[22] [3343] And while he was still speaking, came Judas the betrayer, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude carrying lanterns and torches [3344] and swords and staves, from the chief priests and scribes and elders of the people, and with him the footsoldiers [23] of the Romans. [3345] [3346] And Judas the betrayer gave them a sign, and said, He whom I shall kiss, he is he: take him with care, [3347] and lead him away. [3348]
[24] [3349] And Jesus, because he knew everything that should come upon him, went forth [25] unto them. [3350] And immediately Judas the betrayer came to Jesus, and said, Peace, [26] my Master; and kissed him. [3351] And Jesus said unto him, Judas, with a kiss betrayest [27] thou the Son of man? [3352] Was it for that thou camest, my friend? And Jesus said [28] to those that came unto him, Whom seek ye? [3353] They said unto him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said unto them, I am he. And Judas the betrayer also was standing [29] with them. [3354] And when Jesus said unto them, I am he, they retreated backward, and [30] fell to the ground. [3355] And Jesus asked them again, Whom seek ye? They answered, [31] Jesus the Nazarene. [3356] Jesus said unto them, I told you that I am he: and if ye seek [32] me, let these go away: that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, [3357] Of those [33] [Arabic, p. 183] whom thou hast given me I lost not even one. [3358] Then came those that were with Judas, and seized Jesus, and took him.
[34] [3359] And when his disciples saw what happened, they said, Our Lord, shall we smite [35] them with swords? [3360] And Simon Cephas had a sword, and he drew it, and struck the servant of the chief priest, and cut off his right ear. And the name of that servant [36] was Malchus. [3361] Jesus said unto Cephas, The cup which my Father hath given [37] me, shall I not drink it? [3362] Put the sword into its sheath: for all that take with [3363] the [38] sword shall die by the sword. [3364] Thinkest [3365] thou that I am not able to ask of my [39] Father, and he shall now raise up for me more than [3366] twelve tribes of angels? [3367] Then [40] how should the scriptures which were spoken be fulfilled, that thus it must be? [3368] Your [41] leave in this. [3369] [3370] And he touched the ear of him that was struck, and healed it. And in that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, As they come out against a thief are ye come out against me with swords and staves to take me? Daily was I with you in [42] the temple sitting teaching, and ye took me not: [3371] but this is your hour, and the power [43] of darkness. [3372] And that was, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
[44] [3373] Then the disciples all left him, and fled. And the footsoldiers and the officers [45] and the soldiers [3374] of the Jews seized Jesus, and came. [3375] And a certain [3376] young man [46] followed him, and he was wrapped in a towel, naked: [3377] and they seized him; so he [47] [Arabic, p. 184] left the towel, and fled naked. [3378] Then they took Jesus, and bound him, and brought him to Annas first; because he was the father in law of Caiaphas, [48] who was chief priest that year. [3379] And Caiaphas was he that counselled the Jews, that it was necessary that one man should die instead of the people.
[49] [3380] And Simon Cephas and one of the other disciples followed Jesus. And the chief [50] priest knew that disciple, and he entered with Jesus into the court; [3381] but Simon was standing without at the door. And that other disciple, whom the chief priest knew, [51] went out and spake unto her that kept the door, and she brought Simon in. [3382] And when the maid that kept the door saw Simon, she looked stedfastly at him, and said unto him, Art not thou also one of the disciples of this man, I mean Jesus the [52] Nazarene? [3383] But he denied, and said, Woman, I know him not, neither know I even [53] what thou sayest. [3384] And the servants and the soldiers rose, and made a fire in the [54] middle of the court, that they might warm themselves; for it was cold. [3385] And when [55] the fire burned up, they sat down around it. [3386] And Simon also came, and sat down with them to warm himself, that he might see the end of what should happen.
[3309] John xviii. 1.
[3310] Matt. xxvi. 36.
[3311] Vat. ms. has and on.
