Diatessaron

Opening

§ opening›

[Section I]

[1]⁷⁵ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God is the [2,3] Word.⁷⁶ This was in the beginning with God.⁷⁷ Everything was by his hand, and [4] without him not even one existing thing was made.⁷⁸ In him was life, and the life [5] is the light of men.⁷⁹ And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

[6]⁸⁰⁸¹ There was in the days of Herod the king a priest whose name was Zacharias, of the family of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [7] was Elizabeth.⁸² And they were both righteous before God, walking in all his commands, [8] and in the uprightness of God without reproach.⁸³ And they had no son, for [9] Elizabeth was barren, and they had both advanced in age.⁸⁴ And while he discharged [10] [Arabic, p. 2] the duties of priest in the order of his service before God,⁸⁵ according to the custom of the priesthood it was his turn to burn incense; so he entered the [11] temple of the Lord.⁸⁶ And the whole gathering of the people were praying without at the [12] time of the incense.⁸⁷ And there appeared unto Zacharias the angel of the Lord, standing [13] at the right of the altar of incense;⁸⁸ and Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, [14] and fear fell upon him.⁸⁹ But the angel said unto him, Be not agitated,⁹⁰ Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt [15] call his name John;⁹¹ and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice [16] at his birth.⁹² And he shall be great before the Lord, and shall not drink wine nor strong drink, and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit⁹³ while he is in his mother's [17] womb.⁹⁴ And he shall turn back many of the children of Israel to the Lord their [18] God.⁹⁵ And he shall go before him in the spirit, and in the power of Elijah the prophet, to turn back the heart of the fathers to the sons, and those that obey not to the knowledge⁹⁶ of the righteous; and to prepare for the Lord a perfect people. [19]⁹⁷ And Zacharias said unto the angel, How shall I know this, since I am an old man [20] and my wife is advanced in years?⁹⁸ And the angel answered and said unto him, I am Gabriel, that standeth before God; and I was sent to speak unto thee, and give [21] thee tidings of this.⁹⁹ Henceforth thou shalt be speechless, and shalt not be able to speak until the day in which this shall come to pass, because thou didst not trust [22] this my word, which shall be accomplished in its time.¹⁰⁰ And the people were standing [Arabic, p. 3] awaiting Zacharias, and they were perplexed at his delaying in the temple. [23]¹⁰¹ And when Zacharias went out, he was not able to speak unto them: so they knew that he had seen in the temple a vision; and he made signs unto them, and [24] continued dumb.¹⁰² And when the days of his service were completed, he departed to his dwelling.

[25]¹⁰³ And after those days Elizabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five [26] months, and said,¹⁰⁴ This hath the Lord done unto me in the days when he looked upon me, to remove my reproach from among men.

[27]¹⁰⁵ And¹⁰⁶ in the sixth month Gabriel the angel was sent from God to Galilee¹⁰⁷ to a [28] city called Nazareth,¹⁰⁸ to a virgin given in marriage to a man named Joseph, of the [29] house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.¹⁰⁹ And 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.¹¹⁰ And she, when she beheld, was agitated [31] at his word, and pondered what this salutation could be.¹¹¹ And the angel said unto [32] her, Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God.¹¹² Thou shalt now conceive, [33] and bear a son, and call his name Jesus.¹¹³ This 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;¹¹⁴ and to his [35] kingdom there shall be no end.¹¹⁵ Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be to [36] me when no man hath known me?¹¹⁶ The 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.¹¹⁷ And 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.¹¹⁸ For nothing is [39] difficult for God.¹¹⁹ Mary said, Lo, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be unto me according unto thy word. And the angel departed from her.

[40]¹²⁰ And then Mary arose in those days and went in haste into the hill country,¹²¹ to a¹²² [41] city of Judah;¹²³ and entered into the house of Zacharias, and asked for the health of [42] Elizabeth.¹²⁴ And when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in [43] her womb.¹²⁵ And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit; and cried with a loud voice and said unto Mary, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the [44] fruit that is in thy womb.¹²⁶ Whence have I this privilege, that the mother of my [45] Lord should come unto me?¹²⁷ When the sound of thy salutation reached my ears, [46] with great joy rejoiced the babe in my womb.¹²⁸ And blessed is she who believed [47] that what was spoken to her from the Lord would be fulfilled.¹²⁹ And Mary said,

My soul doth magnify the Lord,

[48]¹³⁰ And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour,

[49]¹³¹ Who hath looked upon the low estate of his handmaiden:

Lo, henceforth, all generations¹³² shall pronounce blessing on me.

[50]¹³³ For¹³⁴ he hath done great things for me, who is mighty,

And holy is his name.

[51]¹³⁵ And his mercy embraceth them who fear him,

Throughout the ages and the times.

[52] [Arabic, p. 5]¹³⁶ He wrought the victory with his arm,

And scattered them that prided themselves in their opinions.

[53]¹³⁷ He overthrew them that acted haughtily from their thrones,

And raised the lowly.

[54]¹³⁸ He satisfied with good things the hungry,

And left the rich without anything.

[55]¹³⁹ He helped Israel his servant,

And remembered his mercy

[56]¹⁴⁰ (According as he spake with our fathers)

Unto Abraham and unto his seed for ever.

[57]¹⁴¹ And Mary abode with Elizabeth about three months, and returned unto her house.

[58, 59]¹⁴² And Elizabeth's time of delivery was come; and she brought forth a son.¹⁴³ And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard that God had multiplied his mercy towards her; [60] and they rejoiced with her.¹⁴⁴ And when¹⁴⁵ it was the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and called him Zacharias, calling him by the name of his father. [61]¹⁴⁶ And his mother answered and said unto them, Not so; but he shall be called John. [62]¹⁴⁷ And they said unto her, There is no man of thy kindred that is called by this name. [63, 64]¹⁴⁸ And they made signs to his father, saying, How dost thou wish to name him?¹⁴⁹ And he asked for a tablet, and wrote and said, His name is John. And every one wondered. [65]¹⁵⁰ And immediately his mouth was opened, and his tongue, and he spake and [66] praised God.¹⁵¹ And fear fell on all their neighbours: and this was spoken of¹⁵² in all [67] the mountains of Judah.¹⁵³ And all who heard pondered in their hearts and said, What shall this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

[68]¹⁵⁴ And Zacharias his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied and said,

[69]¹⁵⁵ Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel,

Who hath cared for his people, and wrought for it salvation;

[70]¹⁵⁶ And hath raised for us the horn of salvation

[Arabic, p. 6] In the house of David his servant

[71]¹⁵⁷ (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets from eternity),

[72]¹⁵⁸ That he might save us from our enemies,

And from the hand of all them that hate us.

[73]¹⁵⁹ And he hath performed his mercy towards our fathers,

And remembered his holy covenants,

[74]¹⁶⁰ And the oath which he sware unto Abraham our father,

And without fear we shall¹⁶² serve before him

Thou shalt go forth before the face of the Lord to prepare his way,

For the forgiveness of their sins,

With which he careth for¹⁶⁹ us, to appear¹⁷⁰ from on high

And to set straight our feet in the way of peace.

⁷⁵ John i. 1.

⁷⁶ John i. 2.

⁷⁷ John i. 3.

⁷⁸ John i. 4.

⁷⁹ John i. 5.

⁸⁰ On the margin of the Vatican ms., fol. 1a, are written by a later hand these words, The first of his Gospel. The first of the Evangel (is) the Gospel of Luke; followed by the text of the first four verses of Luke, and that in turn by the words, Four complete Gospels, Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and John. See Ciasca's Essay, cited above (Introduction, 5), p. 468.

⁸¹ Luke i. 5.

[161] Luke i. 74.

[163] Luke i. 75.

[164] Luke i. 76.

[165] Luke i. 77.

[166] Here and elsewhere the Arabic translator uses life and live and give life, as in Syriac, for salvation, etc.

[167] Luke i. 78.

[168] Borg. ms. has and for of.

[171] Luke i. 79.

[172] Luke i. 80.

Section II.

‹§ 2›

And they shall call his name Immanuel,

And on the earth peace, and good hope to men.

According to thy saying;

And a glory to thy people Israel.

[173] Matt. i. 18.

[174] This is preceded in Vat. ms. by the genealogy, Matt. i. 1-17 (see Introduction, 13), with the marginal note The Beginning of the Gospel of Matthew. (Lagarde, op. cit., 1886, p. 154.) The text presents nothing worthy of note in this place except that verse 16, construed on the same principle as the preceding verses, to which, except in the words printed in italics, it is strictly parallel in construction, reads thus: "Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, who of her begat Jesus, the Messiah" (cf. the remarkable reading of Sin. Syriac). As it stands, this is the only possible interpretation of the words, for who is masculine. But a mistake in the gender of a relative pronoun is very common in Arabic among illiterate people, while in Syriac there is, to begin with, no distinction. If then we correct the relative, who of her will become of whom (fem.), and begat will of course be construed as passive. We thus get the text followed in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary, the ordinary reading of the Peshitta, of whom was born Jesus.

[175] Matt. i. 19.

[176] Matt. i. 20.

[177] The Arabic might even more naturally be rendered born, thus giving us the reading that Ishodad tells us was that of the Diatessaron (Harris, Fragments, p. 16 f.); but throughout the whole genealogy (see § 1, 81, note) this word has been used by the Vat. ms. in the sense of begat. Here the Borg. ms. has of her for in her; but Ibn-at-Tayyib in his Commentary discusses why Matthew wrote in and not of.

[178] Matt. i. 21.

[179] cf. § 1, 78.

[180] Matt. i. 22.

[181] Matt. i. 23.

[182] Matt. i. 24.

[183] Matt. i. 25a.

[184] Luke ii. 1.

[185] The Arabic expression is clearly meant to represent that used in the Peshitta.

[186] Luke ii. 2.

[187] This is the most natural meaning of the Arabic sentence; which, however, is simply a word-for-word reproduction.

[188] Luke ii. 3.

[189] Luke ii. 4.

[190] Luke ii. 5.

[191] Luke ii. 6.

[192] Luke ii. 7.

[193] Luke ii. 8.

[194] Luke ii. 9.

[195] Luke ii. 10.

[196] Luke ii. 11.

[197] Luke ii. 12.

[198] Luke ii. 13.

[199] The Arabic represents Syr. idiom.

[200] Luke ii. 14.

[201] Luke ii. 15.

[202] Luke ii. 16.

[203] Luke ii. 17.

[204] Luke ii. 18.

[205] cf. § 1, 66, note.

[206] Luke ii. 19.

[207] Borg. ms. inserts all above the line, after these. The meaning ought then to be, these things, namely, all the sayings.

[208] The Arab. might mean set them apart; but the Syriac is against this.

[209] Luke ii. 20.

[210] Luke ii. 21.

[211] Luke ii. 22.

[212] Luke ii. 23.

[213] Luke ii. 24.

[214] Luke ii. 25.

[215] Luke ii. 26.

[216] Or, anointed.

[217] Luke ii. 27.

[218] Luke ii. 28.

[219] Luke ii. 29.

[220] For order cf. (in part) Sin. Syriac.

[221] Luke ii. 30.

[222] Luke ii. 31.

[223] Luke ii. 32.

[224] i.e., becoming manifest.

[225] Luke ii. 33.

[226] Luke ii. 34.

[227] Luke ii. 35.

[228] So also in Syriac versions and the quotation of Isho'dad from Ephraem (Harris, Fragments, p. 34), but not the Armenian version.

[229] The Arabic sides with the Peshitta and Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary, against the remarkable reading of Sin. supported by Isho'dad, as in last note (Syriac text), and the Armenian in Hill, p. 336. See now also The Guardian, Dec. 18, 1895.

[230] Luke ii. 36.

[231] Luke ii. 37.

[232] Luke ii. 38.

[233] Luke ii. 39.

Section III.

‹§ 3›

[1, 2]²³⁴ And after that,²³⁵ the Magi came from the east to Jerusalem,²³⁶ and 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.²³⁷ And Herod the king heard, and he was troubled, and all [4] Jerusalem with him.²³⁸ And he gathered all the chief priests and the scribes of the [5] people, and asked them in what place²³⁹ the Messiah should be born.²⁴⁰ They said, In Bethlehem of Judæa: thus it is written in the prophet,

[6]²⁴¹ Thou also, Bethlehem of Judah,

Art not contemptible among the kings of Judah:

From thee shall go forth a king,

And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.

[7]²⁴² Then Herod called the Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which [8] the star appeared to them.²⁴³ And 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.²⁴⁴ And 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.²⁴⁵ And when they beheld the star, they rejoiced with very great joy.²⁴⁶ And 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.²⁴⁷ And they saw in a dream²⁴⁸ that they should not return to Herod, and they travelled by another way in going to their country.

Weeping and much lamentation;

Rachel weeping²⁵⁵ for her children,

And not willing to be consoled for their loss.

[37]²⁷⁶ And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, when Pontius Pilate was governor in Judæa, and one of the four rulers, Herod, in Galilee; and Philip his brother, one of the four rulers, in Ituræa and in the district of Trachonitis; and [38] Lysanias, one of the four rulers, in Abilene;²⁷⁷ in the chief-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the command²⁷⁸ of God went forth to John the son of Zacharias in the [39] desert.²⁷⁹ And he came into all the region which is about Jordan, proclaiming the [40] baptism of repentance unto²⁸⁰ the forgiveness of sins.²⁸¹ And he was preaching in the [41] wilderness of Judæa, and saying,²⁸² Repent ye; the kingdom of heaven is come near. [42]²⁸³ This is he that was spoken of in Isaiah the prophet,

The voice which crieth in the desert,

And make straight in the plain, paths for our God.

And all the mountains and hills shall become low;

And the rough shall become plain, And the difficult place, easy;

[249] Matt. ii. 13.

[250] Matt. ii. 14.

[251] Matt. ii. 15.

[252] Matt. ii. 16.

[253] Matt. ii. 17.

[254] Matt. ii. 18.

[256] Matt. ii. 19.

[257] Matt. ii. 20.

[258] Matt. ii. 21.

[259] Matt. ii. 22.

[260] Matt. ii. 23.

[261] Luke ii. 40.

[262] Luke ii. 41.

[263] A general word (cf. Syr. versions).

[264] Luke ii. 42.

[265] Luke ii. 43.

[266] Luke ii. 44.

[267] Luke ii. 45.

[268] Luke ii. 46.

[269] Luke ii. 47.

[270] Luke ii. 48.

[271] Luke ii. 49.

[272] Or, knew.

[273] Luke ii. 50.

[274] Luke ii. 51.

[275] Luke ii. 52.

[284] Luke iii. 4b.

[285] Luke iii. 5.

[286] Luke iii. 6.

[287] See note on § 1, 78.

[288] John i. 7.

[289] John i. 8.

[290] John i. 9.

[291] John i. 10.

[292] John i. 11.

[293] John i. 12.

[294] Or, authority.

[295] John i. 13.

[296] John i. 14.

[297] In Syr. this word also means truth.

[298] John i. 15.

[299] Or, earlier than I.

[300] John i. 16.

[301] John i. 17.

[302] i.e., came to be.

Section IV.

‹§ 4›

[1]³⁰³ No 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]³⁰⁵ And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent to him from Jerusalem priests [3] and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?³⁰⁶ And he acknowledged, and denied not; [4] and he confessed that he was not the Messiah.³⁰⁷ And they asked him again, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he said, I am not he. Art thou a prophet? He [5] said, No.³⁰⁸ They said unto him, Then who art thou? that we may answer them that [6] sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?³⁰⁹ And he said, I am the voice that crieth in [7] the desert, Repair ye the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.³¹⁰ And they [8] that were sent were from³¹¹ the Pharisees.³¹² And they asked him and said unto him, Why baptizest thou now, when thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a prophet? [9]³¹³ John answered and said unto them, I baptize with³¹⁴ water: among you is standing [10] one whom ye know not:³¹⁵ this is he who I said cometh after me and was before [11] me, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose.³¹⁶ And that was in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

[24]³³⁵ And when the people were conjecturing about John, and all of them thinking [25] in their hearts whether he were haply³³⁶ the Messiah,³³⁷ John answered and said unto them, I baptize you with water; there cometh one after me who is stronger than I, the latchets of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen; he will baptize you with the [26] Holy Spirit and fire:³³⁸ who taketh the fan in his hand to cleanse his threshing-floors, [Arabic, p. 16] and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, while the straw he shall burn in fire which can³³⁹ not be put out.

[42, 43]³⁵⁸ And Jesus returned from the Jordan, filled with the Holy Spirit.³⁵⁹ And immediately the Spirit took him out into the wilderness, to be tried of the devil;³⁶⁰³⁶¹ and he [44] was with the beasts.³⁶² And he fasted forty days and forty nights.³⁶³ And he ate nothing [45] in those days, and at the end of them he hungered.³⁶⁴ And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, speak, and these stones shall become [46] bread.³⁶⁵ He answered and said, It is written, Not by bread alone shall man live, but [47] by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.³⁶⁶ Then the devil³⁶⁷ brought [48] him to the holy city, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple,³⁶⁸ and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written,

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee:

And they shall take thee on their arms,

So that thy foot shall not stumble against a stone.

[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.

[320] Matt. iii. 6.

[321] Matt. iii. 7.

[322] The translator uses invariably an Arabic word (name of a sect) meaning Separatists.

[323] Lit. Zindiks, a name given to Persian dualists and others.

[324] Matt. iii. 8.

[325] Matt. iii. 9.

[326] Matt. iii. 10.

[327] Luke iii. 10.

[328] Luke iii. 11.

[329] Grammar requires this rendering, but solecisms in this kind of word are very common, and in this work (e.g., § 48, 21) the jussive particle is sometimes omitted. We should therefore probably render let him give, let him do, etc.

