not be troubled,3174 nor fearful. Ye heard that I said unto you, that I go away, and come unto you. If3175 ye loved me, ye would rejoice, that I go away to my 9 Father: for my Father is greater than I. 3176And now I say unto you before it come 10 to pass, that, when it cometh to pass, ye may believe me. 3177Now I will not speak with you much: the Archon of the world will come, and he will have nothing in 11 me: 3178but that the world may know that I love my Father, and as my Father charged me, so I do.

1 3248A little while, and ye shall not behold me; and a little while again, and ye shall 2 behold me; because I go to the Father. 3249His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he hath said unto us, A little while, and ye shall not behold me; and a little while again, and ye shall behold me: and, I go to my 3 Father? 3250And they said, What is this little while that he hath said? We know not 4 what he speaketh. 3251And 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 5 behold me? 3252Verily, verily,3253 I say unto you, that ye shall weep and grieve, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your grief shall turn3254 to joy.

6 3255For, a woman when the time is come for her that she should bring forth, the arrival of the day of her bringing forth distresseth her: but whenever she hath brought forth a son, she remembereth not her distress, for joy at the birth of a man into the 7 world.

3256And ye now also grieve: but I shall see you, and your hearts shall rejoice, 8 Arabic, p. 178 and your joy no man taketh from you. 3257And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. And verily, verily,3258 I say unto you, All that ye ask my Father in my name, he will give you. 3259Hitherto ye have asked nothing 9 in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

10 3260I have spoken unto you now in ænigmas:3261 but there will come an hour when3262 I shall not speak to you in ænigmas,3263 but shall reveal unto you the Father 3248 John xvi. 16. 3249 John xvi. 17. 3250 John xvi. 18. 3251 John xvi. 19. 3252 John xvi. 20. 3253 Not quite the usual formula, there being here no article. 3254 The Arabic might also be rendered be turned, but the Syriac is intransitive. 3255 John xvi. 21. 3256 John xvi. 22. 3257 John xvi. 23. 3258 Not quite the usual formula, there being here no article (cf. also § 47, 5). 3259 John xvi. 24. 3260 John xvi. 25. 3261 Not the usual word for proverb or parable (cf. Syriac versions). 3262 So Vat. ms. and Peshitta. The Borg. ms., followed by Ciasca, has and a time when. 3263 Not the usual word for proverb or parable (cf. Syriac versions). plainly, 11 in that day when3264 ye shall ask in my name: 3265and I say not unto you, that I shall 12 entreat the Father for you; 3266for the Father loveth you, because ye have loved me, 13 and have believed that I came forth from my Father. 3267I came forth from my Father, and came into the world: and I leave the world, and go unto my Father. 14 3268His disciples said unto him, Lo, thy speech is now plain, and thou hast not said one 15 thing in an ænigma. 3269Now, 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.

