Section XLI.

[1] 2727Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes:  and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute2728 from city to [2] city:  2729that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground2730 from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple2731 and the altar.  [3] 2732Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.2733

[4] [Arabic, p. 155] 2734O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as [5] a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!  2735Your house shall [6] be left over you desolate.  2736Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

[7] 2737And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they [8] were not confessing him, lest they be put2738 out of the synagogue:  2739and they loved [9] the praise of men more than the praising of God.  2740And Jesus cried and said, [10] Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me.  2741And [11] whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me.  2742I am come a light2743 into the [12] world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness.  2744And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not:  for I came [13] not to judge the world, but to give the world life.2745 2746Whosoever wrongeth2747 me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him:  the word that I spake, it [14] shall judge him at the last day.  2748I from myself did not speak:  but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,2749 what I should say, and what I [15] should speak; and I know that his commandment2750 is eternal life.  2751The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.

[16] 2752And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evil-doing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing2753 him [17] in many things; 2754seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.

[18] 2755And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode [Arabic, p. 156] one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves [19] from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.  2756For there is nothing [20] concealed, that shall not be revealed:  nor hid, that shall not be known.  2757Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs.

[21, 22] 2758This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them.  2759But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him:  2760that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,

My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us?

And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared?

[24] 2761And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,

[25] 2762They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart;

That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart,

And turn,

So that I should heal them.

[26] 2763This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

[27] 2764And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward [28] to shew2765 him the buildings of the temple, 2766and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its building, and that [29] it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours.  2767Jesus answered and said [30] unto them, See ye these great buildings? 2768verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down.

[31] 2769And two days before2770 the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and [32] the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,2771 and kill him:  2772and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.

[33] 2773And when Jesus sat on the mount of Olives opposite the temple, his disciples, Simon Cephas and James and John and Andrew, came forward unto him, and said unto him [34] between themselves and him, 2774Teacher, tell us when that shall be, and what is the sign [35] [Arabic, p. 157] of thy coming and the end of the world.  2775Jesus answered and said unto them, Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of [36, 37] 2776man, and shall not behold.  2777Take heed lest any man lead you astray.  Many shall [38] come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; 2778and they shall say, The time is come [39] near, and shall lead many astray:  go not therefore after them.  2779And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be2780 not agitated:  for these things must [40] first be; only the end is not yet come.  2781Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom [41] against kingdom:  2782and great earthquakes shall be in one place and another, and there shall be famines and deaths and agitations:  and there shall be fear and terror and great signs that2783 shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great [42, 43] sto