[330] Grammar requires this rendering, but solecisms in this kind of word are very common, and in this work (e.g., § 48, 21) the jussive particle is sometimes omitted. We should therefore probably render let him give, let him do, etc.

[331] Luke iii. 12.

[332] Luke iii. 13.

[333] Luke iii. 14.

[334] cf. Peshitta, where the word has its special meaning, soldiers.

[340] Luke iii. 18.

[341] Matt. iii. 13.

[342] Luke iii. 23a.

[343] The Vat. ms. here gives the genealogy (Luke iii. 23-38), of which we shall quote only the last words: the son of Adam; who (was) from God. If this were not the reading of the Peshitta (against Sin.) and Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary, one might explain from as a corruption of the Arabic son of, the words being very similar. On the Borg. ms. see § 55, 17, note.

[344] John i. 29.

[345] John i. 30.

[346] cf. § 3, 54, note.

[347] John i. 31.

[348] Matt. iii. 14.

[349] Matt. iii. 15.

[350] Luke iii. 21b.

[351] Matt. iii. 16b.

[352] For the statement of Isho'dad (see above, Introduction, 10), "And straightway, as the Diatessaron testifieth, light shone forth," etc., see Harris, Fragments, etc., p. 43 f.

[353] Luke iii. 22a.

[354] Matt. iii. 17.

[355] John i. 32.

[356] John i. 33.

[357] John i. 34.

[369] Matt. iv. 7.

[370] Borg. ms. omits and.

[371] Luke iv. 5.

[372] Lit. backbiter, a different word from that used above in § 4, 43, 47.

[373] Luke iv. 6.

[374] Lit. backbiter, a different word from that used above in § 4, 43, 47.

[375] Luke iv. 7.

Section V.

‹§ 5›

[4, 5]³⁸⁰ And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples;³⁸¹ and he saw Jesus as [6] he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God!³⁸² And his two disciples heard [7] him saying this,³⁸³ and they followed Jesus.³⁸⁴ And 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?³⁸⁵ And 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]³⁸⁶ One of the two which heard from³⁸⁷ John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the [10] brother of Simon.³⁸⁸ And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have [11] found the Messiah.³⁸⁹ And 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]³⁹¹ And 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.³⁹² Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city [14] of Andrew and Simon.³⁹³ And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of 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.³⁹⁴ Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth? Philip said unto him, Come and [16] see.³⁹⁵ And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a³⁹⁶ [17] son of Israel in whom is no guile.³⁹⁷ And 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.³⁹⁸ Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art [19] the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.³⁹⁹ Jesus 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.⁴⁰⁰ And 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.

[22]⁴⁰² And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,⁴⁰³ a⁴⁰⁴ city of Galilee; and the [23] mother of Jesus was there:⁴⁰⁵ and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the [24] feast.⁴⁰⁶ And they lacked wine: and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine. [25]⁴⁰⁷ And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine [26] hour come?⁴⁰⁸⁴⁰⁹ And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do. [27]⁴¹⁰ And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews' purification, such as [28] [Arabic, p. 20] would contain two or three jars.⁴¹¹ And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels [29] with water. And they filled them to the top.⁴¹² He said unto them, Draw [30] out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so.⁴¹³ And 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,⁴¹⁴ and 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.⁴¹⁵ And this is the first sign⁴¹⁶ which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested [33] his glory; and his disciples believed on him.⁴¹⁷ And his fame spread in all the country [34] which was around them.⁴¹⁸ And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified [35] by⁴¹⁹ every man.⁴²⁰ And 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.⁴²¹ And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written,

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

[49]⁴³⁶ And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, while he [50] was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret,⁴³⁷ he saw two boats standing beside the sea, while⁴³⁸ the two fishers which were gone out of them were washing their [51] nets.⁴³⁹ And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas. And Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little from the land into [52] the water. And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.⁴⁴⁰ And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your [53] net for a draught.⁴⁴¹ And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master, we toiled [54] all night and caught nothing; now⁴⁴² at thy word I will cast the net.⁴⁴³ And when they did this, there were enclosed⁴⁴⁴ a great many fishes; and their net was on the [55] point of breaking.⁴⁴⁵ And they beckoned to their comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came, they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of sinking.

[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.

[401] Luke iv. 14a.

[422] Luke iv. 18.

[425] Luke iv. 19.

[426] Luke iv. 20.

[427] Luke iv. 21.

[428] Luke iv. 22a.

[429] Matt. iv. 17a.

[430] Mark i. 15.

[431] Matt. iv. 18.

[432] Matt. iv. 19.

[433] Matt. iv. 20.

[434] Matt. iv. 21.

[435] Matt. iv. 22.

Section VI.

‹§ 6›

[1] [Arabic, p. 22]⁴⁴⁶ But 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.⁴⁴⁷ And amazement took possession of him, and of all who were with him, [3] because of the draught of the fishes which they had taken.⁴⁴⁸ And 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.⁴⁵⁰ And they brought the boats to the land; and they left everything, and followed him.

[38]⁵⁰⁰ The land of Zebulun, the land of Naphtali,

The way of the sea, the passage of the Jordan,

Galilee of the nations:

[39]⁵⁰¹ The people sitting in darkness

Saw a great light,

And those sitting in the region and in the shadow of death,

There appeared to them a light.

[47, 48]⁵¹³ And Jesus came to the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.⁵¹⁴ And Simon's wife's mother was oppressed with a great fever, and they besought him for [49] her.⁵¹⁵ And he stood over her and rebuked her fever, and it left her, and immediately [50] she rose and ministered to them.⁵¹⁶ And at even they brought to him many that had [51] demons: and he cast out their devils with the⁵¹⁷ word.⁵¹⁸ And all that had sick, their diseases being divers and malignant, brought them unto him. And he laid his hand [52] on them one by one⁵¹⁹ and healed them:⁵²⁰ that that might be fulfilled which was said [53] in the prophet Isaiah, who said, He taketh our pains and beareth our diseases.⁵²¹ And [54] all the city was gathered together unto the door of Jesus.⁵²² And he cast out devils also from many, as they were crying out and saying, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of God; and he rebuked them. And he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him that he was the Lord the Messiah.

[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.

[463] See § 9, 21, note.

[464] So Ciasca's printed text. The Vat. ms., however, probably represents a past tense.

[465] John iii. 30.

[466] John iii. 31.

[467] cf. Peshitta.

[468] John iii. 32.

[469] John iii. 33.

[470] cf. consonants of Syriac text.

[471] Borg. ms., that God is truly, or, assuming a very common grammatical inaccuracy, that God is true or truth, the reading in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary.

[472] John iii. 34.

[473] Lit. saying.

[474] John iii. 35.

[475] John iii. 36.

[476] Lit. the life of eternity; here and everywhere except § 21, 40.

[477] i.e., alighteth-and-stayeth.

[478] John iv. 1.

[479] Or, knew.

[480] John iv. 2.

[481] John iv. 3a.

[482] Luke iii. 19.

[483] Luke iii. 20.

[484] Matt. iv. 12.

[485] John iv. 46.

[486] John iv. 47.

[487] John iv. 48.

[488] Or, will.

[489] John iv. 49.

[490] John iv. 50.

[491] John iv. 51.

[492] Or, good news, and.

[493] John iv. 52.

[494] John iv. 53.

[495] John iv. 54.

[496] See § 5, 32, note.

[497] Luke iv. 44.

[498] Matt. iv. 13.

[499] Matt. iv. 14.

[502] Luke iv. 31b.

[503] Luke iv. 32.

[504] Perhaps we might here render learning; but see § 28, 17, note.

[505] Luke iv. 33.

[506] Luke iv. 34.

[507] Luke iv. 35.

[508] Luke iv. 36.

[509] Luke iv. 37.

[510] Luke iv. 38.

[511] Matt. ix. 9b.

[512] So in the Arabic. It is, however, simply a misinterpretation of the expression in the Syriac versions for at the place of toll (cf. Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary).

Section VII.

‹§ 7›

[11, 12]⁵³⁸ And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again.⁵³⁹ And when they heard that he was in the house,⁵⁴⁰ many gathered, so that it could not hold them, even about [13] [Arabic, p. 27] the door; and he made known to them the word of God.⁵⁴¹ And there were there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, sitting, come from all the villages of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was [14] present to heal them.⁵⁴² And some men brought a bed with a man on it who was paralytic. [15] And they sought to bring him in and lay him before him.⁵⁴³ And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multitude of people, they went up to the roof, and let him down with his bed from the roofing,⁵⁴⁴ into the midst before Jesus. [16]⁵⁴⁵ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, My son, thy sins are forgiven [17] thee.⁵⁴⁶ And the scribes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts, Why doth this man blaspheme?⁵⁴⁷ Who is it that is able to forgive sins, but God alone? [18]⁵⁴⁸ And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, and he [19] said unto them, Why do ye think this within your heart?⁵⁴⁹ Which is better,⁵⁵⁰ that it should be said to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or that it should be said [20] to him, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk?⁵⁵¹ That ye may know that the Son of man [21] is empowered on earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralytic),⁵⁵² I say unto thee, [22] Arise, take thy bed, and go to thine house.⁵⁵³ And he rose forthwith, and took his bed, and went out in the presence of all.⁵⁵⁴ And he went to his house praising God. [23]⁵⁵⁵ And when those multitudes saw, they feared;⁵⁵⁶ and amazement took possession of [24] them,⁵⁵⁷ and they praised God, who had given such power to men.⁵⁵⁸ And they said, We have seen marvellous things to-day,⁵⁵⁹ of which we have never before seen the like.

[25] [Arabic, p. 28]⁵⁶⁰ And after that, Jesus went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting [26] among the publicans:⁵⁶¹ and he said unto him, Follow me.⁵⁶² And he left [27] everything, and rose, and followed him.⁵⁶³ And Levi made him a great feast in his house. And there was a great multitude of the publicans and others sitting with him. [28]⁵⁶⁴ And the scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said unto his disciples, Why do ye eat [29] and drink with the publicans and sinners?⁵⁶⁵ Jesus answered and said unto them, The physician seeketh not those who are well, but those that are afflicted with grievous [30, 31] sickness.⁵⁶⁶⁵⁶⁷ I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners, to repentance.⁵⁶⁸ And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast always, and pray, and the [32] Pharisees also, but thy disciples eat and drink?⁵⁶⁹ He said unto them, Ye cannot make [33] the sons of the marriage feast⁵⁷⁰ fast, while the bridegroom is with them.⁵⁷¹ Days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then will they fast in those [34] days.⁵⁷² And he spake unto them a parable:⁵⁷³ No man inserteth a new patch and seweth it in a worn garment, lest the newness of the new take from the worn, and [35] there occur a great rent.⁵⁷⁴ And no man putteth fresh wine into old skins, lest the wine burst the skins, and the skins be destroyed, and the wine spilled; but they put [36] the fresh wine in the new skins, and both are preserved.⁵⁷⁵ And no man drinketh old wine and straightway desireth fresh; for he saith, The old is better.

[37]⁵⁷⁶ And while Jesus was walking on the sabbath day among the sown fields, his disciples [Arabic, p. 29] hungered. And they were rubbing the ears with their hands, and [38] eating.⁵⁷⁷ But some of the Pharisees, when they saw them,⁵⁷⁸ said unto him, See, [39] why⁵⁷⁹ do thy disciples on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?⁵⁸⁰ But Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in olden time what David did, when he had need and [40] hungered, he and those that were with him?⁵⁸¹ how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the table of the Lord, which it was not lawful that any should eat, save the priests, and gave to them that were with him also? [41]⁵⁸² And he said unto them, The sabbath was created because of man, and man was not [42] created because of the sabbath.⁵⁸³ Or have ye not read in the law, that the priests in [43] the temple profane the sabbath, and yet they are blameless?⁵⁸⁴ I say unto you now, [44] that here is what⁵⁸⁵ is greater than the temple.⁵⁸⁶ If ye had known this:⁵⁸⁷ I love mercy, [45] not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned⁵⁸⁸ those on whom is no blame.⁵⁸⁹ The [46] Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man.⁵⁹⁰ And his relatives heard, and went out to take him, and said, He hath gone out of his mind.

[523] Mark i. 35.

[524] Mark i. 36.

[525] Mark i. 37.

[526] Mark i. 38.

[527] Luke iv. 42.

[528] Luke iv. 43.

[529] Matt. ix. 35.

[530] Mark i. 39.

[531] Luke iv. 14b.

[532] Luke iv. 15.

[533] This may represent a Syriac as.

[534] Mark ii. 14.

[535] See above, note to § 6, 46, which applies, although the Arabic words are different.

[536] Matt. iv. 24.

[537] Lit. son-of-the-roofs, a Syriac expression (cf. § 24, 31, note).

[591] Luke vi. 6.

[592] Lit. other. The definite article is a mistake of the translator.

[593] Here, at the end of leaf 17 of Vat. ms., is a note by a later hand: "Here a leaf is missing." This first lacuna extends from § 7, 47 to § 8, 17.

[594] Luke vi. 7.

[595] Luke vi. 8.

[596] Luke vi. 9.

[597] Mark iii. 4b.

[598] Mark iii. 5.

[599] An easy clerical error for And so he regarded (cf. Peshitta).

[600] Matt. xii. 11.

[601] Matt. xii. 12.

Section VIII.

‹§ 8›

[1]⁶⁰² And the Pharisees went out, and consulted together concerning him, that they [2] might destroy him.⁶⁰³ And Jesus perceived, and removed thence: and great multitudes [3] followed him; and he healed all of them:⁶⁰⁴ and he forbade them that they should [4] not make him known:⁶⁰⁵⁶⁰⁶ that the saying in Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[5]⁶⁰⁷ Behold, 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.

And no man shall hear his voice in the marketplace.

And a smoking lamp⁶¹² shall he not extinguish,

Until he shall bring forth judgement unto victory.

[18, 19]⁶³¹ And when Jesus saw the multitudes, he went up to the mountain.⁶³² And he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve; and they are those whom he named [20] apostles:⁶³³ Simon, whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James and [21] John, and Philip and Bartholomew,⁶³⁴ and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son [22] of Alphæus, and Simon which was called the Zealot,⁶³⁵ and Judas the son of James, [23] and Judas the Iscariot, being he that had betrayed him.⁶³⁶⁶³⁷ And Jesus went down with them and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and the great [24] multitude of people.⁶³⁸ And these twelve he chose to be with him, and that he might [25] send them to preach, and to have power to heal the sick and to cast out devils.

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

[57, 58]⁶⁷⁹ Ye have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery:⁶⁸⁰ but 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.⁶⁸¹ If 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.⁶⁸² And 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.⁶⁸³ It was said that he that putteth away his wife should give her a writing of divorcement: [62]⁶⁸⁴ but I say unto you, that 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.

[610] Matt. xii. 19.

[611] Matt. xii. 20.

[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.

[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).

[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.

[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.

[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.

Section IX.

‹§ 9›

[6, 7]⁶⁹² Ye have heard that it was said, Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth:⁶⁹³ but 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.⁶⁹⁶ And he that would sue thee, and take thy tunic, [9] leave to him also thy wrapper.⁶⁹⁷ And whosoever compelleth thee one mile, go with [10] [Arabic, p. 35] him twain.⁶⁹⁸ And he that asketh thee, give unto him:⁶⁹⁹ and he that would borrow of thee, prevent him not. And prosecute⁷⁰⁰ not him that taketh thy [11] substance.⁷⁰¹ And as ye desire that men should do to you, so do ye also to them.

[12, 13]⁷⁰² Ye have heard that it was said, Love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy:⁷⁰³ but 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; [14]⁷⁰⁴ that 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.⁷⁰⁵ If ye love them that love you, what reward shall ye have?⁷⁰⁶ for the publicans [16] and sinners also love those that love them.⁷⁰⁷ And if ye do a kindness to those [17] who treat you well, where is your superiority? for sinners also do likewise.⁷⁰⁸ And 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.⁷¹¹ But love your enemies, and do good to them, and lend, and cut not off the hope of any man; that your reward may be great, and ye may be the children of the Highest: for he is lenient [19] towards the wicked and the ungrateful.⁷¹² Be ye merciful, even as your Father also is [20] merciful.⁷¹³ And 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?⁷¹⁴ Be ye now⁷¹⁵ perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

[26]⁷²¹ And whenever thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites, who love to stand in the synagogues and in the corners of the marketplaces for prayers, that men may behold [27] them.⁷²² And verily say I unto you, They have received their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and fasten thy door, and pray to thy Father in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. [28]⁷²³ And whenever ye pray, be not babblers, as the heathen; for they think that by the [29] abundance of their words they shall be heard.⁷²⁴ Then be not ye now like unto them: [30] for your Father knoweth your request before ye ask him.⁷²⁵ One of his disciples said [31] unto him, Our Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.⁷²⁶ Jesus said unto [32] them, Thus now pray ye now:⁷²⁷⁷²⁸ Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy [33, 34] name.⁷²⁹ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,⁷³⁰ as in heaven, so on earth.⁷³¹ Give us the [35] food of to-day.⁷³² And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgave those that trespassed [36] against us.⁷³³ And bring us not into temptations, but deliver us from the evil one. For [37] thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.⁷³⁴⁷³⁵ If ye forgive [Arabic, p. 37] men their wrong-doing,⁷³⁶ your Father which is in heaven will forgive you. [38]⁷³⁷ But if ye forgive not men, neither will your Father pardon your wrong-doing.

[39]⁷³⁸ When ye fast, do not frown, as the hypocrites; for they make their faces austere, that they may be seen of⁷³⁹ men that they are fasting. Verily I say unto you, They [40] have received their reward.⁷⁴⁰ But when thou fastest, wash thy face and anoint thy [41] head;⁷⁴¹ that thou make not an appearance to men of fasting, but to thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee.

[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.

[716] Matt. vi. 1.

[717] A clumsy phrase.

[718] Matt. vi. 2.

[719] Matt. vi. 3.