3270Jesus said unto them, Believe that an hour cometh, 3271and lo, it hath come, and ye shall be scattered, every one of you to his place, and shall leave me 18 alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 3272This 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 3273This 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: 3274as thou gavest him authority 21 over all flesh, that all that thou hast given him, he might give them3275 eternal life. 3276And this is eternal life, that they should3277 know that thou alone art true God, and that he 22 Arabic, p. 179 whom thou didst send is Jesus the Messiah.3278 3279I glorified thee in the earth, 23 and the work which thou gavest me to do I have accomplished. 3280And now glorify thou me, O Father, beside thee, with that glory which I had 3264 cf. Peshitta. 3265 John xvi. 26. 3266 John xvi. 27. 3267 John xvi. 28. 3268 John xvi. 29. 3269 John xvi. 30. 3270 John xvi. 31. 3271 John xvi. 32. 3272 John xvi. 33. 3273 John xvii. 1. 3274 John xvii. 2. 3275 Lit. it or him. 3276 John xvii. 3. 3277 In the Borg. ms. the sentence begins with that they might, the preceding clause being omitted. 3278 The above is perhaps the most natural rendering of the Arabic; but the latter is really only an awkward word-for-word reproduction of the Peshitta, which means know thee, who alone art the God of truth, and him whom thou didst send, (even) Jesus the Messiah. 3279 John xvii. 4. 3280 John xvii. 5. with thee 24 before the world was. 3281I made known thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept 25, 26 thy word. 3282Now they3283 know that all that thou hast given me is from thee: 3284and 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 3285And 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: 3286and all that is mine is thine, and all that is 29 thine is mine: and I am glorified in them. 3287And now I am not in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee. My3288 holy Father, keep them in thy 30 name which thou hast given unto me, that they may be one, as we are. 3289When 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 perdition; that 31 the scripture might be fulfilled. 3290Now I come to thee: and this I say in the world, 32 that my joy may be complete in them. 3291I have given them thy word; and the world 33 hated them, because they were not of the world, as I was not of the world. 3292And I ask not this, that thou take them from the world, but that thou keep them from the 34, 35 evil one. 3293They were not of the world, as I was not of the world. 3294O Father, sanctify 36 them in thy truth: for thy word is truth. 3295And as thou didst send me into the world, I 37 Arabic, p. 180 also send them into the world. 3296And for their sake I sanctify myself, that they [38] also may be sanctified in the truth. 3297Neither for these alone do I ask, but for [39] the sake of 3281 John xvii. 6. 3282 John xvii. 7. 3283 So Ciasca’s text. The Vat. ms. has I, with the Peshitta and probably Sinaitic. 3284 John xvii. 8. 3285 John xvii. 9. 3286 John xvii. 10. 3287 John xvii. 11. 3288 So in Sinaitic. The Peshitta omits My. 3289 John xvii. 12. 3290 John xvii. 13. 3291 John xvii. 14. 3292 John xvii. 15. 3293 John xvii. 16. 3294 John xvii. 17. 3295 John xvii. 18. 3296 John xvii. 19. 3297 John xvii. 20. them that believe in me through their word; 3298that they may be all one; as thou art in me, and I in thee, and so they also shall be one in us: that the world 40 may believe that thou didst send me. 3299And the glory which thou hast given unto 41 me I have given unto them; 3300that they may be one, as we are one; I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfect into3301 one; and that the world may know that 42 thou didst send me, and that I3302 loved them, as thou lovedst me. 3303Father, 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 foundation3304 of the world. 3305My righteous Father,3306 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; 3307that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I shall3308 be in them.

1 3309This said Jesus, and went forth with his disciples to a place which was called Gethsemane,3310 on3311 the side that is in the plain3312 of Kidron, the mountain,3313 the place 2 in which was a garden; and he entered thither, he and his disciples. 3314And Judas the 3 betrayer knew that place: for Jesus oft-times met with his disciples there. 3315And when Jesus came to the place, he said to his disciples, Sit ye here, so that I may go and pray; 4, 5 Arabic, p. 181 and pray ye, that ye enter not into temptations. 3316And he took with him Cephas and the sons of Zebedee together, James and John; and he began to 6 look sorrowful, and to be anxious. 3317And he said unto them, My soul is distressed unto 7 death: abide ye here, and watch with me. 3318And he withdrew from them a little, 8 the space of a stone’s throw; 3319and he kneeled,3320 and fell on his face, and prayed, so [9] that, if it were possible, this hour might pass3321 him. 3322And he said, Father, thou art able for all things; if thou wilt, let this cup pass me: 3323but let not my will be done, 10 but let thy will be done. 3324And he came to his disciples, and found them sleeping; 11 and he said unto Cephas, Simon, didst thou sleep? 3325Could ye thus not for one hour 12 watch with me? 3326Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptations: the spirit is 13 willing and 3309 John xviii. 1. 3310 Matt. xxvi. 36. 3311 Vat. ms. has and on. 3312 The word rendered plain (cf. Dozy, Supplement, sub voc.), which occurs also in the text of Ibn-at-Tayyib (loc. cit., f. 362b), properly means lake. The word in the Jerusalem Lectionary means valley as well as stream. For the whole clause cf. the text of John xviii. in Die vier Evangelien, arabisch, aus der Wiener Handschrift, edited by P. de Lagarde, 1864. 3313 cf. Sinaitic Syriac and Luke xxii. 39. 3314 John xviii. 2. 3315 Luke xxii. 40a; Matt. xxvi. 36b. 3316 Luke xxii. 40b; Matt. xxvi. 37. 3317 Matt. xxvi. 38. 3318 Luke xxii. 41a. 3319 Mark xiv. 35b. 3320 Lit. fell on his knees. 3321 Lit. let this hour pass. The Borg. ms. omits him. 3322 Mark xiv. 36a. 3323 Luke xxii. 42b. 3324 Matt. xxvi. 40a; Mark xiv. 37b. 3325 Matt. xxvi. 40b. 3326 Matt. xxvi. 41a; Matt. xiv. 38b. ready, but the body is weak.3327 3328And he went again a second time, and prayed, and said, My Father, if it is not possible with regard to3329 this cup that it pass, 14 except I drink it, thy will be done. 3330And 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. 3331And he left them, and went away again, and prayed a third 16 time, and said the very same word. 3332And there appeared unto him an angel from 17 heaven, encouraging him. 3333And being afraid3334 he prayed continuously:3335 and his sweat3336 18 Arabic, p. 182 became like a stream of blood, and fell on the ground. 3337Then he rose from 19 his prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them sleeping. 3338And he 20 said unto them, Sleep now, and rest: 3339the end hath arrived,3340 and the hour hath come; 21 and behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 3341Arise, let us go:3342 for he hath come that betrayeth me.