[3312] The word rendered plain (cf. Dozy, Supplement, sub voc.), which occurs also in the text of Ibn-at-Tayyib (loc. cit., f. 362b), properly means lake. The word in the Jerusalem Lectionary means valley as well as stream. For the whole clause cf. the text of John xviii. in Die vier Evangelien, arabisch, aus der Wiener Handschrift, edited by P. de Lagarde, 1864.
[3313] cf. Sinaitic Syriac and Luke xxii. 39.
[3314] John xviii. 2.
[3315] Luke xxii. 40a; Matt. xxvi. 36b.
[3316] Luke xxii. 40b; Matt. xxvi. 37.
[3317] Matt. xxvi. 38.
[3318] Luke xxii. 41a.
[3319] Mark xiv. 35b.
[3320] Lit. fell on his knees.
[3321] Lit. let this hour pass. The Borg. ms. omits him.
[3322] Mark xiv. 36a.
[3323] Luke xxii. 42b.
[3324] Matt. xxvi. 40a; Mark xiv. 37b.
[3325] Matt. xxvi. 40b.
[3326] Matt. xxvi. 41a; Matt. xiv. 38b.
[3327] Lit. diseased. The Arabic word is rare in the sense required by the context (cf. Pesh.).
[3328] Matt. xxvi. 42.
[3329] This reading would perhaps more easily arise out of the Sinaitic than out of the Peshitta.
[3330] Mark xiv. 40.
[3331] Matt. xxvi. 44.
[3332] Luke xxii. 43.
[3333] Luke xxii. 44.
[3334] cf. Peshitta. Or, And although he was afraid.
[3335] The Peshitta (hardly Cur.) is capable of this interpretation.
[3336] cf. Syr., especially Peshitta.
[3337] Luke xxii. 45a.
[3338] Luke xxii. 46; Matt. xxvi. 45b.
[3339] Mark xiv. 41b.
[3340] cf. Syr., especially Peshitta.
[3341] Mark xiv. 42a; Matt. xxvi. 46b.
[3342] cf. § 4, 20, note.
[3343] Matt. xxvi. 47.
[3344] John xviii. 3.
[3345] cf. John xviii. 3 (Jerusalem Lectionary). In Syriac Romans means soldiers. The Arabic footsoldiers might be man (singular).
[3346] Matt. xxvi. 48; Mark xiv. 44b.
[3347] cf. Syriac versions. Obviously we must supply a diacritical point over the last radical, or read the middle one as dhal.
[3348] Lit. him to --. Borg. ms. probably means bear him away.
[3349] John xviii. 4a.
[3350] Matt. xxvi. 49; Matt. xxvi. 50a.
[3351] Luke xxii. 48b.
[3352] Matt. xxvi. 50b; Luke xxii. 52a, c.
[3353] John xviii. 4b; John xviii. 5.
[3354] John xviii. 6.
[3355] John xviii. 7.
[3356] John xviii. 8.
[3357] John xviii. 9.
[3358] Matt. xxvi. 50c.
[3359] Luke xxii. 49.
[3360] John xviii. 10.
[3361] John xviii. 11a.
[3362] John xviii. 11c; Matt. xxvi. 52b.
[3363] Withis doubtless an accidental repetition of by (the same Arabic particle) in the next clause.
[3364] Matt. xxvi. 53.
[3365] The introductory interrogative particle may represent an original Or.
[3366] Vat. ms. omits than, and has more only in the margin by another hand.
[3367] Matt. xxvi. 54.
[3368] Luke xxii. 51b.
[3369] The phrase is awkward. The rendering is different in the text (f. 292a, cf. Lagarde, Die vier Evv.), and yet again in the comment (f. 293a) of Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary.
[3370] Matt. xxvi. 55.
[3371] Luke xxii. 53b.
[3372] Matt. xxvi. 56.
[3373] John xviii. 12a.
[3374] cf. § 11, 11.
[3375] Mark xiv. 51.
[3376] Lit. one.
[3377] Mark xiv. 52.
[3378] John xviii. 12b; John xviii. 13.
[3379] John xviii. 14.
[3380] John xviii. 15.