[720] Matt. vi. 4.

[742] Luke xii. 32.

[743] Luke xii. 33a.

[744] Matt. vi. 19.

[745] Matt. vi. 20.

[746] Matt. vi. 21.

[747] Matt. vi. 22.

[748] Or, for if.

[749] Matt. vi. 23.

[750] Or, will be.

[751] Luke xi. 35.

[752] Luke xi. 36.

Section X.

‹§ 10›

[1] [Arabic, p. 38]⁷⁵³ No 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.⁷⁵⁴ Ye 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?⁷⁵⁶ Consider 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?⁷⁵⁷ Who of you when he trieth is able to add to his stature one [5] cubit?⁷⁵⁸ If then ye are not able for a small thing, why are ye anxious about the [6, 7] rest?⁷⁵⁹ Consider the wild lily, how it grows, although it toils not, nor spins;⁷⁶⁰ and I say unto you that Solomon in the greatness of his glory was not clothed like one of [8] them.⁷⁶¹ And 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!⁷⁶³ Be not anxious, so as to say, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With [10] what shall we be clothed?⁷⁶⁴ Neither let your minds be perplexed in this:⁷⁶⁵ all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father which is in heaven knoweth [11] your need of all these things.⁷⁶⁶ Seek 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.⁷⁶⁷ Be not anxious for the morrow; for the morrow shall be anxious for what belongs to it. Sufficient unto the day is its evil.

[22]⁷⁸² And he said unto them, Who of you, that hath a friend, goeth to him at midnight, [23] and saith unto him, My friend, lend me three loaves;⁷⁸³ for a friend hath come [24] to me from a journey, and I have nothing to offer to him:⁷⁸⁴ and that friend shall [Arabic, p. 40] answer him from within, and say unto him, Trouble me not; for the door is shut, and my children are with me in bed, and I cannot rise and give thee? [25]⁷⁸⁵ And verily I say unto you, If he will not give him because of friendship, yet because [26] of his importunity he will rise and give him what he seeketh.⁷⁸⁶ And I also say unto you, Ask, and ye shall be given unto; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be [27] opened unto you.⁷⁸⁷ Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and [28] he that knocketh, it shall be opened to him.⁷⁸⁸ What father of you, shall his son ask for bread—will he, think you, give him a stone?⁷⁸⁹ and if he ask of him a fish, will he, [29] think you,⁷⁹⁰ instead of the fish give him a serpent? and if he ask him for an egg, will [30] he, think you, extend to him a scorpion?⁷⁹¹ If ye then, although being evil, know the gifts which are good, and give them to your children, how much more shall your [31] Father which is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?⁷⁹² Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: this is the law and the prophets.

[34]⁷⁹⁶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's⁷⁹⁷ clothing, while within [35] they are ravening wolves.⁷⁹⁸ But by their fruits ye shall know them.⁷⁹⁹ For every tree is known by its fruit. For figs are not gathered⁸⁰⁰ of thorns, neither are grapes plucked of [36] briers.⁸⁰¹ Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but the evil tree bringeth [37] [Arabic, p. 41] forth evil fruit.⁸⁰² The good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can the [38] evil tree bring forth good fruit.⁸⁰³ The good man from the good treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth good things; and the evil man from the evil treasures that are in his heart bringeth forth evil things: and from the overflowings of the [39] heart the lips speak.⁸⁰⁴ Every tree that beareth not good fruit is cut down and cast [40, 41] into the fire.⁸⁰⁵ Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.⁸⁰⁶ Not all that say unto me, My Lord, my Lord, shall enter the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth [42] the will of my Father which is in heaven.⁸⁰⁷ Many shall say unto me in that day, My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out [43] devils, and in thy name do many powers?⁸⁰⁸ Then shall I say unto them, I never [44] knew you: depart from me, ye servants of iniquity.⁸⁰⁹ Every man that cometh unto [45] me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to what he is like:⁸¹⁰ he is like the wise man which built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the [46] foundations on a rock:⁸¹¹ and the rain came down, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and shook that house, and it fell not: for its foundation was laid on [47] rocks.⁸¹² And every one that heareth these my words, and doeth them not, is like [48] the foolish man which built his house on sand, without foundation:⁸¹³ and the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house, and it fell: and the fall of it was great.

[768] Matt. vii. 1.

[769] Luke vi. 37b.

[770] The word means to contend successfully, but is used throughout by our translator in the sense of condemn.

[771] Luke vi. 38.

[772] This is the reading adopted by Ciasca in his Latin version. The diacritical points in the Arabic text, as he has printed it (perhaps a misprint), give second person plural passive instead of third plural active.

[773] Mark iv. 24b.

[774] Mark iv. 25.

[775] cf. Luke viii. 18b. Our translator uses the same word in § 50, 5=Luke xxiii. 8b; and in both cases it represents the same word in the Syriac versions.

[776] Luke vi. 39.

[777] Or, Do.

[778] Luke vi. 40.

[779] Luke vi. 41.

[780] Luke vi. 42.

[781] Matt. vii. 6.

[793] Matt. vii. 13.

[794] There is nothing about striving. The verb is walaga, which means enter (cf. § 11, 48).

[795] Matt. vii. 14.

Section XI.

‹§ 11›

[17]⁸³⁴ And the day after, he was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples with him, [18] and a great multitude.⁸³⁵ And 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.⁸³⁷ And when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep [20] not.⁸³⁸ And he went and advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and [21] he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.⁸³⁹ And that dead man sat up and began [22] to speak; and he gave him to his mother.⁸⁴⁰ And fear came on all the people: and they praised God, and said, There hath risen among us a great prophet: and, God [23] hath had regard to his people.⁸⁴¹ And this news concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the region which was about them.

[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.

[831] Matt. viii. 12.

[832] Matt. viii. 13.

[833] Luke vii. 10.

[842] Matt. viii. 18.

[843] Luke ix. 57a; Matt. viii. 19.

[844] Matt. viii. 20.

[845] Luke ix. 59.

[846] Luke ix. 60.

[847] Luke ix. 61.

[848] Luke ix. 62.

[849] Lit. plough of the yoke.

[850] Mark iv. 35; Luke viii. 22d.

[851] cf., e.g., at § 17, 19, § 23, 16, where the same Arabic and Syriac word is used; cf. also the ambiguity of the Greek (R.V. has left).

[852] Mark iv. 36a; Luke viii. 22b.

[853] Mark iv. 36c; Matt. viii. 24a.

[854] Lit. commotion.

[855] Luke viii. 23c.

[856] Or, abundance.

[857] Mark iv. 38a.

[858] Matt. viii. 25.

[859] Luke viii. 24b.

[860] Mark iv. 39b.

[861] Mark iv. 40.

[862] Luke viii. 25b.

[863] The last clause belongs in the Greek to verse 41.

[864] Luke viii. 26.

[865] Luke viii. 27a.

[866] Mark v. 2b; Luke viii. 27c.

[867] Mark v. 3b.

[868] Mark v. 4a.

[869] Luke viii. 29c.

[870] Imperfect tense.

[871] Mark v. 4b, 5a.

[872] Matt. viii. 28b.

[873] Mark v. 5b.

[874] Mark v. 6.

[875] Mark v. 7a; Luke viii. 28b.

[876] Mark v. 7c; Luke viii. 29a.

[877] Lit. and it was for him.

[878] Luke viii. 30.

[879] Luke viii. 31.

[880] Luke viii. 32.

[881] Luke viii. 33.

[882] Mark v. 13b.

[883] Luke viii. 34.

[884] Luke viii. 35.

[885] cf. Syriac versions.

[886] Luke viii. 36.

[887] Mark v. 16b.

Section XII.

‹§ 12›

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

[2, 3]⁸⁸⁹ But Jesus went up into the ship, and crossed, and came to his city.⁸⁹⁰ And that man from whom the devils went out entreated that he might stay with him; but [4] Jesus sent him away, and said unto him,⁸⁹¹ Return to thy house, and make known what [5] God hath done for thee.⁸⁹² And he went, and began to publish in Decapolis⁸⁹³ what Jesus had done for him; and they all marvelled.

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

[11, 12]⁹⁰⁰ And a woman, which had a flow of blood for twelve years,⁹⁰¹ had suffered much of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not benefited at all, but her [13] trouble increased further.⁹⁰² And when she heard of Jesus, she came in the thronging of [14] [Arabic, p. 47] the crowd behind him, and touched⁹⁰³ his garments;⁹⁰⁴ and she thought within [15] herself, If I could reach to touch his garments, I should live.⁹⁰⁵ And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried; and she felt in her body that she was healed [16] of her plague.⁹⁰⁶ And Jesus straightway knew within himself that power had gone out of him; and he turned to the crowd, and said, Who approached unto my garments? [17]⁹⁰⁷ And 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?⁹⁰⁸ And he said, Some one approached unto me; and I knew that [19] power went forth from me.⁹⁰⁹ And 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),⁹¹⁰ and 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.⁹¹¹ And Jesus said unto her, Be of good courage, daughter; thy faith hath made thee alive; depart in peace, and be whole from thy plague.

[33]⁹²⁵ And 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.⁹²⁶ And 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.⁹²⁷ Then he touched⁹²⁸ [36] their eyes, and said, As ye have believed, it shall be unto you.⁹²⁹ And immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus forbade them, and said, See that no man know. [37]⁹³⁰ But they went out and published the news in all that land.

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

[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.

[920] Luke viii. 55a.

[921] Mark v. 42b.

[922] Luke viii. 55b.

[923] Luke viii. 56.

[924] Matt. ix. 26.

[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.

[938] Matt. x. 5.

[939] § 34, 40, shows that this Arabic form may be so translated.

[940] Matt. x. 6.

[941] Matt. x. 7.

[942] Matt. x. 8.

[943] Matt. x. 9f.

[944] Mark vi. 8b; Luke ix. 3.

[945] Matt. x. 10c; Mark vi. 9a.

[946] Matt. x. 10d.

[947] Matt. x. 11.

[948] Matt. x. 12; Matt. x. 13.

[949] Matt. x. 14a; Mark vi. 11b.

[950] Matt. x. 15.

Section XIII.

‹§ 13›

[9, 10]⁹⁶³ A disciple is not superior to his lord, nor a servant to his master.⁹⁶⁴ For 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!⁹⁶⁵ Fear 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.⁹⁶⁷ What I say unto you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye have told [13] secretly in the ears in closets, let it be proclaimed on the housetops.⁹⁶⁸ I 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.⁹⁷¹ Yea, 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.⁹⁷³ But what concerns you: even the hair of your heads [17, 18] also is numbered.⁹⁷⁴ Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows.⁹⁷⁵ Every man who confesseth me now before men, I also will confess him before my Father [19] which is in heaven;⁹⁷⁶ but whosoever denieth me before men, I also will deny him before my Father which is in heaven.

I am sending my messenger before thy face

To prepare the way before thee.

[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.

[977] Luke xii. 51.

[978] Luke xii. 52.

[979] Luke xii. 53.

[980] Matt. x. 36.

[981] Matt. x. 37.

[982] Matt. x. 38.

[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.

[1000] Luke vii. 18.

[1001] Lit. And his disciples told John, as in the Greek, etc.

[1002] Matt. xi. 2a; Luke vii. 19.

[1003] Luke vii. 20.

[1004] Luke vii. 21.

[1005] Luke vii. 22.

[1006] A different word from that used in the preceding verse. It is either an Arabic copyist's error for the word for deaf used in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary, or a careless blunder.

[1007] Luke vii. 23.

[1008] Luke vii. 24.

[1009] Luke vii. 25.

[1010] Luke vii. 26.

[1011] Luke vii. 27.

Section XIV.

‹§ 14›

[1]¹⁰¹² Verily 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.

[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.

[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.

[1046] Mark iii. 28.

[1047] Mark iii. 29.

[1048] Mark iii. 30.

[1049] Matt. xii. 32.

[1050] Matt. xii. 33.

[1051] Or, a tree good.

[1052] Or, a tree evil.

[1053] Matt. xii. 34.

[1054] Luke vi. 45a.

[1055] Matt. xii. 36.

[1056] Matt. xii. 37.

[1057] Luke xii. 54.

[1058] Luke xii. 55.

[1059] Matt. xvi. 2b.

[1060] Matt. xvi. 3.

[1061] Matt. xvi. 4; this is reckoned to verse 3 in the Greek.

[1062] Matt. xii. 22.

[1063] Matt. xii. 23.

[1064] Mark vi. 30.

[1065] Wrought may have arisen from taught by a transcriptional error (transposition of l and m) within the Arabic text. As it appears to occur in both mss., they would seem to have a common origin, which, however, can hardly have been the autograph of the translator.

[1066] Mark vi. 31.

[1067] Luke vii. 36.

[1068] Luke vii. 37.

[1069] Luke vii. 38.

[1070] Luke vii. 39.

[1071] A comparison with the Syriac text recommends this rendering.

Section XV.

‹§ 15›

[32] [Arabic, p. 60]¹¹¹³ And he said again unto his apostles, Whosoever heareth you heareth me; and whosoever heareth me heareth him that sent me: and whosoever wrongeth¹¹¹⁴ you wrongeth me; and whosoever wrongeth me wrongeth him that sent me.

[37]¹¹²¹ And in that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I acknowledge thee, my Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto children: yea, my Father; so [38] was thy will.¹¹²² And he turned to his disciples,¹¹²³ and said unto them, Everything hath been delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and to whomsoever the Son willeth [39] to reveal him.¹¹²⁴ Come unto me, all of you, ye that are wearied and bearers of burdens, [40] and I will give you rest.¹¹²⁵ Bear my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for¹¹²⁶ I [41] am gentle and lowly in my heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.¹¹²⁷ For my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is light.

[1072] Luke vii. 40.

[1073] Luke vii. 41.

[1074] Luke vii. 42.

[1075] Luke vii. 43.

[1076] Luke vii. 44.

[1077] Lit. sunk, a word the choice of which is explained by the Syriac.

[1078] Luke vii. 45.

[1079] Or, I.

[1080] Luke vii. 46.

[1081] Same word in Arabic.

[1082] Same word in Arabic.

[1083] Luke vii. 47.

[1084] Luke vii. 48.

[1085] Luke vii. 49.

[1086] Luke vii. 50.

[1087] John ii. 23b.

[1088] John ii. 24.

[1089] The meaning is not apparent.

[1090] John ii. 25.

[1091] Luke x. 1.

[1092] Luke x. 2.

[1093] Luke x. 3.

[1094] Luke x. 4.

[1095] Luke x. 5.

[1096] Luke x. 6.

[1097] Luke x. 7.

[1098] cf. Syriac versions.

[1099] Luke x. 8.

[1100] Luke x. 9.

[1101] Luke x. 10.

[1102] Luke x. 11.

[1103] The first letter of the word has been lost.

[1104] Lit. that, as often in this work.

[1105] Luke x. 12.

[1106] Matt. xi. 20.

[1107] Lit. powers.

[1108] Matt. xi. 21.

[1109] Matt. xi. 22.

[1110] Matt. xi. 23.

[1111] The word as printed by Ciasca perhaps means gifts, but by dropping a point from the second letter we get the post-classical word given in the text above.

[1112] Matt. xi. 24.

[1115] Luke x. 17.

[1116] Luke x. 18.

[1117] The word translated devil in preceding verse.

[1118] Luke x. 19.

[1119] This is an Arabic clerical error for forces. The Syriac word for power means also military forces, which was apparently rendered in Arabic army, a word that differs from race only in diacritical points.

[1120] Luke x. 20.

[1128] Luke xiv. 25.

[1129] Luke xiv. 26.

[1130] Or, his life; or, his soul.

[1131] Luke xiv. 27.

[1132] Luke xiv. 28.

[1133] This rendering assumes that tower is treated as feminine.

[1134] Luke xiv. 29.

[1135] Or, it.

[1136] Luke xiv. 30.

[1137] Luke xiv. 31.

[1138] Or, a king like him.

[1139] Luke xiv. 32.

[1140] Luke xiv. 33.

[1141] Or, let.

Section XVI.

‹§ 16›

[1]¹¹⁴² Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, that they might tempt him, [2] and said, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.¹¹⁴³ He 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.¹¹⁴⁵ And as Jonah was a sign to the inhabitants [4] of Nineveh, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.¹¹⁴⁶ And 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.¹¹⁴⁷ The 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.¹¹⁴⁹ The 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.¹¹⁵⁰ The 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.¹¹⁵¹ And if he come and find it [9] adorned and set in order,¹¹⁵² then he goeth, and associateth with himself seven other spirits worse than himself; and they enter and dwell in it: and the end of that man [10] shall be worse than his beginning.¹¹⁵³ Thus shall it be unto this evil generation.

[22]¹¹⁶⁶ And after that, Jesus went out of the house, and sat on the sea shore.¹¹⁶⁷ And there [23] gathered unto him great multitudes. And when the press of the people was great upon him, he went up and sat in the boat; and all the multitude was standing on the [24] shore of the sea.¹¹⁶⁸ And he spake to them much in parables, and said, The sower [25] went forth to sow: and when he sowed,¹¹⁶⁹ some fell on the beaten highway; and it was [26] trodden upon, and the birds ate it.¹¹⁷⁰ And other fell on the rocks: and some, where there was not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no depth in [27] the earth:¹¹⁷¹ and when the sun rose, it withered; and because it had no root, it dried [28] up.¹¹⁷² And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it; [29] and it yielded no fruit.¹¹⁷³ And other fell into excellent and good¹¹⁷⁴ ground; and it came up, and grew, and brought forth fruit, some thirty, and some sixty, and some [30] a hundred.¹¹⁷⁵ And when he said that, he cried, He that hath ears that hear, let him [31] hear.¹¹⁷⁶ And when they were alone, his disciples came, and asked him, and said unto [32] him, What is this parable? and why spakest thou unto them in parables?¹¹⁷⁷ He [Arabic, p. 64] answered and said unto them, Unto you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but it is not given unto them that are [33] without.¹¹⁷⁸ He that hath shall be given unto, and there shall be added; and he that [34] hath not, that which he hath shall be taken from him also.¹¹⁷⁹ For this cause therefore I speak unto them in parables; because they see, and see not; and hear, and hear [35] not, nor understand.¹¹⁸⁰ And in them is being fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said,

Hearing they shall hear, and shall not understand;

And seeing they shall see, and shall not perceive:

[36]¹¹⁸¹ The heart of this people is waxed gross,

And their hearing with their ears is become heavy,

And they have closed their eyes;

Lest they should see with their eyes,

And hear with their ears,

And understand with their hearts,

And should return,

And I should heal them.