22 3343And while he was still speaking, came Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude carrying lanterns and torches3344 and swords and staves, from the chief priests and scribes and elders of the people, and with him the footsoldiers 3327 Lit. diseased. The Arabic word is rare in the sense required by the context (cf. Pesh.). 3328 Matt. xxvi. 42. 3329 This reading would perhaps more easily arise out of the Sinaitic than out of the Peshitta. 3330 Mark xiv. 40. 3331 Matt. xxvi. 44. 3332 Luke xxii. 43. 3333 Luke xxii. 44. 3334 cf. Peshitta. Or, And although he was afraid. 3335 The Peshitta (hardly Cur.) is capable of this interpretation. 3336 cf. Syr., especially Peshitta. 3337 Luke xxii. 45a. 3338 Luke xxii. 46; Matt. xxvi. 45b. 3339 Mark xiv. 41b. 3340 cf. Syr., especially Peshitta. 3341 Mark xiv. 42a; Matt. xxvi. 46b. 3342 cf. § 4, 20, note. 3343 Matt. xxvi. 47. 3344 John xviii. 3. 23 of the Romans.3345 3346And Judas the betrayer gave them a sign, and said, He whom I shall kiss, he is he: take him with care,3347 and lead him away.3348

24 3349And Jesus, because he knew everything that should come upon him, went forth 25 unto them. 3350And immediately Judas the betrayer came to Jesus, and said, Peace, 26 my Master; and kissed him. 3351And Jesus said unto him, Judas, with a kiss betrayest 27 thou the Son of man? 3352Was it for that thou camest, my friend? And Jesus said 28 to those that came unto him, Whom seek ye? 3353They said unto him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And Judas the betrayer also was standing 29 with them.

3354And when Jesus said unto them, I am he, they retreated backward, and 30 fell to the ground. 3355And Jesus asked them again, Whom seek ye? They answered, 31 Jesus the Nazarene. 3356Jesus 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 fulfilled which he spake, 3357Of those 33 Arabic, p. 183 whom thou hast given me I lost not even one. 3358Then came those that were with Judas, and seized Jesus, and took him.

34 3359And when his disciples saw what happened, they said, Our Lord, shall we smite 35 them with swords? 3360And Simon Cephas had a sword, and he drew it, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of that servant 36 was Malchus. 3361Jesus said unto Cephas, The cup which my Father hath given 37 me, 3345 cf. John xviii. 3 (Jerusalem Lectionary). In Syriac Romans means soldiers. The Arabic footsoldiers might be man (singular). 3346 Matt. xxvi. 48; Mark xiv. 44b. 3347 cf. Syriac versions. Obviously we must supply a diacritical point over the last radical, or read the middle one as dhal. 3348 Lit. him to —. Borg. ms. probably means bear him away. 3349 John xviii. 4a. 3350 Matt. xxvi. 49; Matt. xxvi. 50a. 3351 Luke xxii. 48b. 3352 Matt. xxvi. 50b; Luke xxii. 52a, c. 3353 John xviii. 4b; John xviii. 5. 3354 John xviii. 6. 3355 John xviii. 7. 3356 John xviii. 8. 3357 John xviii. 9. 3358 Matt. xxvi. 50c. 3359 Luke xxii. 49. 3360 John xviii. 10. 3361 John xviii. 11a. shall I not drink it? 3362Put the sword into its sheath: for all that take with3363 the 38 sword shall die by the sword. 3364Thinkest3365 thou that I am not able to ask of my 39 Father, and he shall now raise up for me more than3366 twelve tribes of angels? 3367Then 40 how should the scriptures which were spoken be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 3368Your 41 leave in this.3369 3370And he touched the ear of him that was struck, and healed it. And in that hour Jesus said to the 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 teaching, and ye took me not: 3371but this is your hour, and the power 43 of darkness. 3372And that was, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.