[3381] John xviii. 16.
[3382] John xviii. 17a.
[3383] Luke xxii. 57; Mark xiv. 68b.
[3384] John xviii. 18a.
[3385] Luke xxii. 55a.
[3386] John xviii. 18c; Matt. xxvi. 58b.
Section XLIX.
[1, 2] [3387] And the chief priest asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his doctrine. [3388] [3389] And Jesus said unto him, I was speaking [3390] openly to the people; and I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews gather; and I have spoken nothing in [3] [Arabic, p. 185] secret. [3391] Why askest thou me? ask those that have heard, what I spake unto [4] them: for they know all that I said. [3392] And when he had said that, one of the soldiers which were standing there struck the cheek [3393] of Jesus, and said unto him, [5] Dost thou thus answer the chief priest? [3394] Jesus answered and said unto him, If I [6] have spoken evil, bear witness of evil: [3395] but if well, why didst thou smite me? [3396] And Annas sent Jesus bound unto Caiaphas the chief priest.
[7] [3397] And when Jesus went out, Simon Cephas was standing in the outer court warming [8] himself. [3398] And that maid saw him again, and began to say to those that stood [9] by, This man also was there with Jesus the Nazarene. [3399] And those that stood by [10] came forward and said to Cephas, Truly thou art one of his disciples. [3400] And he [11] denied again with an oath, I know not the man. [3401] And after a little one of the servants of the chief priest, the kinsman of him whose ear Simon cut off, saw him; and [12] he disputed [3402] and said, Truly this man was with him: [3403] and he also is a Galilæan; [13] and his speech resembles. [3404] [3405] And he said unto Simon, Did not I see thee with him [14] in the garden? [3406] Then began Simon to curse, [3407] and to swear, I know not this man [15] whom ye have mentioned. [3408] And immediately, while he was speaking, the cock crew [16] twice. [3409] And in that hour Jesus turned, he being without, and looked stedfastly at Cephas. And Simon remembered the word of our Lord, which he said unto him, [17, 18] [3410] Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. [3411] And Simon went forth without, and wept bitterly.
[19] [Arabic, p. 186] [3412] And when the morning approached, the servants of all the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people and all the multitude assembled, [20, 21] and made a plot; [3413] and they took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. [3414] And they sought false witnesses who should witness against him, that they might put him to [22, 23] death, and they found not; [3415] but many false witnesses came, [3416] but their witness did not [24, 25] agree. [3417] But at last there came two lying witnesses, [3418] and said, We heard him say, I will destroy this [3419] temple of God that is made with hands, and will build another not [26, 27] made with hands after three days. [3420] And not even so did their witness agree. But Jesus was silent. [3421] And the chief priest rose in the midst, and asked Jesus, and said, [28] [3422] Answerest thou not a word concerning anything? what do these [3423] witness against [29, 30] thee? [3424] But Jesus was silent, and answered him nothing. [3425] And they took him up [31] into their assembly, [3426] and said unto him, If thou art the Messiah, tell us. [3427] He said [32] unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe me: [3428] and if I ask you, ye will not answer [33] me a word, nor let me go. [3429] And the chief priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Messiah, the [34, 35] Son of the living God. [3430] Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said that I am he. [3431] They all said unto him, Then thou art now the Son of God? Jesus said, Ye have said [36] that I am he. [3432] I say unto you, that henceforth ye shall see the Son of man sitting [37] [Arabic, p. 187] at the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. [3433] Then the [38] chief priest rent his tunic, [3434] and said, He hath blasphemed. [3435] And they all said, Why should we seek now witnesses? we have heard now the blasphemy from his mouth. [39, 40] What then think ye? [3436] They all answered and said, He is worthy of death. [3437] Then some of them drew near, and spat in his face, and struck him, and scoffed at him. [41] [3438] And the soldiers struck him on his cheeks, [3439] and said, Prophesy unto us, thou Messiah: [42] who is he that struck thee? [3440] And many other things spake they falsely, [3441] and said against him.