[37, 38]¹¹⁸² But ye, blessed are your eyes, which see; and your ears, which hear.¹¹⁸³ Blessed [39] are the eyes which see what ye see.¹¹⁸⁴ Verily I say unto you, Many of the prophets and the righteous longed to see what ye see, and saw not; and to hear what ye [40] hear, and heard not.¹¹⁸⁵ When ye know not this parable, how shall ye know all parables? [41, 42]¹¹⁸⁶ Hear ye the parable of the sower.¹¹⁸⁷ The sower which sowed, sowed the word [43] of God.¹¹⁸⁸ Every one who heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away the word that hath been sown in his [44] heart: and this is that which was sown on the middle of the highway.¹¹⁸⁹ But that which was sown on the rocks is he that heareth the word, and straightway receiveth [45, 46] [Arabic, p. 65] it with joy;¹¹⁹⁰ only, it hath no root in his soul, but his belief in it is for a time;¹¹⁹¹ and whenever there is distress or persecution because of a¹¹⁹² word, he [47] stumbleth¹¹⁹³ quickly.¹¹⁹⁴ And that which was sown among the thorns is he that heareth the word;¹¹⁹⁵ and the care of this world, and the error of riches, and the rest of the [48] other lusts enter, and choke the word, and it becometh without fruit.¹¹⁹⁶ And that which was sown in good ground is he that heareth my word in a pure and good heart, and understandeth it, and holdeth to it, and bringeth forth fruit with patience,¹¹⁹⁷ and produceth either a hundredfold or sixtyfold or thirty.

[1154] Luke xi. 27.

[1155] Luke xi. 28.

[1156] Matt. xii. 46a; Luke viii. 19a.

[1157] Matt. xii. 46c; Luke viii. 19b.

[1158] Mark iii. 31; Matt. xii. 47.

[1159] Matt. xii. 48.

[1160] Matt. xxii. 49.

[1161] Matt. xii. 50.

[1162] Luke viii. 1.

[1163] The Arabic printed text gives no sense. A simple change in the diacritical points of one letter gives the reading of the Syriac versions, which is adopted here.

[1164] Luke viii. 2.

[1165] Luke viii. 3.

[1198] Mark iv. 26.

[1199] Mark iv. 27.

[1200] Or, while.

[1201] Mark iv. 28.

[1202] Mark iv. 29.

[1203] Lit. fatteneth, as in Peshitta.

Section XVII.

‹§ 17›

[8, 9]¹²¹² And he set forth to them another parable, and said,¹²¹³ To what is the kingdom of [10] God like? and to what shall I liken it? and in what parable shall I set it forth?¹²¹⁴ It [11] is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and planted in his field:¹²¹⁵ and of the number of the things that are sown in the earth it is smaller than all of the things [12] which are sown, which are upon the earth;¹²¹⁶ but 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.

[13, 14]¹²¹⁷ And he set forth to them another parable:¹²¹⁸ To what shall I liken the kingdom of [15] God?¹²¹⁹ It is like the leaven which a woman took, and kneaded into three measures of flour, until the whole of it was leavened.

I will open my mouth in parables;

And I will utter secrets which were before the foundations¹²²² of the world.

[19]¹²²⁴ Then Jesus left¹²²⁵ the multitudes, and came to the house. And his disciples came unto him, and said unto him, Explain unto us that parable about the tares [20] [Arabic, p. 67] and the field.¹²²⁶ He answered and said unto them, He that sowed good seed is [21] the Son of man;¹²²⁷ and the field is the world; and the good seed are the children of the [22] kingdom;¹²²⁸ and the tares are the children of the evil one; and the enemy that sowed them¹²²⁹ is Satan; and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. [23]¹²³⁰ And as the tares are separated and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of [24] this world.¹²³¹ The Son of man shall send his angels, and separate from his kingdom [25] all things that injure,¹²³² and all the doers of iniquity, and they shall cast them into the [26] furnace of fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.¹²³³ Then the righteous shall shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whosoever hath ears that hear, let him hear.

[36, 37]¹²⁴⁴ And when Jesus had finished all these parables, he removed thence, and came to his city;¹²⁴⁵ and he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were perplexed. [38]¹²⁴⁶ And when the sabbath came, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue; and many of [39] those that heard marvelled, and said, Whence came these things to this man? And many envied him and gave no heed to him, but said, What is this wisdom that is given to this man, that there should happen at his hands such as these mighty works?¹²⁴⁷ [40]¹²⁴⁸ Is not this a carpenter, son of a carpenter? and is not his mother called Mary? and [41] his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?¹²⁴⁹ And his sisters, all of them, [42] lo, are they not all with us?¹²⁵⁰ Whence hath this man all these things? And they were in doubt concerning him.¹²⁵¹ And Jesus knew their opinion, and said unto them, Will ye haply¹²⁵² say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal first thyself: and all that [43] we have heard that thou didst in Capernaum, do here also in thine own city?¹²⁵³ And he said, Verily I say unto you, A prophet is not received in his own city, nor among [44] his brethren:¹²⁵⁴ for a prophet is not despised, save in his own city, and among his own [45] kin, and in his own house.¹²⁵⁵ Verily I say unto you, In the days of Elijah the prophet, there were many widows among the children of Israel, when the heaven held back [46] three years and six months,¹²⁵⁶ and there was a great famine in all the land; and Elijah [Arabic, p. 69] was not sent to one of them, save to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman that was [47] a widow.¹²⁵⁷ And many lepers were among the children of Israel in the days of Elisha the prophet; but not one of them was cleansed, save Naaman the Nabathæan.¹²⁵⁸ [48]¹²⁵⁹ And he was not able to do there many mighty works,¹²⁶⁰ because of their unbelief; [49] except that he laid his hand upon a few of the sick, and healed them.¹²⁶¹ And he marvelled [50] at their lack of faith.¹²⁶² And when those who were in the synagogue heard, [51] they were all filled with wrath; and they rose up,¹²⁶³ and brought him forth outside the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill upon which their city was built, that [52] they might cast him from its summit:¹²⁶⁴ but he passed through among them and went away.

[1204] Matt. xiii. 24.

[1205] Matt. xiii. 25.

[1206] Matt. xiii. 26.

[1207] Matt. xiii. 27.

[1208] Matt. xiii. 28.

[1209] Matt. xiii. 29.

[1210] See above, § 4, 24, note.

[1211] Matt. xiii. 30.

[1220] Matt. xiii. 34a; Mark iv. 33b.

[1221] Matt. xiii. 34b; Matt. xiii. 35.

[1223] Mark iv. 34b.

[1234] Matt. xiii. 44.

[1235] Matt. xiii. 45.

[1236] Matt. xiii. 46.

[1237] Matt. xiii. 47.

[1238] cf. note to § 10, 8.

[1239] Matt. xiii. 48.

[1240] Matt. xiii. 49.

[1241] Matt. xiii. 50.

[1242] Matt. xiii. 51.

[1243] Matt. xiii. 52.

[1265] Mark vi. 6b.

Section XVIII.

‹§ 18›

[1]¹²⁶⁶ At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, and all the things which came to pass at his hand;¹²⁶⁷ and he marvelled, for he had obtained excellent [2] information concerning him.^12681269 And some men said that John the Baptist was risen [3] from among the dead;¹²⁷⁰ and¹²⁷¹ others said that Elijah had appeared; and others, Jeremiah; [4] and others, that a prophet of the old prophets was risen;¹²⁷² and others said that he [5] was a prophet like one of the prophets.¹²⁷³ Herod said to his servants, This is John the Baptist, he whom I beheaded; he is risen from among the dead: therefore mighty [6] [Arabic, p. 70] works result from him.¹²⁷⁴ For 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.¹²⁷⁵ And John said to Herod, Thou hast no authority to take the wife of thy [8] brother.¹²⁷⁶ And Herodias avoided him and wished to kill him; and she could not. [9]¹²⁷⁷ But Herod feared John, for he knew that he was a righteous man and a holy; and [10] he guarded him, and heard him much, and did, and obeyed him with gladness.¹²⁷⁸ And he wished to kill him; but he feared the people, for they adhered to him as the [11] prophet.¹²⁷⁹ And 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.¹²⁸¹ And the daughter of Herodias came in and danced in the midst of the company, and pleased Herod and those that sat with him. And the king said to the [13] damsel, Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee.¹²⁸² And he sware unto her, [14] Whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom.¹²⁸³ And 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.¹²⁸⁵ And 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.¹²⁸⁶ And the king was exceeding sorry; but because of the oath and the [17] guests he did not wish to refuse her.¹²⁸⁷ But immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded that he should bring the head of John: and he went and cut off [18] the head of John in the prison,¹²⁸⁸ and brought it on a dish, and delivered it to the [19] damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.¹²⁸⁹ And his disciples heard, and came [Arabic, p. 71] and took his body, and buried it.¹²⁹⁰ And they came and told¹²⁹¹ Jesus what [20] had happened.¹²⁹² And for this cause Herod said, I beheaded John: who [21] is this, of whom I hear these things. And he desired to see him.¹²⁹³ And Jesus, when he heard, removed thence in a boat to a waste place alone, to the other side of the sea of the Galilee of Tiberias.¹²⁹⁴

[27]¹³⁰³ And when the evening approached,¹³⁰⁴ his disciples came to him, and said unto [28] him,¹³⁰⁵ The 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.¹³⁰⁷ But he said unto them, They have [30] no need to go away; give ye them what may be eaten.¹³⁰⁸ They said unto him, We have not here enough.¹³⁰⁹ He said unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? [31, 32]¹³¹⁰ And he said that proving him; and he knew what he was resolved to do.¹³¹¹ Philip 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.¹³¹³ One of his disciples said unto [34] him (namely, Andrew the brother of Simon Cephas),¹³¹⁴ Here is a lad having five loaves [35] of barley and two fishes: but this amount, what is it for all these?¹³¹⁵ But 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.¹³¹⁶ And the grass was plentiful in that place. Jesus said unto them, Arrange all the people that they may sit down on the grass, [37] fifty people in a company.¹³¹⁷ And the disciples did so. And all the people sat down [38] by companies, by hundreds and fifties.¹³¹⁸ Then Jesus said unto them, Bring hither [39] those five loaves and the two fishes.¹³¹⁹ And when they brought him that, Jesus took the bread and the fish, and looked to heaven, and blessed, and divided, and gave to [40] his disciples to set before them;¹³²⁰ and the disciples set for the multitudes the bread [41] and the fish; and they ate, all of them, and were satisfied.¹³²¹ And when they were satisfied, he said unto his disciples, Gather the fragments that remain over, that nothing [42] be lost.¹³²² And 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.¹³²³ And those people who ate were five thousand, besides the women and children. [44] [Arabic, p. 73]¹³²⁴ And 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.¹³²⁵ And those people who saw the sign which [46] Jesus did, said, Of a truth this is a prophet who hath come into the world.¹³²⁶ And 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]¹³²⁷ And when the nightfall was near, his disciples went down unto the sea, and sat¹³²⁸ in a boat, and came to the side of Capernaum.¹³²⁹ And the darkness came on, and Jesus [49] had not come to them.¹³³⁰ And the sea was stirred up against them by reason of a violent [50] wind that blew.¹³³¹ And the boat was distant from the land many furlongs, and they were much damaged by the waves, and the wind was against them.

[1295] Mark vi. 33a.

[1296] cf. Syriac versions and margin of R.V.

[1297] John vi. 2b.

[1298] John vi. 3.

[1299] John vi. 4.

[1300] John vi. 5a.

[1301] Mark vi. 34b.

[1302] Luke ix. 11b.

Section XIX.

‹§ 19›

[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.

[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.

[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).

[1384] John vi. 46.

[1385] John vi. 47.

[1386] John vi. 48.

[1387] John vi. 49.

[1388] John vi. 50.

[1389] John vi. 51.

[1390] John vi. 51b; in Ciasca's text John vi. 51b-71 are cited as vi. 52-72. (See Introduction, 20, note.)

[1391] John vi. 52.

[1392] John vi. 53.

[1393] John vi. 54.

[1394] John vi. 55.

[1395] Or, eaten.

[1396] Or, drunk.

[1397] John vi. 56.

[1398] John vi. 57.

[1399] John vi. 58.

[1400] John vi. 59.

[1401] John vi. 60.

Section XX.

‹§ 20›

[1]¹⁴⁰² And Jesus knew within himself that his disciples were murmuring because of [2] that, and he said unto them, Doth this trouble you?¹⁴⁰³ What if ye should see the Son [3] of man then ascend to the place where he was of old?¹⁴⁰⁴ It is the spirit that quickeneth, and the body profiteth nothing: the words¹⁴⁰⁵ that I speak unto you are spirit [4] and life.¹⁴⁰⁶ But 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.¹⁴⁰⁸ And he said unto them, Therefore I said unto you, No man can come unto me, if that hath not been given him by the Father.

[15, 16]¹⁴²⁰ Ye of little mind, did not he that made the outside make the inside?¹⁴²¹ Now give what ye have¹⁴²² in alms, and everything shall be clean unto you.

[17, 18]¹⁴²³ And there came to him Pharisees and scribes, come from Jerusalem.¹⁴²⁴ And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread while they had not washed their hands, [19] they found fault.¹⁴²⁵ For all of the Jews and the Pharisees, if they wash not their [20] hands thoroughly, eat not; for they held¹⁴²⁶ to the ordinance¹⁴²⁷ of the elders.¹⁴²⁸ And they ate not what was bought from the market, except they washed it; and many other things did they keep of what they had received, such as the washing of cups, and [21] measures, and vessels of brass, and couches.¹⁴²⁹ And scribes¹⁴³⁰ and Pharisees asked him, [Arabic, p. 79] Why do thy disciples not walk according to the ordinances of the elders, but [22] eat bread without washing their hands?¹⁴³¹ Jesus answered and said unto them, Why do ye also overstep the command of God by reason of your ordinance? [23]¹⁴³² God said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whosoever revileth his father and [24] his mother shall surely die.¹⁴³³ But ye say, If a man say to his father or to his mother, [25] What thou receivest¹⁴³⁴ from me is an offering,—¹⁴³⁵ and ye¹⁴³⁶ suffer him not to do anything [26] for his father or his mother;¹⁴³⁷ and ye¹⁴³⁸ make void and reject the word of God by reason of the ordinance that ye have ordained and commanded, such as the washing [27] of cups and measures, and what resembles that ye do much.¹⁴³⁹ And ye forsook [28] the command of God, and held to the ordinance of men.¹⁴⁴⁰ Do¹⁴⁴¹ ye well to wrong¹⁴⁴² [29] the command of God in order that ye may establish your ordinance?¹⁴⁴³ Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah the prophet prophesy concerning you, and say,

But their heart is very far from me.

In that they teach the commands of men.

[46]¹⁴⁶⁴ And Jesus went out thence, and came to the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a certain house, and desired that no man should know it;¹⁴⁶⁵ and [47] he could not be hid.¹⁴⁶⁶ But straightway a Canaanitish woman, whose daughter had an [48, 49] unclean spirit, heard of him.¹⁴⁶⁷ And that woman was a Gentile of Emesa of Syria.¹⁴⁶⁸ And she came out after him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy upon me, my Lord, thou [50] son of David; for my daughter is seized in an evil way by Satan.^14691470 And he answered [Arabic, p. 81] her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, and said, Send [51] her away: for she crieth after us.¹⁴⁷¹ He answered and said unto them, I was [52] not sent except to the sheep that are gone astray of the house of Israel.¹⁴⁷² But she came and worshipped him, and said, My Lord, help me, have mercy upon me.

[53]¹⁴⁷³ Jesus said unto her, It is not seemly that the children's bread should be taken and [54] thrown to the dogs.¹⁴⁷⁴ But she said, Yea, my Lord: the dogs also eat of the crumbs [55] that fall from their masters' tables, and live.¹⁴⁷⁵ Then said Jesus unto her, O woman, [56] great is thy faith: it shall be unto thee as thou hast desired.¹⁴⁷⁶ Go then thy way; and [57] because of this word, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.¹⁴⁷⁷ And her daughter was [58] healed in that hour.¹⁴⁷⁸ And that woman went away to her house, and found her daughter laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out of her.

[1409] John vi. 66.

[1410] John vi. 67.

[1411] John vi. 68.

[1412] John vi. 69.

[1413] John vi. 70.

[1414] John vi. 71.

[1415] Or, was to.

[1416] Luke xi. 37.

[1417] Luke xi. 38.

[1418] Or, him.

[1419] Luke xi. 39.

[1444] Matt. xv. 8.

[1445] Sic.

[1446] Matt. xv. 9.

[1447] Mark vii. 14.

[1448] Mark vii. 15.

[1449] Mark vii. 16.

[1450] Matt. xv. 12.

[1451] Matt. xv. 13.

[1452] Matt. xv. 14.

[1453] The Arabic word is here used with a Syriac meaning.

[1454] Mark vii. 17a; Matt. xv. 15.

[1455] Mark vii. 18b.

[1456] Mark vii. 19.

