Section XXXIX.

[1] 2579And Jesus six days before the passover2580 came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, [2] whom Jesus raised from among the dead.  2581And they made2582 a feast for him there:  [3] and Martha was serving; while Lazarus was one of them that sat with him.  2583And [4] at the time of Jesus’ being at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 2584great multitudes of the Jews heard that Jesus was there:  and they came, not because of Jesus alone, but [Arabic, p. 147] that they might look also on Lazarus, whom he raised from among the dead.  [5, 6] 2585And the chief priests considered how they might kill Lazarus also; 2586because [7] many of the Jews were going on his account, and believing in Jesus.  2587And Mary took a case of the ointment of fine nard, of great price, 2588and opened it, and poured [8] it out on the head of Jesus as he was reclining; 2589and she anointed his feet, and wiped them with her hair:  and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.  [9, 10] 2590But Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples, he that was to betray him, said, 2591Why was [11] not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given unto the poor?  2592This he said, not because of his care for the poor, but because he was a thief, and the chest [12] was with him, and what was put2593 into it he used to bear.  2594And that displeased the rest of the disciples also within themselves, and they said, Why went this ointment [13] to waste?  2595It was possible that it should be sold for much, and the poor be given [14] it.  2596And they were angry with2597 Mary.  2598And Jesus perceived it, and said unto them, 2599Leave her; why molest ye her? a good work hath she accomplished on me:  2600for the [15] day of my burial kept she it.  2601At all times the poor are with you, and when ye [16] wish ye can do them a kindness:  2602but I am not at all times with you.  2603And for this cause, when she poured2604 this ointment on my body, it is as if she did it for my burial, [17] and anointed my body beforehand.  2605And verily I say unto you, In every place where this my gospel shall be proclaimed in all the world, what she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

[18, 19] [Arabic, p. 148] 2606And when Jesus said that, he went out leisurely to go to Jerusalem.  2607And when he arrived at Bethphage and at Bethany, beside the mount which is [20] called the mount of Olives, 2608Jesus sent two of his disciples, and he said unto them, Go [21] into this village that is opposite you:  2609and when ye enter it, ye shall find an ass tied, and [22] a colt with him,2610 which no man ever yet mounted:  loose him, and bring them2611 unto me.  2612And if any man say unto you, Why loose ye them? say unto him thus, We [23] seek them for our Lord; and straightway send them hither.  2613All this was, that what was said in the prophet might be fulfilled, which said,

[24] 2614Say ye unto the daughter of Zion,

Behold, thy King cometh unto thee,

Meek, and riding upon an ass,

And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

[25] 2615And the disciples did not know this at that time:  but after that Jesus was glorified, his disciples remembered that these things were written of him, and that this [26] they had done unto him.  2616And when the two disciples went, they found as he had [27] said unto them, and they did as Jesus charged them.  2617And when they loosed them, [28] their owners said unto them, Why loose ye them?  2618They said unto them, We seek [29] them for our Lord.  2619And they let them go.  And they brought the ass and the colt, [30] and they placed on the colt their garments; and Jesus mounted it.  2620And most of the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before him:  and others cut branches [31] from the trees, and threw them in the way.  2621And when he neared his2622 descent from [Arabic, p. 149] the mount of Olives, all the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God with [32] a loud voice for all the powers which they had seen; 2623and they said, Praise in the highest; Praise to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name [33] of the Lord; 2624and blessed2625 is the kingdom that cometh, that of2626 our father David:  2627Peace in heaven, and praise in the highest.

[34] 2628And a great multitude, that which came to the feast, when they heard that Jesus [35] was coming to Jerusalem, took young palm branches,26292630and went forth to meet him, and cried and said, Praise:  Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the [36] King of Israel.  2631Certain therefore of the Pharisees from among the multitudes [37] said unto him, Our Master, rebuke thy disciples.  2632He said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If these were silent, the stones would cry out.

[38, 39] 2633And when he drew near, and saw the city, he wept over it, and said, 2634Would that thou hadst known the things that are2635 for thy peace, in this thy day! now that is [40] hidden from thine eyes.  2636There shall come unto thee days when thine enemies [41] shall encompass thee, and straiten thee from every quarter, 2637and shall get possession o