[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.
[1] [1606] And Jesus departed thence, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee, and went [2] up into the mountain, and sat there. [1607] And there came unto him great multitudes, having with them lame, and blind, and dumb, and maimed, and many others, and [3] they cast them at the feet of Jesus: [1608] for they had seen all the signs which he did in [4] Jerusalem, when they were gathered at the feast. [1609] And he healed them all. [1610] And those multitudes marvelled when they saw dumb men speak, and maimed men healed, and lame men walk, and blind men see; and they praised the God of Israel.
[5] [1611] And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, I have compassion on this multitude, because of their continuing with me three days, having nothing to eat; and to send them away fasting I am not willing, lest they faint in the way, [1612] some of them having [6] [Arabic, p. 89] come from far. [1613] His disciples said unto him, Whence have we in the desert [7] bread wherewith to satisfy all this multitude? [1614] Jesus said unto them, How [8] many loaves have ye? [1615] They said unto him, Seven, and a few small fishes. And he [9] commanded the multitudes to sit down upon the ground; [1616] and he took those seven loaves and the fish, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before [10] them; and the disciples set before the multitudes. [1617] And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took that which remained over of the fragments, seven basketfuls. [11] [1618] And the people that ate were four thousand men, besides the women and children. [12] [1619] And when the multitudes departed, he went up into the boat, and came to the borders of Magada. [1620]
[13] [1621] And the Pharisees and Sadducees came to him, and began to seek a discussion with him. And they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven, tempting him. [14] [1622] And Jesus sighed within himself, and said, What sign seeketh this evil and adulterous generation? It seeketh a sign, and it shall not be given a sign, except the sign [15] of Jonah the prophet. [1623] Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not be given a [16] sign. [1624] And he left [1625] them, and went up into the boat, and went away to that side.
[17] [1626] And his disciples forgot to take with them bread, and there was not with them [18] in the boat, not even [1627] one loaf. [1628] And Jesus charged them, and said, Take heed, and guard yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and from the [19] leaven of Herod. [1629] And they reflected within themselves that they had taken with them [20] no bread. [1630] And Jesus knew, and said unto them, Why [1631] think ye within yourselves, O ye of little faith, and are anxious, because ye have no bread? [1632] until now do ye not perceive, [21] neither understand? is your heart yet hard? [1633] And have ye eyes, and yet see not? [22] [Arabic, p. 90] and have ye ears, and yet hear not? [1634] and do ye not remember when I brake those five loaves for five thousand? and how many baskets full of broken [23] pieces took ye [1635] up? They said, Twelve. [1636] He said unto them, And the seven also for four thousand: how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye [1637] up? They [24] said, Seven. [1638] He said unto them, How have ye not understood that I spake not to you because of [1639] the bread, but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees [25] and Sadducees? [1640] Then they understood that he spake, not that they should beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, which he called leaven.
[26] [1641] And after that, he came to Bethsaida. And they brought to him a certain [1642] blind [27] man, and besought him that he would touch him. [1643] And he took the hand of that blind man, and led him out without the village, and spat in his eyes, and laid his [28] hand on him, [1644] and asked him, What seest thou? [1645] And that blind man looked intently, [29] and said unto him, I see men as trees walking. [1646] And he placed his hand [30] again on his eyes; and they were restored, [1647] and he saw everything clearly. [1648] And he sent him to his house, and said, Do not enter even into the village, nor tell any man in the village.
[31] [1649] And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cæsarea Philippi. [32] [1650] And while he was going in the way, and his disciples alone, [1651] he asked his disciples, [33] and said, What do men say of me that I am, the Son of man? [1652] [1653] They said unto him, Some say, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the [34, 35] prophets. [1654] He said unto them, And ye, what say ye that I am? [1655] Simon Cephas answered [36] [Arabic, p. 91] and said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. [1656] Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonah: flesh and [37] blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. [1657] And I say unto thee also, that thou art Cephas, [1658] and on this rock will I build my church; and the [38] gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. [1659] To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and [39] whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. [1660] And he sternly charged his disciples, and warned them that they should not tell any man concerning him, [40] that he was the Messiah. [1661] And henceforth began Jesus to shew to his disciples [41] that he was determined [1662] to go to Jerusalem, [1663] and suffer much, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and of the scribes, and be killed, and on the [42] third day rise. [1664] And he was speaking [1665] plainly. [1666] And Simon Cephas, as one grieved [43] for him, said, Far be thou, my Lord, from that. [1667] And he turned, and looked upon [44] his disciples, and rebuked Simon, and said, [1668] Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou art a stumblingblock unto me: for thou thinkest not of what pertains to God, but of what pertains to men.
[45] [1669] And Jesus called the multitudes with his disciples, and said unto them, Whosoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take his cross every day, and [46] come after me. [1670] And whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever [47] loseth his life for my sake, and for the sake of my gospel, shall save it. [1671] What shall [48] a man profit, if he gain all the world, and destroy [1672] his own life, [1673] or lose it? [1674] or what [49] [Arabic, p. 92] will a man give in ransom for his life? [1675] [1676] Whosoever shall deny me and my sayings in this sinful and adulterous generation, the Son of man also will [50] deny him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels. [1677] For the Son of man is about to [1678] come in the glory of his Father with his holy angels; and then shall he reward each man according to his works.
[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.
[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 come [1680] with strength, [1681] and the Son of man who cometh in his kingdom.
[2] [1682] And after six days Jesus took Simon Cephas, and James, and John his brother, [3] and brought them up into a high mountain, the three of them only. [1683] And while they [4] were praying, Jesus changed, and became after the fashion of another person; [1684] and his face shone like the sun, and his raiment was very white like the snow, and as [5] the light of lightning, so that nothing on earth can whiten [1685] like it. [1686] And there appeared [6] unto him Moses and Elijah talking to Jesus. [1687] And they thought that the time [7] of his decease which was to be accomplished at Jerusalem was come. [1688] And Simon and those that were with him were heavy in the drowsiness of sleep; and with effort they roused themselves, and saw his glory, and those two men that were standing with him. [8] [Arabic, p. 93] [1689] And when they began to depart from him, Simon said unto Jesus, My [9] Master, it is good for us to be here: [1690] and if thou wilt, we will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; [1691] not knowing [10] what he said, because of the fear which took possession of them. [1692] And while he [11] was yet saying that, a bright cloud overshadowed them. [1693] And when they saw Moses [12] and Elijah that they had entered into that cloud, they feared again. [1694] And a voice was heard out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, whom I have chosen; [13] hear ye therefore him. [1695] And when this voice was heard, Jesus was found alone. [14] [1696] And the disciples, when they heard the voice, fell on their faces from the fear which [15] took hold of them. [1697] And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, be not [16] afraid. [1698] And they lifted up their eyes, and saw Jesus as he was.