[1457] This clause in the Peshitta is not very clear, and the Arabic version fails to get from it the meaning of the Greek.

[1458] Matt. xv. 18.

[1459] Mark vii. 21.

[1460] Or, From within, from.

[1461] Mark vii. 22.

[1462] Mark vii. 23.

[1463] Matt. xv. 20b.

Section XXI.

‹§ 21›

[8, 9]¹⁴⁸⁶ And while he was passing through the land of Samaria,¹⁴⁸⁷ he came to one of the cities of the Samaritans, called Sychar, beside the field which Jacob gave to Joseph to [10] his son.¹⁴⁸⁸ And 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.¹⁴⁹¹ And his disciples had entered into the city [13] to buy for themselves food.¹⁴⁹² And that Samaritan woman said unto him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask me to give thee to drink, while I am a Samaritan woman? [14]¹⁴⁹³ (And the Jews mingle not with the Samaritans.¹⁴⁹⁴) Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who this is that said unto thee, Give me [15] to drink; thou wouldest ask him, and he would give thee the water of life.¹⁴⁹⁵ That woman said unto him, My Lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep: from [16] whence hast thou the water of life?¹⁴⁹⁶ Can 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]¹⁴⁹⁷ Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst [18] again:¹⁴⁹⁸ but 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.¹⁴⁹⁹ That woman said unto him, My Lord, give me of this water, that [20] I may not thirst again, neither come and draw water from here.¹⁵⁰⁰ Jesus said unto her, [21] [Arabic, p. 83] Go and call thy husband, and come hither.¹⁵⁰¹ She said unto him, I have no [22] husband.¹⁵⁰² Jesus said unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband: five husbands hast thou had, and this man whom thou hast now is not thy husband; and [23] in this thou saidst truly.¹⁵⁰³ That woman said unto him, My Lord, I perceive thee to [24] be a prophet.¹⁵⁰⁴ Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say that in Jerusalem [25] is the place in which worship must be.¹⁵⁰⁵ Jesus said unto her, Woman, believe me, an hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship [26] the Father.¹⁵⁰⁶ Ye worship that which ye know not: but we worship that which [27] we know: for salvation is of the Jews.¹⁵⁰⁷ But 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.¹⁵⁰⁸ For God is a Spirit: and they that worship him [29] must worship him in spirit and in truth.¹⁵⁰⁹ That woman said unto him, I know that [30] the Messiah cometh:¹⁵¹⁰ and when he is come, he will teach us everything. Jesus said unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

[31]¹⁵¹¹ And 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?¹⁵¹⁴ And the woman left her waterpot, and went to the [33] city, and said to the people,¹⁵¹⁵ Come, and see a man who told me all that ever I did: [34] perhaps then he is the Messiah.¹⁵¹⁶ And people went out from the city, and came to [35] him.¹⁵¹⁷ And in the mean while his disciples besought him, and said unto him, Our [36, 37] master, eat.¹⁵¹⁸ And he said unto them, I have food to eat that ye know not.¹⁵¹⁹ And the disciples said amongst themselves, Can any one have brought him aught to eat?¹⁵²⁰ [38]¹⁵²¹ Jesus said unto them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish [39] [Arabic, p. 84] his work.¹⁵²² Said 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.^15231524 And he that reapeth receiveth his wages, and gathereth the fruit of eternal life;¹⁵²⁵ and the sower and [41] the reaper rejoice together.¹⁵²⁶ For in this is found the word of truth, One soweth, and [42] another reapeth.¹⁵²⁷ And I sent you to reap that in which ye have not laboured: others laboured, and ye have entered on their labour.

[47, 48]¹⁵³² And after two days Jesus went out thence and departed to Galilee.¹⁵³³ And Jesus [49] testified that a prophet is not honoured in his own city.¹⁵³⁴ And when he came to Galilee, the Galilæans received him.

[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.

[1528] John iv. 39.

[1529] John iv. 40.

[1530] John iv. 41.

[1531] John iv. 42.

Section XXII.

‹§ 22›

[1]¹⁵³⁵ And 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.¹⁵³⁶ And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and [3] touched him, and said, I will cleanse¹⁵³⁷ thee.¹⁵³⁸ And immediately his leprosy departed [4] from him, and he was cleansed.¹⁵³⁹ And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, [5] [Arabic, p. 85] and said unto him,¹⁵⁴⁰ See 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.¹⁵⁴¹ But he, when he went out, began to publish much, and spread abroad the news, so that Jesus could not enter into any of the cities openly, for the extent to which the report of him spread, but he remained without in a desert [7] place.¹⁵⁴² And 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.¹⁵⁴⁴ And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[1603] This word (often used by our translator) means in Syriac (transposed) believe, think, hope (cf. § 8, 8, note).

[1604] John v. 46.

[1605] John v. 47.

Section XXIII.

‹§ 23›

[1606] Matt. xv. 29.

[1607] Matt. xv. 30a.

[1608] John iv. 45b.

[1609] Matt. xv. 30b.

[1610] Matt. xv. 31.

[1611] Matt. xv. 32.

[1612] Mark viii. 3b.

[1613] Matt. xv. 33.

[1614] Matt. xv. 34.

[1615] Matt. xv. 35.

[1616] Matt. xv. 36.

[1617] Matt. xv. 37.

[1618] Matt. xv. 38.

[1619] Matt. xv. 39.

[1620] Arabic Magadu, as in Peshitta.

[1621] Matt. xvi. 1a; Mark viii. 11b.

[1622] Mark viii. 12a; Matt. xvi. 4.

[1623] Mark viii. 12b.

[1624] Mark viii. 13.

[1625] cf. § 11, 32, note.

[1626] Mark viii. 14.

[1627] The change of a single letter in the Arabic would turn not even into except; but Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary (Brit. Mus. text) also has not even.

[1628] Mark viii. 15.

[1629] Matt. xvi. 7.

[1630] Matt. xvi. 8.

[1631] Lit. What. See note to § 7, 38.

[1632] Mark viii. 17b.

[1633] Mark viii. 18.

[1634] Mark viii. 19.

[1635] Or, ye took.

[1636] Mark viii. 20.

[1637] Or, ye took.

[1638] Mark viii. 21a; Matt. xvi. 11.

[1639] Or, concerning.

[1640] Matt. xvi. 12.

[1641] Mark viii. 22.

[1642] Lit. one, probably representing Syriac idiom (cf. Sinaitic?).

[1643] Mark viii. 23.

[1644] The Peshitta also omits on him.

[1645] Mark viii. 24.

[1646] Mark viii. 25.

[1647] An intransitive word.

[1648] Mark viii. 26.

[1649] Mark viii. 27a.

[1650] Matt. xvi. 13b.

[1651] Or, his disciples being alone. There is no such clause in the Syriac versions (Pesh., Sin.).

[1652] The Arabic, which reappears in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary (Brit. Mus. text), and seems to represent the consonantal text of the Peshitta, is awkward. § 23, 34 (Arabic), shows, however, that the rendering given in the text is the meaning intended by the translator.

[1653] Matt. xvi. 14.

[1654] Matt. xvi. 15.

[1655] Matt. xvi. 16.

[1656] Matt. xvi. 17.

[1657] Matt. xvi. 18.

[1658] Same Arabic word in both places. See note to § 5, 11.

[1659] Matt. xvi. 19.

[1660] Matt. xvi. 20.

[1661] Matt. xvi. 21a.

[1662] The word is freely used in this work in the post-classical sense of about to.

[1663] Mark viii. 31b.

[1664] Mark viii. 32a.

[1665] The Arabic might perhaps be construed and to speak, depending on began in § 23, 40; but the clause agrees with the Sinaitic of Mark, as does the following.

[1666] Matt. xvi. 22.

[1667] Mark viii. 33a.

[1668] Matt. xvi. 23b.

[1669] Mark viii. 34a; Luke ix. 23b.

[1670] Mark viii. 35.

[1671] Luke ix. 25.

[1672] Or, lose.

[1673] Or, self; or, soul.

[1674] Mark viii. 37.

[1675] Or, self; or, soul.

[1676] Mark viii. 38.

[1677] Matt. xvi. 27.

[1678] See § 23, 40, note.

Section XXIV.

‹§ 24›

[1]¹⁶⁷⁹ And 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,¹⁶⁸¹ and the Son of man who cometh in his kingdom.

[17]¹⁶⁹⁹ And 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.¹⁷⁰⁰ And they kept the word within themselves, and told no man in [19] those days what they had seen.¹⁷⁰¹ And they reflected among themselves, What is this [20] word which he spake unto us, I, when I am risen from among the dead?¹⁷⁰² And his disciples asked him, and said, What is that which the scribes say, then, that Elijah [21] must first come?¹⁷⁰³ He 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.¹⁷⁰⁴ But 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]¹⁷⁰⁵ In like manner the Son of man is to suffer of them.¹⁷⁰⁶ Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them concerning John the Baptist.

[45]¹⁷³⁷ And 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?¹⁷³⁹ Jesus 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.¹⁷⁴⁰ But it is impossible to cast out this kind by anything except by fasting and prayer.

[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.

[1696] Matt. xvii. 6.

[1697] Matt. xvii. 7.

[1698] Matt. xvii. 8.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[1741] Mark ix. 30.

[1742] Or, about him.

[1743] Mark ix. 31a; Luke ix. 44a.

[1744] Mark ix. 31b.

[1745] Luke ix. 45.

[1746] Matt. xvii. 23b.

Section XXV.

‹§ 25›

[43]¹⁸⁰³ Then they brought to him children, that he should lay his hand upon them, and [44] pray: and his disciples were rebuking those that were bringing them.¹⁸⁰⁴ And Jesus saw, and it was distressing to him; and he said unto them, Suffer the children to [Arabic, p. 100] come unto me, and prevent them not; for those that are like these have [45] the kingdom of God.¹⁸⁰⁵ Verily I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth not the [46] kingdom of God as this child, shall not enter it.¹⁸⁰⁶ And he took them in his arms, and laid his hand upon them, and blessed them.

[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.

[1763] Matt. xviii. 6.

[1764] Lit. millstone of an ass.

[1765] Luke ix. 49.

[1766] Mark ix. 39.

[1767] Luke ix. 50b.

[1768] Matt. xviii. 7a, c.

[1769] i.e., experiences that test one; or, seductions. The word is variously used.

[1770] Matt. xviii. 8.

[1771] Or, is kindled.

[1772] Mark ix. 44.

[1773] Matt. xviii. 9a.

[1774] See note to § 25, 17.

[1775] Mark ix. 47b.

[1776] Mark ix. 48.

[1777] Mark ix. 49.

[1778] Mark ix. 50a.

[1779] Luke xiv. 34b; Luke xiv. 35.

[1780] Mark ix. 50c.

[1781] Mark x. 1.

[1782] Mark x. 2.

[1783] Mark x. 3.

[1784] Mark x. 4.

[1785] Mark x. 5a.

[1786] Matt. xix. 4.

[1787] Matt. xix. 5.

[1788] Matt. xix. 6.

[1789] Matt. xix. 7.

[1790] So the Arabic; but the Syriac versions follow the Greek, and consent is doubtless a (very easy, and, in view of the succeeding context, natural) clerical error for an original Arabic charge.

[1791] Matt. xix. 8.

[1792] Matt. xix. 9a.

[1793] Or, leaveth.

[1794] Mark x. 10.

[1795] Mark x. 11.

[1796] Mark x. 12.

[1797] Matt. xix. 9b.

[1798] Matt. xix. 10.

[1799] Lit. blame, a mistranslation (found also in the Brit. Mus. text of Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary) of the Syriac word, which is ambiguous (cf. even the Greek). For a somewhat similar case see § 50, 11, note.

[1800] Matt. xix. 11.

[1801] Matt. xix. 12.

[1802] Lit. wombs.

Section XXVI.

‹§ 26›

[1, 2]¹⁸⁰⁷ And there came unto him publicans and sinners to hear his word.¹⁸⁰⁸ And the scribes and the Pharisees murmured, and said, This man receiveth sinners, and [3] eateth with them.¹⁸⁰⁹ And Jesus, when he beheld their murmuring, spake unto them [4] this parable:¹⁸¹⁰ What 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?¹⁸¹¹ Verily I say unto you, When he findeth it, he will rejoice over it [6] more than over the ninety-nine that went not astray;¹⁸¹² and bear it on his shoulders, and bring it to his house, and call his friends and neighbours,¹⁸¹³ and say unto them, [7] Rejoice with me, since I have found my straying sheep.¹⁸¹⁴ So 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.¹⁸¹⁶ I 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]¹⁸¹⁷ And what woman having ten drachmas would lose one of them, and not light a [10] lamp, and sweep the house, and seek it with care till she found it;¹⁸¹⁸ and 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?¹⁸¹⁹ I 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 ninety-nine righteous persons that do not need repentance.

[12, 13]¹⁸²⁰ And Jesus spake unto them also another parable:¹⁸²¹ A man had two sons: and the younger son said unto him, My father, give me my portion that belongeth to [14] me of thy goods.¹⁸²² And 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.¹⁸²³ And when he had exhausted everything he had, there occurred a great dearth in that country. [16]¹⁸²⁴ And 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.¹⁸²⁶ And he used to long to fill his belly with the carob that those swine were eating: and no man [18] gave him.¹⁸²⁷ And 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!¹⁸²⁸ I will arise and go to my father's house, and say unto him, My father,¹⁸²⁹ I [20] have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy now to be called thy [21] son: make me as one of thy hired servants.¹⁸³⁰ And he arose, and came to his father. But his father saw him while he was at a distance, and was moved with compassion [22] for him, and ran,¹⁸³¹ and fell on his breast,¹⁸³² and kissed him.¹⁸³³ And his son said unto him, My father, I have sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy to be [23] called thy son.¹⁸³⁴ His 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:¹⁸³⁵ and bring and [25] slay a fatted ox, that we may eat and make merry:¹⁸³⁶ for this my son was dead, and is [26] [Arabic, p. 102] alive; and was lost, and is found.¹⁸³⁷ And they began to be merry.¹⁸³⁸ Now his elder son was in the field; and when he came and drew near to the house, [27] he heard the sound of many singing.^18391840 And he called one of the lads, and asked him [28] what this was.¹⁸⁴¹ He said unto him, Thy brother hath arrived; and thy father hath [29] slain a fatted ox, since he hath received him safe and sound.^18421843 And he was angry, [30] and would not enter; so his father went out, and besought him to enter.¹⁸⁴⁴ And 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?¹⁸⁴⁵ but this thy son, when he had squandered thy [32] property with harlots, and come, thou hast slain for him a fatted ox.¹⁸⁴⁶ His father said unto him, My son, thou art at all times with me, and everything I have is [33] thine.¹⁸⁴⁷ It behoveth thee to rejoice and make merry, since this thy brother was dead, and is alive; and was lost, and is found.

[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.

[1856] Or (otherwise vocalised), farks, a measure variously estimated.

[1857] Luke xvi. 7.

[1858] Luke xvi. 8.

[1859] cf. Peshitta.

[1860] Lit. steward of sin.

[1861] Luke xvi. 9.

[1862] Lit. injustice.

[1863] Luke xvi. 10.

[1864] Or, intrusted with.

[1865] Luke xvi. 11.

[1866] Or, true (wealth); but cf. Syriac.

[1867] Luke xvi. 12.

Section XXVII.

‹§ 27›

[1]¹⁸⁶⁸ Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a [2] reckoning with his servants.¹⁸⁶⁹ And when he began to make it, they brought to him one who [3] owed him ten talents.^18701871 And because he had not wherewith to pay, his lord ordered that he should be sold, he, and his wife, and children, and all that he [4] had, and payment be made.¹⁸⁷² So that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything. [5]¹⁸⁷³ And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, and forgave him his [6] debt.¹⁸⁷⁴ And 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.¹⁸⁷⁶ So the fellow-servant fell down at his [8] feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me respite, and I will pay thee.¹⁸⁷⁷ And he would not; but took him, and cast him into prison, till he should give him his debt. [9]¹⁸⁷⁸ And 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.¹⁸⁷⁹ Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because [11] thou besoughtest me:¹⁸⁸⁰ was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy [12] fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?^18811882 And his lord became wroth, and delivered [13] him to the scourgers, till he should pay all that he owed.¹⁸⁸³ So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, if one forgive not his brother his wrong conduct¹⁸⁸⁴ from [14] his heart.¹⁸⁸⁵ Take heed within¹⁸⁸⁶ yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he [15] repent, forgive him.¹⁸⁸⁷ And if he act wrongly towards thee seven times in a day, and on that day return seven times unto thee, and say, I repent towards thee; forgive him. [16]¹⁸⁸⁸ And 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.¹⁸⁸⁹ But 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.¹⁸⁹¹ And 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]¹⁸⁹⁴ Verily 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.¹⁸⁹⁵ I 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.¹⁸⁹⁷ For where two or three are gathered in my name, there [22] am I amongst them.¹⁸⁹⁸ Then 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?¹⁸⁹⁹ Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until seventy [24] times seven, seven.^19001901 And the servant that knoweth his lord's will, and maketh not [25] ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment;¹⁹⁰² but he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, shall 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.¹⁹⁰³ I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had [27] been kindled already.^19041905 And I have a baptism to be baptized with, and greatly am [28] I straitened till it be accomplished.¹⁹⁰⁶ See 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.¹⁹⁰⁸ The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost.

[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.

[1920] Luke xiii. 9.

[1921] Luke xiii. 10.

[1922] Luke xiii. 11.

[1923] Luke xiii. 12.

[1924] Luke xiii. 13.

[1925] Luke xiii. 14.

[1926] Lit. great (man).

[1927] Luke xiii. 15.

[1928] Luke xiii. 16.

[1929] Lit. calumniator.

[1930] Luke xiii. 17.

[1931] cf. Syriac versions.

