[2403] John vii. 51.
[2404] John vii. 52.
[2405] Matt. xxii. 41.
[2406] Matt. xxii. 42.
[2407] Matt. xxii. 43.
[2408] Matt. xxii. 44.
[2409] Matt. xxii. 45.
[2410] Matt. xxii. 46.
[2411] John viii. 12.
[2412] John viii. 13.
[2413] John viii. 14.
[2414] John viii. 15.
[2415] John viii. 16.
[2416] John viii. 17.
[2417] John viii. 18.
[2418] John viii. 19.
[2419] John viii. 20.
[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.
[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 our [2460] 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 take [2466] stones to stone him: [2467] but Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple. And he passed through them, and went his way.
[10] [2468] And as he passed, he saw a man blind from his mother's womb. [2469] And his [11] disciples asked him, and said, Our Master, who sinned, this man, or his parents, so [12] that he was born blind? [2470] [2471] Jesus said unto them, Neither did he sin, nor his parents: [13] but that the works of God may be seen in him. [2472] [2473] It is incumbent on me to do the deeds of him that sent me, while it is day: a night will come, and no man will be [14] able to busy himself. [2474] As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. [15] [2475] And when he said that, he spat upon the ground, and made clay of his spittle, and [16] smeared it on the eyes of the blind man, and said unto him, [2476] Go and wash thyself in [17] the pool [2477] of Siloam. [2478] [2479] And he went and washed, and came seeing. And his neighbours, which saw him of old begging, said, Is not this he that was sitting begging? [18] [2480] And some said, It is he; and others said, Nay, but he resembles him much. He [19, 20] said, I am he. [2481] They said unto him, How then were thine eyes opened? [2482] He answered and said unto them, A man named Jesus made clay, and smeared it on my eyes, and said unto me, Go and wash in the water of Siloam: and I went and [21] washed, and received sight. [2483] [2484] They said unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. [22, 23] [Arabic, p. 138] [2485] And they brought him that was previously blind to the Pharisees. [2486] And the day in which Jesus made clay and opened with it his eyes was a sabbath [24] day. [2487] And again the Pharisees asked him, How didst thou receive sight? And he said [25] unto them, He put clay on mine eyes, and I washed, and received sight. [2488] The people [2489] of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he keepeth not the sabbath. And others said, How can a man that is a sinner do these signs? And there came [26] to be a division amongst them. [2490] And again they said to that blind man, Thou, then, what sayest thou of him that opened for thee thine eyes? He said unto them, [27] I say that he is a prophet. [2491] And the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he was blind, and received sight, until they summoned the parents of him who received [28] sight, and asked them, [2492] Is this [2493] your son, of whom ye said that he was born blind? [29] how then, behold, doth he now see? [2494] His parents answered and said, We know [30] that this is our son, and that he was born blind: [2495] but how he has come to see now, or who it is that opened his eyes, we know not: and he also has reached his prime; [31] ask him, and he will speak for himself. [2496] This said his parents, because they were fearing the Jews: and the Jews decided, that if any man should confess of him that [32] he was the Messiah, they would put him out of the synagogue. [2497] For this reason [33] said his parents, He hath reached his prime; ask him. [2498] And they called the man a second time, him that was blind, and said unto him, Praise God: we know that this [34] man is a sinner. [2499] He answered and said unto them, Whether he be a sinner, I know [35] not: I know one thing, that I was blind, and I now see. [2500] They said unto him again, [36] [Arabic, p. 139] What did he unto thee? how opened he for thee thine eyes? [2501] He said unto them, I said unto you, and ye did not hear: what [2502] wish ye further to hear? [37] ye also, do ye wish to become disciples to him? [2503] And they reviled him, and said unto him, Thou art the disciple [2504] of that man; but as for us, we are the disciples of [38] Moses. [2505] And we know that God spake unto Moses: but this man, we know not [39] whence he is. [2506] The man answered and said unto them, From this is the wonder, [40] because ye know not whence he is, and mine eyes hath he opened. [2507] And we know that God heareth not the voice of sinners: but whosoever feareth him, and doeth [41] his will, him he heareth. [2508] From eternity hath it not been heard of, that a man [42] opened the eyes of a blind man, who had been born in blindness. [2509] If then this man [43] were not from God, he could not do that. [2510] They answered and said unto him, Thou wast all of thee born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they put him forth without.
[44] [2511] And Jesus heard of his being put forth without, and found him, and said unto [45] him, Dost thou believe in the Son of God? [2512] He that was made whole answered [46] and said, Who is he, my Lord, that I may believe in him? [2513] Jesus said unto him, [47] Thou hast seen him, and he that speaketh to thee is he. [2514] And he said, I believe, my Lord. And he fell down worshipping him.
[2456] John viii. 51.
[2457] John viii. 52.
[2458] John viii. 53.
[2459] John viii. 54.
[2460] cf. Peshitta. The Sinaitic omits our.
[2461] John viii. 55.
[2462] John viii. 56.
[2463] John viii. 57.
[2464] John viii. 58.
[2465] John viii. 59.
[2466] The Vat. ms. has took him, probably omitting stones, though Ciasca does not say so. Take is probably a copyist's error (change in diacritical paints) for took.
[2467] John viii. 60 [reckoned to verse 59 in the Greek.].
[2468] John ix. 1.
[2469] John ix. 2.
[2470] A different word in Arabic from that used in verses 1 and 6.
[2471] John ix. 3.
[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.
[1] [2515] And Jesus said, To judge the world am I come, so that they that see not may [2] see, and they that see may become blind. [2516] And some of the Pharisees which were [3] with him heard that, and they said unto him, Can it be that we are blind? [2517] Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should not have sin: but now ye say, We see: and because of this your sin remaineth. [2518]
[4] [Arabic, p. 140] [2519] Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever entereth not into the fold of the sheep by the door, but goeth up from another place, that man is a thief and a [5, 6] stealer. [2520] But he that entereth by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. [2521] And therefore [2522] the keeper of the door openeth for him the door; and the sheep hear his voice: and [7] he calleth his sheep [2523] by their names, and they go forth unto him. [2524] And when he putteth forth his sheep, he goeth before them, and his sheep [2525] follow him: because [8] they know his voice. [2526] And after a stranger will the sheep not go, but they flee from [9] him: because they hear not the voice of a stranger. [2527] This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they knew not what he was saying unto them.
[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. [2532] [2533] I am the good shepherd; and the good shepherd giveth [15] himself [2534] for his sheep. [2535] But the hireling, who is not a shepherd, and whose the sheep [2536] 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 scattereth [2537] 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 myself [2541] 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.