[376] Matt. iv. 10.
[377] Luke iv. 13.
[378] Lit. backbiter, a different word from that used above in § 4, 43, 47.
[379] Matt. iv. 11b.
[380] John i. 35.
[381] John i. 36.
[382] John i. 37.
[383] Or, speaking.
[384] John i. 38.
[385] John i. 39.
[386] John i. 40.
[387] cf. Peshitta.
[388] John i. 41a.
[389] John i. 42a.
[390] The Arabic word used throughout this work means Stones.
[391] John i. 43.
[392] John i. 44.
[393] John i. 45.
[394] John i. 46.
[395] John i. 47.
[396] Lit. the (cf. note to § 1, 40).
[397] John i. 48.
[398] John i. 49.
[399] John i. 50.
[400] John i. 51.
[401] Luke iv. 14a.
[402] John ii. 1.
[403] Arabic Qatna; at § 5, 32, Qatina, following the Syriac form.
[404] Lit. the (cf. note to § 1, 40).
[405] John ii. 2.
[406] John ii. 3.
[407] John ii. 4.
[408] The reading of Cur. and Sin. is not known; but cf. Moesinger, p. 53, and Isho'dad quoted in Harris, Fragments, etc., p. 46.
[409] John ii. 5.
[410] John ii. 6.
[411] John ii. 7.
[412] John ii. 8.
[413] John ii. 9.
[414] John ii. 10.
[415] John ii. 11.
[416] Perhaps a comma should be inserted after sign.
[417] Luke iv. 14b.
[418] Luke iv. 15.
[419] If the text does not contain a misprint the word for by is wanting in both mss. It should doubtless be restored as in § 7, 3.
[420] Luke iv. 16.
[421] Luke iv. 17.
[422] Luke iv. 18.
[423] Evil-doers could easily be an Arabic copyist's corruption of captives; but the word used here for forgiveness could hardly spring from an Arabic release (in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary, where the thing seems to have happened, a different word is used). In Syriac, however, they are the same; while the first pair contain the same consonants.
[424] See preceding note.
[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.
[436] Luke v. 1.
[437] Luke v. 2.
[438] Or, but.
[439] Luke v. 3.
[440] Luke v. 4.
[441] Luke v. 5.
[442] Borg. ms. has but. The Arabic expressions are very similar.
[443] Luke v. 6.
[444] Borg. ms. has he did this, he enclosed, on which see § 38, 43, note (end). Either reading could spring from the other, within the Arabic.
[445] Luke v. 7.
Section VI.
[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.
[5] [451] And after that came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and he went [6] about there with them, and baptized. [452] And John also was baptizing in Ænon, which is beside Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. [7, 8] [453] And John was not yet come into prison. [454] And there was an inquiry between [9] one of John's disciples and one of the Jews about purifying. [455] And they [456] came unto John, and said unto him, Our master, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom [10] thou hast borne witness, behold, he also baptizeth, and many come to him. [457] John answered and said unto them, [458] A man can receive nothing of himself, except it be [11] given him [459] from heaven. [460] Ye are they that bear witness unto me that I said, I am [12] not the Messiah, but I am one sent [461] before him. [462] And he that hath a bride is a bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom is he that standeth and listeneth to him, and rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Lo now, [463] behold, [13, 14] [Arabic, p. 23] my joy becometh complete. [464] [465] And he must increase and I decrease. [466] For [467] he that is come from above is higher than everything; and he that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh; and he that came down from heaven is [15] higher than all. [468] And he beareth witness of what he hath seen and heard: and no man [16] receiveth his witness. [469] And he that hath received his witness hath asserted [470] that he is [17] truly God. [471] [472] And he whom God hath sent speaketh the words [473] of God: God gave [18] not the Spirit by measure. [474] The Father loveth the Son, and hath put everything in [19] his hands. [475] Whosoever believeth in the Son hath eternal [476] life; but whosoever obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God cometh [477] upon him.
[20] [478] And Jesus learned [479] that the Pharisees had heard that he had received many disciples, [21] and that he was baptizing more than John [480] (not that Jesus was himself baptizing, [22] but his disciples); [481] and so he left Judæa.
[23] [482] And Herod the governor, because he used to be rebuked by John because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and for all the sins which he was committing, [24] added to all that also this, [483] that he shut up John in prison.
[25] [484] And when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he went away to Galilee. [26] [485] And he entered again into Cana, where he had made the water wine. And there [27] was at Capernaum a king's servant, whose son was sick. [486] And this man heard that Jesus was come from Judæa to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought of him that he would come down and heal his son; for he had come near unto death. [28, 29] [487] Jesus said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye do [488] not believe. [489] The [Arabic, p. 24] king's servant said unto him, My Lord, come down, that the child die not. [30] [490] Jesus said unto him, Go; for thy son is alive. And that man believed the [31] word which Jesus spake, and went. [491] And when he went down, his servants met him [32] and told him, and [492] said unto him, Thy son is alive. [493] And he asked them at what time he recovered. They said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left [33] him. [494] And his father knew that that was at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, [34] Thy son is alive. [495] And he believed, he and the whole people of his house. And this [35] is the second sign [496] which Jesus did when he returned from Judæa to Galilee. [497] And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
[36] [498] And he left Nazareth, and came and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea shore, in the [37] borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: [499] that it might be fulfilled which was said in Isaiah the prophet, who said,
[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.
[40] [502] And he taught them on the sabbaths. [503] And they wondered because of his doctrine: [504] [41] for his word was as if it were authoritative. [505] And there was in the synagogue [42] a man with an unclean devil, and he cried out with a loud voice, and said, [506] Let me alone; what have I to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come for our [43] destruction? I know thee who thou art, thou Holy One of God. [507] And Jesus rebuked him, and said, Stop up thy mouth, and come out of him. And the demon threw him [44] in the midst and came out of him, having done him no harm. [508] And great amazement [Arabic, p. 25] took hold upon every man. And they talked one with another, and said, What is this word that orders the unclean spirits with power and [45] authority, and they come out? [509] And the news of him spread abroad in all the region which was around them.
[46] [510] And when Jesus went out of the synagogue, [511] he saw a man sitting among the publicans, [512] named Matthew: and he said unto him, Come after me. And he rose, and followed him.
[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 the [517] 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 one [519] 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.
[446] Luke v. 8.
[447] Luke v. 9.
[448] Luke v. 10.
[449] The verb may be active as well as passive, but does not agree in gender with amazement. Mistakes in gender are, however, very common transcriptional errors.
[450] Luke v. 11.
[451] John iii. 22.
[452] John iii. 23.
[453] John iii. 24.
[454] John iii. 25.
[455] John iii. 26.
[456] Dual.
[457] John iii. 27.
[458] Plural. In the Peshitta it is two individuals in verse 25. In Sin. the first is an individual and the second is ambiguous. In Cur. both are plural.
[459] Or, he be given it.
[460] John iii. 28.
[461] The ordinary word for apostle.
[462] John iii. 29.
[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.
[500] Matt. iv. 15.
[501] Matt. iv. 16.
[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).
[513] Mark i. 29b.
[514] Luke iv. 38c.
[515] Luke iv. 39.
[516] Matt. viii. 16a.
[517] cf. § 1, 40, note 2.
[518] Luke iv. 40b.
[519] Or, each.
[520] Matt. viii. 17.
[521] Mark i. 33.
[522] Luke iv. 41.
Section VII.