Section XXVIII. [1932]

‹§ 28›

[1, 2] [Arabic, p. 107]¹⁹³³ And at that time the feast of tabernacles of the Jews drew near.¹⁹³⁴ So 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.¹⁹³⁶ If thou doest this, shew thyself to the world. For [5] up to this time not even the brethren of Jesus believed on him.¹⁹³⁷ Jesus said unto them, My time till now has not arrived; but as for you, your time is alway ready. [6]¹⁹³⁸ It is not possible for the world to hate you; but me it hateth, for I bear witness [7] against it, that its deeds are evil.¹⁹³⁹ As 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.¹⁹⁴⁰ He said this, and remained behind in Galilee.

[1941] John vii. 10a; Matt. xix. 1b.

[1942] Matt. xix. 2.

[1943] John vii. 10b.

[1944] John vii. 11.

[1945] John vii. 12.

[1946] John vii. 13.

[1947] John vii. 14.

[1948] John vii. 15.

[1949] Or, the scripture.

[1950] John vii. 16.

[1951] This word ordinarily means knowledge, but is used in this work in the sense of doctrine. The commoner form occurs perhaps only in § 50, 2.

[1952] John vii. 17.

[1953] This word ordinarily means knowledge, but is used in this work in the sense of doctrine. The commoner form occurs perhaps only in § 50, 2.

[1954] John vii. 18.

[1955] John vii. 19.

[1956] John vii. 20.

[1957] cf. § 14, 12.

[1958] John vii. 21.

[1959] John vii. 22.

[1960] John vii. 23.

[1961] John vii. 24.

[1962] John vii. 25.

[1963] John vii. 26.

[1964] John vii. 27.

[1965] Or, will be.

[1966] John vii. 28.

[1967] John vii. 29.

[1968] John vii. 30.

[1969] John vii. 31.

[1970] Luke xii. 13.

[1971] Luke xii. 14.

[1972] Luke xii. 15.

[1973] Luke xii. 16.

[1974] Luke xii. 17.

[1975] Luke xii. 18.

[1976] Luke xii. 19.

[1977] Luke xii. 20.

[1978] Luke xii. 21.

[1979] Mark x. 17.

[1980] From Matthew.

[1981] From Luke.

[1982] Mark x. 18.

[1983] The scribe who wrote the Vat. ms. wrote first God, the one, and then reversed the order by writing the Coptic letters for B and A over the words. (See above, Introduction, 5.)

[1984] Mark x. 19a.

[1985] Different words.

[1986] Matt. xix. 17b; Matt. xix. 18a.

[1987] Different words.

[1988] The same word as in Mark x. 19a.

[1989] Mark x. 19b.

[1990] Matt. xix. 19b; Matt. xix. 20.

[1991] Mark x. 21a.

[1992] Matt. xix. 21b.

[1993] From Mark.

[1994] Matt. xix. 22a; Luke xviii. 23b.

[1995] Luke xviii. 24a; Mark x. 23.

Section XXIX.

‹§ 29›

[1996] Matt. xix. 23.

[1997] Matt. xix. 24.

[1998] Mark x. 24.

[1999] Mark x. 26.

[2000] cf. note, § 1, 14. Borg. MS, omits being agitated.

[2001] Mark x. 27.

[2002] Luke xviii. 28; Matt. xix. 27<b.

[2003] Matt. xix. 28.

[2004] Mark x. 29b.

[2005] Luke xviii. 30.

[2006] Lit. meet with; or, be recompensed with.

[2007] Mark x. 30b.

[2008] Mark x. 31.

[2009] The Arabic words are not so strong.

[2010] Luke xvi. 14.

[2011] Luke xvi. 15.

[2012] Luke xvi. 19.

[2013] Luke xvi. 20.

[2014] Luke xvi. 21.

[2015] Or, so that.

[2016] Luke xvi. 22.

[2017] Luke xvi. 23.

[2018] Or, and.

[2019] Luke xvi. 24.

[2020] Luke xvi. 25.

[2021] Luke xvi. 26.

[2022] Luke xvi. 27.

[2023] Luke xvi. 28.

[2024] The Syriac and Arabic versions here agree with the Greek. For a plausible suggestion as to the origin of the strange reading in the text, see Harris, The Diatessaron of Tatian, p. 21, who cites a parallel from Aphraates.

[2025] This may be simply a corruption of the Peshitta.

[2026] Luke xvi. 29.

[2027] Luke xvi. 30.

[2028] Or, Surely. The word is omitted by Borg. ms.

[2029] Luke xvi. 31.

[2030] Matt. xx. 1.

[2031] Matt. xx. 2.

[2032] Matt. xx. 3.

[2033] Matt. xx. 4.

[2034] Matt. xx. 5.

[2035] Matt. xx. 6.

[2036] Matt. xx. 7.

[2037] Matt. xx. 8.

[2038] Matt. xx. 9.

[2039] i.e., probably the eleventh hour (cf. § 21, 10).

[2040] Matt. xx. 10.

[2041] Matt. xx. 11.

[2042] Matt. xx. 12.

[2043] Matt. xx. 13.

[2044] Matt. xx. 14.

[2045] Matt. xx. 15.

[2046] Lit. my thing.

[2047] Matt. xx. 16.

[2048] Luke xiv. 1.

[2049] Luke xiv. 2.

[2050] Luke xiv. 3.

[2051] Luke xiv. 4.

[2052] Luke xiv. 5.

[2053] Luke xiv. 6.

Section XXX.

‹§ 30›

[1]²⁰⁵⁴ And he spake a parable unto those which were bidden there, because he saw [2] them choose the places that were in the highest part of the sitting room:²⁰⁵⁵ When 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,²⁰⁵⁶ and 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.²⁰⁵⁸ But 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.²⁰⁵⁹ For every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.

[10, 11]²⁰⁶⁶ Jesus answered again in parables, and said,²⁰⁶⁷ The kingdom of heaven hath been likened [Arabic, p. 115] to²⁰⁶⁸ a certain king, which made a feast²⁰⁶⁹ for his son, 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,²⁰⁷¹ Everything is made ready for you; come. And [13] they would not come, but began all of them with one voice to make excuse.²⁰⁷² And the first said unto them, Say to him, I have bought a field, and I must needs go out [14] to see it:²⁰⁷³ I 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.²⁰⁷⁵ And another said, I have married a wife, [16] and therefore I cannot come.²⁰⁷⁶ And 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.²⁰⁷⁷ But they made light of it, and [18] went, one to his field, and another to his merchandise:²⁰⁷⁸ and the rest took his [19] servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them.²⁰⁷⁹ And one of the servants [20] came, and informed his lord of what had happened.²⁰⁸⁰ And when the king heard, he became angry, and sent his armies; and they destroyed those murderers, and [21] burned their cities.²⁰⁸¹ Then he said to his servants, The feast is prepared, but those [22] that were invited were not worthy.²⁰⁸² Go 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]²⁰⁸³ And they came, and said unto him, Our lord, we have done all that thou commandedst [24] us, and there is here still room.²⁰⁸⁴ So 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 filled.²⁰⁸⁶ I say unto you, that no one of those people that were invited shall taste of my feast. [26]²⁰⁸⁷ And 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.²⁰⁸⁸ And the king entered to see those [28] who were seated, and he saw there a man not wearing a festive garment:²⁰⁸⁹ and he said unto him, My friend, how didst thou come in here not having on festive garments? [29]²⁰⁹⁰ And 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.²⁰⁹¹ The called are many; and the chosen, few.

[40]²¹⁰² And while they were going up in the way to Jerusalem, Jesus went in front of them; and they wondered, and followed him fearing. And he took his twelve disciples apart, [41] and began to tell them privately²¹⁰³ what was about to befall him.²¹⁰⁴ And 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.²¹⁰⁵ He shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, [43] and deliver him to the peoples;^21062107 and they shall treat him shamefully, and scourge [44] him, and spit in his face, and humble him,²¹⁰⁸ and crucify him, and slay him:²¹⁰⁹ and on [45] the third day he shall rise.²¹¹⁰ But 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.

[2060] Luke xiv. 12.

[2061] Practically synonymous words.

[2062] Practically synonymous words.

[2063] Luke xiv. 13.

[2064] Luke xiv. 14.

[2065] Luke xiv. 15.

[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.

[2111] Matt. xx. 20.

[2112] Matt. xx. 21a.

[2113] Mark x. 35.

[2114] Mark x. 36.

[2115] Lit. of course the two of them, and so all through the conversation.

[2116] Mark x. 37.

[2117] Mark x. 38.

[2118] Mark x. 39.

[2119] Mark x. 40.

Section XXXI.

‹§ 31›

[15, 16]²¹³⁷ And when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho,²¹³⁸ there was a man named Zacchæus, [17] rich, and chief of the publicans.²¹³⁹ And 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]²¹⁴⁰ And he hastened, and went before Jesus, and went up into an unripe fig [19] tree²¹⁴¹ to see Jesus: for he was to pass thus.²¹⁴² And 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.²¹⁴³ And he hastened, and came down, and received [21] him joyfully.²¹⁴⁴ And when they all saw, they murmured, and said, He hath gone in [22] and lodged with a man that is a sinner.²¹⁴⁵ So 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.²¹⁴⁷ Jesus said unto him, Today is salvation [24] come to this house, because this man also is a²¹⁴⁸ son of Abraham.²¹⁴⁹ For the Son of man came to seek and save the thing that was lost.

[36]²¹⁶⁴ And 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.²¹⁶⁶ He said unto them, A man, a son of a great race, went into a far country, to receive a kingdom, and [38] return.²¹⁶⁷ And he called his ten servants, and gave them ten shares, and said unto [39] them, Trade till the time of my coming.²¹⁶⁸ But the people of his city hated him, and [40] sent messengers after him, and said, We will not that this man reign over us.²¹⁶⁹ And 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.²¹⁷¹ And 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.²¹⁷³ And the second came, [44] and said, My lord, thy portion hath gained five portions.²¹⁷⁴ And he said unto him [45] also, And thou shalt be set over five districts.²¹⁷⁵ And another came, and said, My [46] lord, here is thy portion, which was with me laid by in a napkin:²¹⁷⁶ I feared thee, because thou art a hard man, and takest what thou didst not leave, and seekest [47] what thou didst not give, and reapest what thou didst not sow.²¹⁷⁷ His 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:²¹⁷⁸ why didst thou not put my money at usury, [49] and so I might come and seek it, with its gains?²¹⁷⁹ And 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.²¹⁸⁰ They said unto him, Our lord, he hath ten shares.²¹⁸¹ He 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.²¹⁸² And those mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them, bring them, and slay them before me.

[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.

[2136] Luke xiii. 30.

[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.

[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.

Section XXXII.

‹§ 32›

[1]²¹⁸³ And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, he went up to the temple of God, and found [2] there oxen and sheep and doves.²¹⁸⁴ And when he beheld those that sold and those that bought, and the money-changers sitting,²¹⁸⁵ he 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;²¹⁸⁶ and he threw down their money, and upset their tables, and the seats of [3] them that sold the doves;²¹⁸⁷ and 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.²¹⁸⁸ And he said unto those that sold the doves, Take this hence, and [5] make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.²¹⁸⁹ And he suffered not any [6] one to carry vessels inside the temple.²¹⁹⁰ And his disciples remembered the scripture, [7] The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.²¹⁹¹ The Jews answered and said unto him, [8] What sign hast thou shewn us, that thou doest this?²¹⁹² Jesus answered and said unto [9] them, Destroy this temple, and I shall raise it in three days.²¹⁹³ The Jews said unto him, This temple was built in forty-six years, and wilt thou raise it in three days? [10]²¹⁹⁴ But 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.²¹⁹⁶ When 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.

[2197] Mark xii. 41.

[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.

[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.

[2229] John iii. 12.

[2230] John iii. 13.

[2231] John iii. 14.

[2232] John iii. 15.

[2233] John iii. 16.

[2234] The Arabic particle means in order that. Perhaps it is a clerical error for so that; or it may be meant to represent the Syriac.

[2235] John iii. 17.

[2236] John iii. 18.

[2237] The translator has followed too closely the order of words in his Syriac original, which agrees with the Text. Rec.

[2238] John iii. 19.

[2239] John iii. 20.

[2240] John iii. 21.

Section XXXIII.

‹§ 33›

[26, 27]²²⁷⁰ And they came again to Jerusalem.²²⁷¹ And it came to pass, on one of the days, as Jesus was walking in the temple, and teaching the people, and preaching the [28] gospel,²²⁷² that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came upon him, and said unto him, Tell us:²²⁷³ By what power doest thou this? and who gave thee this [29] power to do that?²²⁷⁴ And Jesus said unto them, I also will ask you one word, and if [30] ye tell me, I also shall tell you by what power I do that.²²⁷⁵ The baptism of John, from [31] what place is it? from heaven or of men?²²⁷⁶ Tell me.²²⁷⁷ And they reflected within themselves, [Arabic, p. 127] and said, If we shall say unto him, From heaven; he will say unto [32] us, For what reason did ye not believe him?²²⁷⁸ But²²⁷⁹ if we shall say, Of men; [33] we fear²²⁸⁰ that the people will stone us, all of them.²²⁸¹ And all of them were holding²²⁸² [34] to John, that he was a true prophet.²²⁸³ They answered and said unto him, We know [35] not.²²⁸⁴ Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you also by what power I work. What think ye? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said unto him, My [36] son, go to-day, and till in the vineyard.²²⁸⁵ And he answered and said, I do not wish [37] to: but finally he repented, and went.²²⁸⁶ And he went to the other, and said unto [38] him likewise.²²⁸⁷ And he answered and said, Yea, my lord: and went not. Which of these two did the will of his father? They said unto him, The first. Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots go before you into [39] the kingdom of God.²²⁸⁸ John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, not even when ye saw, did ye repent at last, that ye might believe in him.

The stone which the builders declared to be base,

²³⁰⁹ The same came to be at the head of the corner:

And it is wonderful in our eyes?

[2241] Mark xi. 19.

[2242] Mark xi. 20.

[2243] Matt. xxi. 20b.

[2244] Mark xi. 21.

[2245] Mark xi. 22.

[2246] Mark xi. 23.

[2247] Matt. xxi. 21b.

[2248] Syr.

[2249] Matt. xxi. 22.

[2250] Luke xvii. 5.

[2251] The Syriac word.

[2252] Lit. Increase us in.

[2253] Luke xvii. 6.

[2254] Luke xvii. 7.

[2255] Luke xvii. 8.

[2256] Or, But.

[2257] Luke xvii. 9.

[2258] Luke xvii. 10.

[2259] Mark xi. 24.

[2260] Mark xi. 25.

[2261] Mark xi. 26.

[2262] Luke xviii. 1.

[2263] Luke xviii. 2.

[2264] Luke xviii. 3.

[2265] Luke xviii. 4.

[2266] Luke xviii. 5.

[2267] Luke xviii. 6.

[2268] Luke xviii. 7.

[2269] Luke xviii. 8.

[2289] Matt. xxi. 33a.

[2290] Luke xx. 9b.

[2291] Mark xxi. 34.

[2292] The difference between singular and plural is very slight in Arabic.

[2293] Lit. property.

[2294] Mark xii. 3b.

[2295] Mark xii. 4.

[2296] A word used specially of wounding the head.

[2297] Mark xii. 5a.

[2298] Matt. xxi. 35.

[2299] Matt. xxi. 36.

[2300] Luke xx. 13.

[2301] Mark xii. 6a.

[2302] Matt. xxi. 38a.

[2303] Luke xx. 14b.

[2304] Matt. xxi. 39.

[2305] Matt. xxi. 40.

[2306] Matt. xxi. 41.

[2307] cf. Syriac versions.

[2308] Matt. xxi. 42a.

[2310] Matt. xxi. 42c.

[2311] Matt. xxi. 43.

[2312] Matt. xxi. 44.

[2313] Matt. xxi. 45.

[2314] Matt. xxi. 46.

Section XXXIV.

‹§ 34›

[1]²³¹⁵ Then 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.²³¹⁷ And 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.²³²⁰ Tell 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?²³²¹ But Jesus knew [5] their deceit, and said unto them,²³²² Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the [6] penny of the tribute.²³²³ So 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]²³²⁴ He said unto them, Give what is Cæsar's to Cæsar, and what is God's to God.²³²⁵ And they could not make him slip in a single word before the people; and they marvelled at his word, and refrained.

[22, 23]²³⁴⁵ And when the multitudes heard, they were wondering at his teaching.²³⁴⁶ And [24] some of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, thou hast well said.²³⁴⁷ But the rest of the Pharisees, when they saw his silencing the Sadducees on this point, gathered against him to contend with him.

[25]²³⁴⁸ And 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,²³⁴⁹ What shall I do to inherit eternal life? and,²³⁵⁰ Which of the commandments is greater, and has precedence [27] in the law?²³⁵¹ Jesus said unto him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O [28] Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:²³⁵² and 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.²³⁵³ This is the great and preëminent²³⁵⁴ commandment.²³⁵⁵ And 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.²³⁵⁶ On these two commandments, then, are hung the [32] [Arabic, p. 131] law and the prophets.²³⁵⁷ That 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]²³⁵⁹ and that a man should love him with all his heart, and with all his thought, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and that he should love his neighbour as [34] himself, is better than all savours and sacrifices.²³⁶⁰ And 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.²³⁶¹ Thou hast spoken rightly: do this, and thou shalt live.²³⁶² And he, as his desire was to justify himself, said unto him, And who is my neighbour? [37]²³⁶³ Jesus 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.²³⁶⁶ And it happened that there came down a certain priest that way; [39] and he saw him, and passed by.²³⁶⁷ And likewise a Levite also came and reached [40] that place, and saw him, and passed by.²³⁶⁸ And a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, [41] came to²³⁶⁹ the place where he was, and saw him, and had compassion on him,²³⁷⁰ and 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]²³⁷³ And on the morrow of that day he took out two pence, and gave them to the innkeeper, and said unto him, Care for him; and if thou spendest upon him more, [43] when I return, I shall give thee.²³⁷⁴ Who of these three now, thinkest thou, is nearest [44] to him that fell among the robbers?²³⁷⁵ And he said unto him, He that had compassion [45] [Arabic, p. 132] on him.²³⁷⁶ Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou also likewise. And no man dared afterwards to ask him anything.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[2383] John vii. 33.