44 3373Then the disciples all left him, and fled. And the footsoldiers and the officers 45 and the soldiers3374 of the Jews seized Jesus, and came. 3375And a certain3376 young man 46 followed him, and he was wrapped in a towel, naked: 3377and they seized him; so he 47 Arabic, p. 184 left the towel, and fled naked. 3378Then they took Jesus, and bound him, and brought him to Annas first; because he was the father in law of Caiaphas, 48 who was chief priest that year. 3379And Caiaphas was he that counselled the Jews, that it was necessary that one man should die instead of the people.

1, 2 3387And the chief priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his doctrine.3388

3389And Jesus said unto him, I was speaking3390 openly to the people; and I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews gather; and I have spoken nothing in 3 Arabic, p. 185 secret. 3391Why askest thou me? ask those that have heard, what I spake unto 4 them: for they know all that I said. 3392And when he had said that, one of the soldiers which were standing there struck the cheek3393 of Jesus, and said unto him, 5 Dost thou thus answer the chief priest? 3394Jesus answered and said unto him, If I 6 have spoken evil, bear witness of evil:3395 but if well, why didst thou smite me? 3396And Annas sent Jesus bound unto Caiaphas the chief priest.

7 3397And when Jesus went out, Simon Cephas was standing in the outer court warming 8 himself. 3398And that maid saw him again, and began to say to those that stood 9 by, This man also was there with Jesus the Nazarene. 3399And those that stood by 10 came forward and said to Cephas, Truly thou art one of his disciples. 3400And he 11 denied again with an oath, I know not the man. 3401And 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 disputed3402 and said, Truly this man was with him: 3403and he also is a Galilæan; 13 and his speech resembles.3404 3405And he said unto Simon, Did not I see thee with him 14 in the garden?

1 3461And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitude, I have not found 2 against this man anything. 3462But they cried out and said, He hath disquieted3463 our people with his teaching in all Judæa, and he began3464 from Galilee and unto this 3 place.

3465And Pilate, when he heard the name of Galilee, asked, Is this man a Galilæan? 4

3466And 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 3467And Herod, when he saw Jesus, rejoiced exceedingly: for he had desired to see him for a long time, because he had heard regarding him many things; and he counted on3468 6 Arabic, p. 189 seeing some sign from him. 3469And he questioned him with many words; but 7 Jesus answered him not a word. 3470And the scribes and chief priests were 8 standing by, and they accused him vehemently. 3471And Herod scoffed at him, he and his servants; and when he had scoffed at him, he clothed him in robes of scarlet, 9 and sent him to Pilate. 3472And on that day Pilate and Herod became friends, there having been3473 enmity between them before that.

10, 11 3474And Pilate called the chief priests and the rulers of the people, 3475and said unto them, Ye brought unto me this man, as the perverter of your people: and I have tried him before you, and have not found in this man any cause3476 of all that ye 12 seek3477 3461 Luke xxiii. 4. 3462 Luke xxiii. 5. 3463 Or, led astray (cf. § 25, 17, note). 3464 cf. Syriac versions. 3465 Luke xxiii. 6. 3466 Luke xxiii. 7. 3467 Luke xxiii. 8. 3468 Same word as in § 10, 16 (see note there). 3469 Luke xxiii. 9. 3470 Luke xxiii. 10. 3471 Luke xxiii. 11. 3472 Luke xxiii. 12. 3473 Lit. and there was. 3474 Luke xxiii. 13. 3475 Luke xxiii. 14. 3476 The Arabic word may also, like the Syriac, mean thing, but hardly, as that does here, fault or crime. The Vat. ms., pointing differently, reads thing. The same confusion occurs at § 40, 35 (cf. a converse case in § 25, 40). 3477 So Ciasca’s text, following the Borg. ms. The Vat. ms. has plotted, which is nearer the Syriac accuse. against him: 3478nor yet Herod: for I sent him unto him; and he hath done 13 nothing for which he should deserve death. 3479So now I will chastise him, and let 14, 15 him go.