Section XXII.

[1] 1461    Luke v. 12.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.  1462    Mark i. 41.And Jesus had mercy upon him, and stretched forth his hand, and [3] touched him, and said, I will cleanse1463    Lit. to cleanse. thee.  1464    Mark i. 42.And immediately his leprosy departed [4] from him, and he was cleansed.  1465    Mark i. 43.And he sternly charged him, and sent him out, [5] [Arabic, p. 85] and said unto him, 1466    Mark i. 44.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.  1467    Mark i. 45a.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.  1468    Luke v. 15.And much people came unto him from one place and another,1469    This phrase does not occur in the Syriac versions (Cur. wanting), but is obviously a Syriac construction. to hear [8] his word, and that they might be healed of their pains.  1470    Luke v. 16.And he used to withdraw from them into the desert, and pray.

[9] 1471    John v. 1.And after that, was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

[10] 1472    John v. 2.And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for bathing,1473    Or, baptism.  The phrase almost exactly reproduces the Syriac versions. which was called in [11] Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches.  1474    John v. 3.And there were laid in them much people of the sick, and blind, and lame, and paralysed, waiting for the moving [12] of the water.  1475    John v. 4.And the angel from time to time went down into the place of bathing,1476    Or, baptism.  The phrase almost exactly reproduces the Syriac versions. and moved the water; and the first that went down after the moving [13] of the water, every pain that he had was healed.  1477    John v. 5.And a man was there who had a [14] disease for thirty-eight years.  1478    John v. 6.And Jesus saw this man laid, and knew1479    Or, learned. that he had [15] been thus a long time; and he said unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?  1480    John v. 7.That diseased one answered and said, Yea, my Lord, I have no man, when the water moveth, to put me into the bathing-place; but when I come, another goeth down before [16, 17] me.  1481    John v. 8.Jesus said unto him, Rise, take thy bed, and walk.  1482    John v. 9.And immediately that man was healed; and he rose, and carried his bed, and walked.

[18] 1483    John v. 10.And that day was a sabbath.  And when the Jews saw that healed one, they1484    Vat. ms. has he. said [19] unto him, It is a sabbath:  thou hast no authority to carry thy bed.  1485    John v. 11.And he answered and said unto them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take thy bed, [20] [Arabic, p. 86] and walk.  1486    John v. 12.They asked him therefore, Who is this man that said unto thee, [21] Take thy bed, and walk?  1487    John v. 13.But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had removed from that place to another, because of the press of the great multitude [22] which was in that place.  1488    John v. 14.And after two days Jesus happened upon him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art whole:  sin not again, lest there come upon [23] thee what is worse than the first.  1489    John v. 15.And that man went, and said to the Jews that it [24] was Jesus that had healed him.  1490    John v. 16.And because of that the Jews persecuted Jesus and [25] sought to kill him, because he was doing this on the sabbath.  1491    John v. 17.And Jesus said unto [26] them, My Father worketh until now, and I also work.  1492    John v. 18.And because of this especially the Jews sought to kill him, not because he profaned the sabbath only; but for his saying also that God was his Father, and his making himself equal with God.  [27] 1493    John v. 19.Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son cannot do anything of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; what the Father doeth, [28] that the Son also doeth like him.  1494    John v. 20.The Father loveth his Son, and everything that he doeth he sheweth him:  and more than these works will he shew him, that ye [29] may marvel.  1495    John v. 21.And as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, so the Son [30] also giveth life to whomsoever he will.  1496    John v. 22.And the Father judgeth no man, but hath [31] given all judgement unto the Son; 1497    John v. 23.that every man may honour the Son, as he honoureth the Father.  And he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which [32] sent him.  1498    John v. 24.Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever heareth my word, and believeth in him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgement, but passeth from [33] [Arabic, p. 87] death unto life.  1499    John v. 25.Verily, verily, I say unto you, An hour shall come, and now is also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those [34] which hear shall live.  1500    John v. 26.And as the Father hath life in himself,1501    Borg. ms. reads his person. likewise he gave to [35] the Son also that he might have life in himself,1502    Borg. ms. reads his person.  1503    John v. 27.and authority to do judgement also, [36] because1504    Lit. that; or, Verily. he is the Son of man.  1505    John v. 28.Marvel not then at that:  I mean the coming of the hour when all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come forth:  [37] 1506    John v. 29.those that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those that have done evil deeds, to the resurrection of judgement.

[38] 1507    John v. 30.I am not able of myself to do anything; but as I hear, I judge:  and my judgement [39] is just; I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.  1508    John v. 31.I1509    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. bear witness [40] of myself, and so1510    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. my witness is not true.  1511    John v. 32.It is another that beareth witness [41] of me; and I know that the witness which he beareth of me is true.  1512    John v. 33.Ye have sent [42] unto John, and he hath borne witness of the truth.  1513    John v. 34.But not from man do I seek [43] witness; but I say that ye may live.1514    Or, be saved.  1515    John v. 35.That1516    Or, that (man). was a lamp which shineth and [44] giveth light:  and ye were pleased to glory now1517    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.). in his light.  1518    John v. 36.But I have witness greater than that of John:  the works which my Father hath given me to accomplish, [45] those works which I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.  1519    John v. 37.And the Father which sent me, he hath borne witness of me.  Ye have neither heard his [46] voice at any time, nor seen his appearance.  1520    John v. 38.And his word abideth not in you; because [47] in him whom he hath sent ye do not believe.  1521    John v. 39.Search the scriptures, in which ye rejoice1522    This word (often used by our translator) means in Syriac (transposed) believe, think, hope (cf. § 8, 8, note). [48] that ye have eternal life; 1523    John v. 40.and they bear witness of me; and ye do not wish to come to [49, 50] [Arabic, p. 88] me, that ye may have eternal life.  1524    John v. 41.I seek not praise of men.  1525    John v. 42.But I know [51] you, that the love of God is not in you.  1526    John v. 43.I am come in the name of my Father, and ye received me not; but if another come in his own name, that one will [52] ye receive.  1527    John v. 44.And how can ye believe, while ye receive praise one from another, and [53] praise from God, the One, ye seek not?  1528    John v. 45.Can it be that ye think that I will accuse you before the Father?  Ye have one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom ye have [54] rejoiced.1529    This word (often used by our translator) means in Syriac (transposed) believe, think, hope (cf. § 8, 8, note).  1530    John v. 46.If ye believed Moses, ye would believe me also; Moses wrote of me.  [55] 1531    John v. 47.And if ye believed not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?