[2384] John vii. 34.

[2385] John vii. 35.

[2386] See note above, on § 34, 46.

[2387] i.e., Gentiles.

[2388] John vii. 36.

Section XXXV.

‹§ 35›

[9]²³⁹⁷ And those officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees: and the priests said [10] unto them, Why did ye not bring him?²³⁹⁸ The officers said, Never spake man thus [11] as speaketh this man.²³⁹⁹ The Pharisees said unto them, Perhaps ye also have gone [12, 13] astray?²⁴⁰⁰ Hath any of the rulers or the Pharisees haply believed in him?²⁴⁰¹ except [14] this people which knows not the law; they are accursed.²⁴⁰² Nicodemus, one of them, [15] he that had come to Jesus by night,²⁴⁰³ said unto them, Doth our law haply condemn [16] a man, except it hear him first and know what he hath done?²⁴⁰⁴ They answered and said unto him, Art thou also haply from Galilee? Search, and see that a prophet riseth not from Galilee.

[17, 18]²⁴⁰⁵ And when the Pharisees assembled, Jesus asked them, and said,²⁴⁰⁶ What say ye of [19] the Messiah? whose son is he? They said unto him, The son of David.²⁴⁰⁷ He said unto them, And how doth David in the Holy Spirit call him Lord? for he said,

Sit on my right hand,

That I may put thine enemies under thy feet.

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

[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.

[2408] Matt. xxii. 44.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[2454] John viii. 49.

[2455] John viii. 50.

Section XXXVI.

‹§ 36›

[1]²⁴⁵⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever keepeth my word shall not see death [2] for ever.²⁴⁵⁷ The 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.²⁴⁵⁸ Art thou haply greater than our father Abraham, who is [4] dead, and than the prophets, which are dead? whom makest thou thyself?²⁴⁵⁹ Jesus 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;²⁴⁶¹ and 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.²⁴⁶² Abraham your father [7] longed to see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced.²⁴⁶³ The Jews said unto him, [8] Thou art now not fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?²⁴⁶⁴ Jesus said unto [9] them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.²⁴⁶⁵ And they take²⁴⁶⁶ stones to stone him:²⁴⁶⁷ but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way.

[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.

[2472] The Vat. ms. has that we may see the works of God in him. By the addition of a diacritical point this would give the same sense as in the text above, and more grammatically.

[2473] John ix. 4.

[2474] John ix. 5.

[2475] John ix. 6.

[2476] John ix. 7.

[2477] The Arabic word properly means baptism. The Syriac has both meanings.

[2478] Lit. Shiloha, as in Syriac.

[2479] John ix. 8.

[2480] John ix. 9.

[2481] John ix. 10.

[2482] John ix. 11.

[2483] Lit. saw.

[2484] John ix. 12.

[2485] John ix. 13.

[2486] John ix. 14.

[2487] John ix. 15.

[2488] John ix. 16.

[2489] An easy clerical error for Some.

[2490] John ix. 17.

[2491] John ix. 18.

[2492] John ix. 19.

[2493] Lit. them, whether this be.

[2494] John ix. 20.

[2495] John ix. 21.

[2496] John ix. 22.

[2497] John ix. 23.

[2498] John ix. 24.

[2499] John ix. 25.

[2500] John ix. 26.

[2501] John ix. 27.

[2502] Or, why (cf. note, § 7, 38).

[2503] John ix. 28.

[2504] Disciples is probably simply a misprint in Ciasca's text.

[2505] John ix. 29.

[2506] John ix. 30.

[2507] John ix. 31.

[2508] John ix. 32.

[2509] John ix. 33.

[2510] John ix. 34.

[2511] John ix. 35.

[2512] John ix. 36.

[2513] John ix. 37.

[2514] John ix. 38.

Section XXXVII.

‹§ 37›

[10]²⁵²⁸ Jesus said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the [11] sheep.²⁵²⁹ And all that came are thieves and stealers: but the sheep heard them not. [12]²⁵³⁰ I am the door: and if a man enter by me, he shall live, and shall go in and go out, [13] and shall find pasture.²⁵³¹ And the stealer cometh not, save that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: but I came that they might have life, and that they might have [14] the thing that is better.^25322533 I am the good shepherd; and the good shepherd giveth [15] himself²⁵³⁴ for his sheep.²⁵³⁵ But 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:²⁵³⁸ and the [17] hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and hath no care for the sheep.²⁵³⁹ I am the [18] good shepherd;²⁵⁴⁰ and 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]²⁵⁴² And 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]²⁵⁴³ And therefore doth my Father love me, because I give my life, that I may [21] take it again.²⁵⁴⁴ No 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]²⁵⁴⁵ And there occurred a disagreement among the Jews because of these sayings. [23]²⁵⁴⁶ And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is afflicted with madness;²⁵⁴⁷ why listen [24] ye to him?²⁵⁴⁸ And others said, These sayings are not those of men possessed with demons. Can a demon haply open the eyes of a blind man?

[25, 26]²⁵⁴⁹ And the feast of the dedication came on at Jerusalem: and it was winter.²⁵⁵⁰ And [27] Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.²⁵⁵¹ The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said unto him, Until when dost thou make our hearts anxious? [28]²⁵⁵² If thou art the Messiah, tell us plainly. He answered and said unto them, I told you, and ye believe not: and the deeds that I do in my Father's name bear witness [29, 30] to me.²⁵⁵³ But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,²⁵⁵⁴ as I said unto you. [31]²⁵⁵⁵ And my sheep²⁵⁵⁶ hear my voice, and I know them, and they come after me:²⁵⁵⁷ and I give them eternal life; and they shall not perish for ever, nor shall any man snatch [32] them out of my hands.^25582559 For the Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater [33] than all; and no man is able to take them from the hand of my²⁵⁶⁰ Father.²⁵⁶¹ I and [34, 35] my Father are one.²⁵⁶² And the Jews took stones to stone him.²⁵⁶³ Jesus said unto them, Many good deeds from my Father have I shewed you; because of which²⁵⁶⁴ of them, [36] then, do ye stone me?²⁵⁶⁵ The Jews said unto him, Not for the good deeds do we stone thee, but because thou blasphemest; and, whilst thou art a man, makest thyself [37] God.²⁵⁶⁶ Jesus said unto them, Is it not thus written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? [38] [Arabic, p. 142]²⁵⁶⁷ And if he called those gods—for²⁵⁶⁸ to them came the word of God (and it is [39] not possible in²⁵⁶⁹ the scripture that anything should be undone)—²⁵⁷⁰ he then, whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, do ye say that he blasphemeth; [40] because I said unto you, I am the Son of God?²⁵⁷¹ If then I do not the deeds of my [41] Father, ye believe me not.^25722573 But if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the deeds: that ye may know and believe that my Father is in me, and I in my Father. [42]²⁵⁷⁴ And they sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hands.

[46]²⁵⁷⁸ And there was a sick man, named Lazarus, of the village of Bethany, the brother [47] of Mary and Martha.²⁵⁷⁹ And Mary was she that anointed with sweet ointment the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair; and Lazarus, who was sick, was the [48] brother of this woman.^25802581 And his sisters sent unto Jesus, and said unto him, Our [49] Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.²⁵⁸² But Jesus said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glorifying of God, that the Son of God may be glorified [50, 51] because of it.²⁵⁸³ And Jesus loved Martha, and Mary, and Lazarus.²⁵⁸⁴ And when he [52] heard that he was sick, he abode in the place where he was two days.²⁵⁸⁵ And after that, [53] he said unto his disciples, Come, let us go into Judæa.²⁵⁸⁶ His disciples said unto him, Our [Arabic, p. 143] Master, now the Jews desire to stone thee; and goest thou again thither? [54, 55]²⁵⁸⁷ Jesus said unto them, Is not the day of twelve hours? If then a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of the world.²⁵⁸⁸ But if [56] a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no lamp in him.²⁵⁸⁹ This said Jesus: and after that, he said unto them, Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep; but [57] I am going to awaken him.²⁵⁹⁰ His disciples said unto him, Our Lord, if he hath [58] fallen asleep, he will recover.²⁵⁹¹ But Jesus said that concerning his death: while they [59] supposed that he spake of lying down to sleep.²⁵⁹² Then Jesus said unto them plainly, [60] Lazarus is dead.²⁵⁹³ And I am glad that I was not there for your sakes, that ye may [61] believe; but let us go thither.²⁵⁹⁴ Thomas, who is called Thama,²⁵⁹⁵ said to the disciples, his companions, Let us also go, and die with him.

[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.

[2575] John x. 40.

[2576] John x. 41.

[2577] John x. 42.

Section XXXVIII.

‹§ 38›

[1, 2]²⁵⁹⁶ And Jesus came to Bethany, and found him already four days in the grave.²⁵⁹⁷ And Bethany was beside Jerusalem, and its distance from it was a sum of fifteen furlongs;²⁵⁹⁸ [3]²⁵⁹⁹ and many of the Jews came unto Mary and Martha, to comfort their heart [4] because of their brother.²⁶⁰⁰ And Martha, when she heard that Jesus had come, went [5] out to meet him: but Mary was sitting in the house.²⁶⁰¹ Martha then said unto Jesus, [6] My Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.²⁶⁰² But I know now that, [7] whatever thou shalt ask of God, he will give thee.²⁶⁰³ Jesus said unto her, Thy brother shall [8] rise.²⁶⁰⁴ Martha said unto him, I know that he shall rise in the resurrection at the last day. [9]²⁶⁰⁵ Jesus 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:²⁶⁰⁶ and every living one that believeth [11] in me shall never die. Believest thou this?²⁶⁰⁷ She said unto him, Yea, my Lord: I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, that cometh into the [12] world.²⁶⁰⁸ And 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.²⁶⁰⁹ And 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.)²⁶¹¹ And 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.²⁶¹² And 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.²⁶¹³ And 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,²⁶¹⁵ In what [19] place have ye laid him? And they said unto him, Our Lord, come and see.²⁶¹⁶ And [20] the tears of Jesus came.^26172618 The Jews therefore said, See the greatness of his love for [21] him!²⁶¹⁹ But 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?²⁶²⁰ And 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.²⁶²¹ Jesus 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.²⁶²³ Jesus said unto her, Did not I say [25] [Arabic, p. 145] unto thee, If thou believest, thou shalt see the glory of God?²⁶²⁴ And they removed those stones. And Jesus lifted his eyes on high, and said, My Father, [26] I thank thee since thou didst hear me.²⁶²⁵ And 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.²⁶²⁶ And when he had said that, he cried with a [28] loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.²⁶²⁷ And 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.

[2628] John xi. 45.

[2629] John xi. 46.

[2630] John xi. 47.

[2631] John xi. 48.

[2632] John xi. 49.

[2633] John xi. 50.

[2634] John xi. 51.

[2635] So both mss.; but the Vat. ms. had originally a reading equivalent to the text above with of omitted.

[2636] John xi. 52.

[2637] John xi. 53.

[2638] John xi. 54.

[2639] The Arabic word as printed (following Vat. ms.) means a place for monks to live in, but we should certainly restore a diacritical point over the last letter, and thus obtain another Syriac loan-word (that used here in the Peshitta), meaning town. See also Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary, ad loc.

[2640] John xi. 55.

[2641] John xi. 56.

[2642] John xi. 57.

[2643] Luke ix. 51.

[2644] The present Arabic reading in going could pretty easily arise from that assumed in the translation above.

[2645] Luke ix. 52.

[2646] This and the following verb are singular in the printed Arabic (against the versions), although Ciasca renders them plural. A copyist using a carelessly written Arabic exemplar might conceivably overlook the plural terminations. Besides, they are often omitted in Syriac mss.

[2647] cf. note, § 1, 40.

[2648] Luke ix. 53.

[2649] Lit. his body.

[2650] Luke ix. 54.

[2651] Luke ix. 55.

[2652] Luke ix. 56.

Section XXXIX.

‹§ 39›

[1]²⁶⁵³ And Jesus six days before the passover²⁶⁵⁴ came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, [2] whom Jesus raised from among the dead.²⁶⁵⁵ And they made²⁶⁵⁶ a feast for him there: [3] and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him.²⁶⁵⁷ And [4] at the time of Jesus' being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,²⁶⁵⁸ great 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]²⁶⁵⁹ And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also;²⁶⁶⁰ because [7] many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus.²⁶⁶¹ And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price,²⁶⁶² and opened it, and poured [8] it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining;²⁶⁶³ and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. [9, 10]²⁶⁶⁴ But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said,²⁶⁶⁵ Why was [11] not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor?²⁶⁶⁶ This 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.²⁶⁶⁸ And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste?²⁶⁶⁹ It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given [14] it.²⁶⁷⁰ And they were angry with²⁶⁷¹ Mary.²⁶⁷² And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them,²⁶⁷³ Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me:²⁶⁷⁴ for the [15] day of my burial kept she it.²⁶⁷⁵ At all times the poor are with you, and when ye [16] wish ye can do them a kindness:²⁶⁷⁶ but I am not at all times with you.²⁶⁷⁷ And 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.²⁶⁷⁹ And 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]²⁶⁸⁰ And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem.²⁶⁸¹ And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is [20] called the mount of Olives,²⁶⁸² Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go [21] into this village that is opposite you:²⁶⁸³ and 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.²⁶⁸⁶ And 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.²⁶⁸⁷ All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,

Meek, and riding upon an ass,

And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

[38, 39]²⁷⁰⁷ And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said,²⁷⁰⁸ Would that thou hadst known the things that are²⁷⁰⁹ for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is [40] hidden from thine eyes.²⁷¹⁰ There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies [41] shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter,²⁷¹¹ and shall get possession of²⁷¹² thee, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

[42]²⁷¹³ And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was agitated, and they said, [43] Who is this?²⁷¹⁴ And the multitudes said, This is Jesus, the prophet that is from Nazareth [44] of Galilee.²⁷¹⁵ And the multitude which was with him bare witness that he called [45] Lazarus from the grave, and raised him from among the dead.²⁷¹⁶ And for this cause great multitudes went out to meet him, because they heard the sign which he did.

[2688] Matt. xxi. 5.

[2689] John xii. 16.

[2690] Matt. xxi. 6a; Luke xix. 32b.

[2691] Matt. xxi. 6b; Luke xix. 33.

[2692] Luke xix. 34.

[2693] Mark xi. 6b; Matt. xxi. 7.

[2694] Matt. xxi. 8.

[2695] Luke xix. 37.

[2696] The Syriac versions have the.

[2697] Matt. xxi. 9b [or better Luke xix. 38a.].

[2698] Mark xi. 10a.

[2699] Or, and, Blessed.

[2700] The Arabic has to, but it probably represents the Syriac text with the meaning given above.

[2701] Luke xix. 38c.

[2702] John xii. 12b.

[2703] Lit. the heart (or, pith) of the palm. The word pith, which occurs also in the Æhiopic version (Ezek. xxvii. 25; Jubilees, ch. 16) and in Ibn-at-Tayyib's exposition, though not in the Brit. Mus. gospel text, is perhaps used here of the inner branches from its resemblance to the post-biblical Hebrew word employed in accounts of the Feast of Tabernacles.

[2704] John xii. 13.

[2705] Luke xix. 39.

[2706] Luke xix. 40.

Section XL.

‹§ 40›

[24]²⁷⁴² And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he used to go [25] out, and pass the night in the mount called the mount of Olives.²⁷⁴³ And all the people came²⁷⁴⁴ to him in the morning in the temple, to hear his word.

[26, 27]²⁷⁴⁵ Then spake Jesus unto the multitudes and his disciples, and said unto them,²⁷⁴⁶ On [28] [Arabic, p. 152] the seat of Moses are seated the scribes and Pharisees:²⁷⁴⁷ everything 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.²⁷⁴⁸ And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them on the shoulders of the people; while they with one of their fingers will not come [30, 31] near²⁷⁴⁹ them.²⁷⁵⁰ But all their deeds they do to make a shew before men.²⁷⁵¹ And all the multitude were hearing that with pleasure.

[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.

[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.

[2752] Mark xii. 38.

[2753] Mark xii. 39.

[2754] Matt. xxiii. 5b.

[2755] Matt. xxiii. 7b.

[2756] Mark xii. 40.

[2757] The Syriac word means on the pretext of as well as because of (cf. § 50, 11, note).

[2758] Matt. xxiii. 8.

[2759] This word is not spelled in the ordinary way. Doubtless we should supply two diacritical points and read, with the Syriac versions, My master.

[2760] Matt. xxiii. 9.

[2761] cf. Peshitta.

[2762] Matt. xxiii. 10.

[2763] Matt. xxiii. 11.

[2764] Matt. xxiii. 12.

[2765] Luke xi. 43.

[2766] Matt. xxiii. 14.

[2767] Syriac, same as in § 40, 35; Arabic different.

[2768] Matt. xxiii. 13a.

[2769] Luke xi. 52a.

[2770] Matt. xxiii. 13b.

[2771] Matt. xxiii. 15.

[2772] Adopting the reading of Borg. ms. (cf. next verse).

[2773] Perhaps this reading is due to the easy confusion of d and r in Syriac; but it might also conceivably be a corruption of the Arabic word in the next clause. It occurs also in the text of Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary.

[2774] Doubtless the Arabic word should be read as a monosyllable, as in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary.

[2775] Matt. xxiii. 16.

[2776] See § 10, 13.

[2777] Matt. xxiii. 17.

[2778] Matt. xxiii. 18.

[2779] See § 10, 13.

[2780] Matt. xxiii. 19.

[2781] Matt. xxiii. 20.

[2782] Matt. xxiii. 21.

[2783] Matt. xxiii. 22.

[2784] Matt. xxiii. 23.

[2785] Matt. xxiii. 24.

[2786] The Arabic word as printed gives no suitable sense. Either the last radical has been omitted, or the last two radicals have exchanged places.

[2787] Matt. xxiii. 25.

[2788] Matt. xxiii. 26.

[2789] Matt. xxiii. 27.

[2790] Lit. are seen.

[2791] Matt. xxiii. 28.

[2792] Luke xi. 45.

[2793] Luke xi. 46.

[2794] Or, touch.

[2795] Matt. xxiii. 29a; Luke xi. 47b; Matt. xxiii. 29b.

[2796] Matt. xxiii. 30.

[2797] Matt. xxiii. 31.

[2798] Matt. xxiii. 32.

[2799] Lit. boundary or limit.

[2800] Matt. xxiii. 33.

Section XLI.

‹§ 41›

[1]²⁸⁰¹ Therefore, 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:²⁸⁰³ that 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]²⁸⁰⁶ Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.²⁸⁰⁷

[21, 22]²⁸³² This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them.²⁸³³ But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him:²⁸³⁴ that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,

My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us?

And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared?

That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart,

And turn,

So that I should heal them.

[31]²⁸⁴³ And two days before²⁸⁴⁴ the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and [32] the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,²⁸⁴⁵ and kill him:²⁸⁴⁶ and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.

[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.

[2818] John xii. 47.

[2819] Or, to save the world (cf. § 1, 78, note).

[2820] John xii. 48.

[2821] See § 20, 28, note.

[2822] John xii. 49.

[2823] Not the same word.

[2824] Not the same word.

[2825] John xii. 50.

[2826] Luke xi. 53.

[2827] So Ciasca, following Vat. ms. The true reading, however, is probably that underlying the Borg. ms. If we restore diacritical points to the radical letters we get deceiving (cf. § 41, 31), an alternative meaning (or the word laying wait for, used in the Peshitta. The Arabic follows the Peshitta very closely in this and the following verse.

[2828] Luke xi. 54.

[2829] Luke xii. 1.

[2830] Luke xii. 2.

[2831] Luke xii. 3.

[2835] John xii. 39.

[2836] John xii. 40.

[2837] John xii. 41.

[2838] Matt. xxiv. 1.

[2839] Or, and shewed.

[2840] Mark xiii. 1b; Luke xxi. 5b.

[2841] Matt. xxiv. 2a.

[2842] Luke xix. 43a; Luke xix. 44b [or rather Matt. xxiv. 2b, or Mark xiii. 2b].

[2847] Mark xiii. 3.

[2848] Luke xxi. 7b; Matt. xxiv. 3b.

[2849] Matt. xxiv. 4a; Luke xvii. 22b; Matt. xxiv. 4b.

[2850] Matt. xxiv. 5a.

[2851] Luke xxi. 8b.

[2852] Mark xiii. 6b; Luke xxi. 8c.

[2853] Mark xiii. 7a; Matt. xxiv. 7b; Luke xxi. 9b.

[2854] Or, that ye be, if we suppose the present text to have resulted from the loss of the second of two alifs.

[2855] Matt. xxiv. 7a.

[2856] Luke xxi. 11.

[2857] Or, omit that.

[2858] Matt. xxiv. 8.

[2859] Luke xxi. 12.

[2860] Luke xxi. 13.

[2861] Mark xiii. 10.

[2862] Luke xii. 11.

[2863] Mark xiii. 11b.

[2864] Luke xxi. 14.

[2865] Luke xxi. 15.

[2866] The Arabic text lacks a letter.

[2867] Borg. ms. reads you the fruits of wisdom.

[2868] Matt. xxiv. 9.

[2869] Matt. xxiv. 30.

[2870] See § 25, 17, note.

[2871] Luke xxi. 16.

[2872] Luke xxi. 18.

[2873] Luke xxi. 19.

[2874] Or, possess.

[2875] Matt. xxiv. 11.

[2876] So the Arabic text; but it doubtless simply represents the Syriac, which here agrees with the Greek.

[2877] Matt. xxiv. 12.

[2878] Matt. xxiv. 13.

[2879] Matt. xxiv. 14.

[2880] So the Arabic text; but it doubtless simply represents the Syriac, which here agrees with the Greek.

Section XLII.

‹§ 42›

[25]²⁹¹³ Learn the example of the fig tree: when it letteth down its branches,²⁹¹⁴ and putteth [26] forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is come;²⁹¹⁵ so ye also, when ye see these things begun to be, know ye that the kingdom of God hath arrived at the [27] door.²⁹¹⁶ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these [28] things shall be.²⁹¹⁷ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my sayings shall not pass away.

[38]²⁹²⁹ For as it was in the days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. [39]²⁹³⁰ As they were before the flood eating and drinking, and taking wives, and giving [40] wives to men,²⁹³¹ until the day in which Noah entered into the ark, and they perceived not till the flood came, and took them all; so shall the coming of the Son of man [41] be.²⁹³² And as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating and drinking, and selling [42] and buying, and planting and building,²⁹³³ on the day in which Lot went out from Sodom, and the Lord rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them [43, 44] all:²⁹³⁴ so shall it be in the day in which the Son of man is revealed.^29352936 And in that day, whosoever is on the roof, and his garments²⁹³⁷ in the house, let him not go down to [45] take them: and he that is in the field shall not turn behind him.²⁹³⁸ Remember Lot's [46] wife.²⁹³⁹ Whosoever shall desire to save his life shall destroy it: but whosoever shall [47] destroy his life shall save it.²⁹⁴⁰ Verily I say unto you, In that night there shall be two on [48] [Arabic, p. 162] one bed; one shall be taken, and another left.²⁹⁴¹ And two women shall be grinding [49] at one mill; one shall be taken, and another left.²⁹⁴² And two shall be in the [50] field; one shall be taken, and another left.²⁹⁴³ They answered and said unto him, To what place, our Lord? He said unto them, Where the body is, there will the eagles [51, 52] gather.²⁹⁴⁴ Be attentive now: for ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.²⁹⁴⁵ Know this: if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been attentive, and would not make it possible that his house should be [53] broken through.²⁹⁴⁶ Therefore be ye also ready: for in the hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

[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.

[2896] Matt. xxiv. 27.

[2897] Luke xvii. 25.

[2898] cf. § 16, 2.

[2899] Matt. xxiv. 20.

[2900] Matt. xxiv. 21.

[2901] Same Arabic (and Syriac) word as in § 41, 50.

[2902] Mark xiii. 20.

[2903] Luke xxi. 25.

[2904] Same Arabic (and Syriac) word as in § 41, 50.

[2905] So the Borg. ms. The Vat. ms., followed by Ciasca, has grief.

[2906] Luke xxi. 26a.

[2907] Mark xiii. 24a; Matt. xxiv. 29.

[2908] Matt. xxiv. 30.

[2909] Matt. xxiv. 31.

[2910] Lit. the end of heaven unto its end.

[2911] Luke xxi. 28.

[2912] Or, deliverance.

[2918] Luke xxi. 34.

[2919] cf. Peshitta.

[2920] Luke xxi. 35.

[2921] Luke xxi. 36.

[2922] Mark xiii. 32.

[2923] Mark xiii. 33.

[2924] Mark xiii. 34.

[2925] Mark xiii. 35.

[2926] cf. § 9, 21.

[2927] Mark xiii. 36.

[2928] Mark xiii. 37.

Section XLIII.

‹§ 43›

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

[22]²⁹⁷³ It is as a man, who went on a journey, and called his servants, and delivered unto [23] them his possessions.²⁹⁷⁴ And 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.²⁹⁷⁶ He [Arabic, p. 164] then that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained [26] other five.²⁹⁷⁷ And so also he of the two gained other two.²⁹⁷⁸ But he that received [27] the one went and digged in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.²⁹⁷⁹ And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and took from them the account. [28]²⁹⁸⁰ And 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]²⁹⁸¹ His 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.²⁹⁸² And he that had the two came near and said, My lord, thou gavest me two talents: lo, [31] other two have I gained in addition to them.²⁹⁸³ His 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.²⁹⁸⁵ And 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:²⁹⁸⁶ and so I was afraid, and [34] went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast what is thine.²⁹⁸⁷ His 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;²⁹⁸⁸ it was incumbent on thee to put my money to the bank,²⁹⁸⁹ and then I should come and seek it with its [36] gains.²⁹⁹⁰ Take now from him the talent, and give it to him that hath ten talents. [37]²⁹⁹¹ Whosoever 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.²⁹⁹² And the unprofitable servant, put him forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

[43]²⁹⁹⁸ But when the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his pure angels with him, [44] then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:²⁹⁹⁹ and he will gather before him all the nations, and separate them the one from the other, like the shepherd who separateth [45] the sheep from the goats;³⁰⁰⁰ and will set³⁰⁰¹ the sheep on his right, and the goats on his [46] left.³⁰⁰² Then shall the King say to those that are at his right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations³⁰⁰³ of the world: [47]³⁰⁰⁴ I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; and I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; and I [48] was a stranger, and ye took me in;³⁰⁰⁵ and I was naked, and ye clothed me; and I [49] was sick, and ye visited me; and I was in prison, and ye cared for me.³⁰⁰⁶ Then shall those righteous say unto him, Our Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? [50] or thirsty, and gave thee to drink?³⁰⁰⁷ And when saw we thee a stranger, and took [51] thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?³⁰⁰⁸ And when saw we thee sick, or imprisoned, and [52] cared for thee?³⁰⁰⁹ The King shall answer and say³⁰¹⁰ unto them, Verily I say unto you, What [53] [Arabic, p. 166] ye did to one of these my brethren, the little ones, ye did unto me.³⁰¹¹ Then shall he say unto those that are on his left also, Depart from me, ye cursed, [54] into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his hosts:³⁰¹² I hungered, and ye fed me [55] not; and I thirsted, and ye did not give me to drink;³⁰¹³ and I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; and I was naked, and ye clothed me not; and I was sick, and imprisoned, [56] and ye visited me not.³⁰¹⁴ Then shall those also answer and say, Our Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or naked, or a stranger, or sick, or imprisoned, [57] and did not minister unto thee?³⁰¹⁵ Then shall he answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, When ye did it not unto one of these little ones, ye did it not [58] unto me also.³⁰¹⁶ And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

[2959] Matt. xxv. 1.

[2960] Matt. xxv. 2.

[2961] Matt. xxv. 3.

[2962] Matt. xxv. 4.

[2963] Matt. xxv. 5.

[2964] Matt. xxv. 6.

[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.

Section XLIV.

‹§ 44›

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

[10]³⁰³² And 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?

[3024] Luke xxii. 3.

[3025] Luke xxii. 4a; Matt. xxvi. 15a.

[3026] Mark xiv. 11a; Matt. xxvi. 15b.

[3027] Probably the letter that stands for and should be repeated, and the phrase rendered and appointed.

[3028] So Vat. ms. (following Peshitta) and Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary. Borg. ms., followed by Ciasca, has dirhams of money.

[3029] Luke xxii. 6.

[3030] Lit. became responsible unto. Syriac versions as in text above (cf. § 44, 33).

[3031] The Arabic (lit. a stumbling or a cause of stumbling) doubtless represents the Syriac.

[3033] John xiii. 1.

[3034] John xiii. 2.

[3035] John xiii. 3.

[3036] John xiii. 4.

[3037] John xiii. 5.

[3038] John xiii. 6.

[3039] John xiii. 7.

[3040] John xiii. 8.

[3041] John xiii. 9.

[3042] John xiii. 10.

[3043] The Arabic word means swimmeth. The Syriac versions have is bathed, which Borg. ms. misreads bathed, and Vat. ms. (followed by Ciasca) corrupts into batheth, rendering it swimmeth.

[3044] John xiii. 11.

[3045] John xiii. 12.

[3046] John xiii. 13.

[3047] John xiii. 14.

[3048] John xiii. 15.

[3049] John xiii. 16.

[3050] John xiii. 17.

[3051] John xiii. 18.

[3052] Or, This my saying.

[3053] John xiii. 19.

[3054] John xiii. 20.

[3055] Luke xxii. 27.

[3056] Luke xxii. 28.

[3057] Luke xxii. 29.

[3058] Luke xxii. 30.

[3059] cf. § 44, 9, note.

[3060] cf. § 44, 9, note.

[3061] Luke xxii. 7.

[3062] Vat. ms. has the word day on the margin, added by a late hand.

[3063] The misprint in the Arabic text has been overlooked in the list of Corrigenda.

[3064] Or, kill.

[3065] Luke xxii. 8.

[3066] Luke xxii. 9.

[3067] Luke xxii. 10a.

[3068] Mark xiv. 13b; Luke xxii. 10b.

[3069] Luke xxii. 11a.

[3070] Matt. xxvi. 18b.

[3071] Luke xxii. 11b.

[3072] Luke xxii. 12.

[3073] Mark xiv. 15.

[3074] Mark xiv. 16.

[3075] Luke xxii. 14.

[3076] Luke xxii. 15.

[3077] Luke xxii. 16.

[3078] John xiii. 21a.

[3079] The Syriac word is retained. In Arabic it properly means become strong or proud (cf. § 38, 17).

[3080] Mark xiv. 18b; Mark xiv. 19.

[3081] Mark xiv. 20.

[3082] Luke xxii. 21.

[3083] Mark xiv. 21.

[3084] John xiii. 22.

[3085] Luke xxii. 23.

Section XLV.

‹§ 45›

[1, 2] [Arabic, p. 170]³⁰⁸⁶ And one of his disciples was sitting³⁰⁸⁷ in his bosom, he whom Jesus loved.³⁰⁸⁸ To him Simon Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him who this was, concerning [3] whom he spake.³⁰⁸⁹ And that disciple leaned³⁰⁹⁰ on Jesus' breast, and said unto him, [4] My Lord, who is this?³⁰⁹¹ Jesus answered and said, He to whom I shall dip bread, and give it. And Jesus dipped bread, and gave to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. [5]³⁰⁹² And after the bread, Satan entered him. And Jesus said unto him, What thou [6] desirest to do, hasten the doing of it.³⁰⁹³ And no man of them that sat knew why he [7] said this unto him.³⁰⁹⁴ And 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.³⁰⁹⁵ Judas the betrayer answered and said, Can it be I, my [9] Master? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said.³⁰⁹⁶ And Judas took the bread straightway, and went forth without: and it was still night.

[3097] John xiii. 31.

[3098] A simple change of diacritical points would give the reading of the Greek and of the Syriac versions.

[3099] A simple change of diacritical points would give the reading of the Greek and of the Syriac versions.

[3100] John xiii. 32.

[3101] Mark xiv. 22a.

[3102] Matt. xxvi. 26b.

[3103] Mark xiv. 23a.

[3104] Matt. xxvi. 27b.

[3105] Mark xiv. 23b.

[3106] Mark xiv. 24a.

[3107] Matt. xxvi. 28.

[3108] Matt. xxvi. 29.

[3109] Peshitta adds it. The reading of the Sinaitic is doubtful.

[3110] Luke xxii. 19b.

[3111] Luke xxii. 31.

[3112] Luke xxii. 32.

[3113] Past tense in Syriac versions.

[3114] We may translate, with the Syriac versions, that thy faith fail not, only if we assign a somewhat Syriac meaning to the verb, and assume either an error in diacritical points (t for y) or an unusual (Syriac) gender for faith.

[3115] cf. Syriac versions.

[3116] John xiii. 33.

[3117] John xiii. 34.

[3118] John xiii. 35.

[3119] John xiii. 36.

[3120] Matt. xxvi. 31.

[3121] The Arabic word is not unlike the word for stumble, and Borg. ms. omits me.

[3122] Vat. ms. omits this night.

[3123] Matt. xxvi. 32.

[3124] Matt. xxvi. 33.

[3125] Luke xxii. 33b.

[3126] John xiii. 37b.

[3127] John xiii. 38a.

[3128] Mark xiv. 30b.

[3129] Luke xxii. 34b; Mark xiv. 31.

[3130] Or, went on saying.

[3131] Lit. end in. Or, if I come to (the point of).

[3132] John xiv. 1.

[3133] The diacritical points in both Vat. (followed by Ciasca) and Borg. mss. appear to demand a rendering inquire for be troubled. In Ibn-at-Tayyib's comments (not the text), however (with other points), we have the meaning wail (root nhb). Every Syriac version uses a different word.

[3134] John xiv. 2.

[3135] Or, ranks.

[3136] Or, should tell.

[3137] Probably the Arabic represents a Syriac For I.

[3138] John xiv. 3.

[3139] John xiv. 4.

[3140] Different words.

[3141] Different words.

[3142] John xiv. 5.

[3143] cf. Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary (f. 352a) and order of words in Peshitta (not Sin.).

[3144] John xiv. 6.

[3145] John xiv. 7.

[3146] Lit. have known.

[3147] John xiv. 8.

[3148] Different forms, as in Peshitta.

[3149] John xiv. 9.

[3150] More exactly, hast thou not come to know.

[3151] Different forms, as in Peshitta.

[3152] John xiv. 10.

[3153] John xiv. 11.

[3154] John xiv. 12.

[3155] John xiv. 13.

[3156] John xiv. 14.

[3157] The Borg. ms. has me clearly (cf. Peshitta). The Vat. ms. is ambiguous.

[3158] John xiv. 15.

[3159] John xiv. 16.

[3160] John xiv. 17.

[3161] Probably a misreading of the Peshitta (not Sin. or Cur.), since the next clause also agrees with it.

[3162] John xiv. 18.

[3163] John xiv. 19.

[3164] John xiv. 20.