Section XLI.

[1] 2727    Matt. xxiii. 34.Therefore, 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    cf. 8, 34. from city to [2] city:  2729    Matt. xxiii. 35.that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground2730    Or, earth. from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple2731    Or, sanctuary. and the altar.  [3] 2732    Matt. xxiii. 36.Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.2733    See § 1, 49, note.

[4] [Arabic, p. 155] 2734    Matt. xxiii. 37.O 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!  2735    Matt. xxiii. 38.Your house shall [6] be left over you desolate.  2736    Matt. xxiii. 39.Verily 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] 2737    John xii. 42.And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they [8] were not confessing him, lest they be put2738    Lit. become. out of the synagogue:  2739    John xii. 43.and they loved [9] the praise of men more than the praising of God.  2740    John xii. 44.And Jesus cried and said, [10] Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me.  2741    John xii. 45.And [11] whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me.  2742    John xii. 46.I am come a light2743    The text as it stands ought to mean I am a light.  I am come; but it is a word-for-word reproduction of the Peshitta, and should therefore doubtless be rendered as above. into the [12] world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness.  2744    John xii. 47.And 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    Or, to save the world (cf. § 1, 78, note). 2746    John xii. 48.Whosoever wrongeth2747    See § 20, 28, note. 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.  2748    John xii. 49.I from myself did not speak:  but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment,2749    Not the same word. what I should say, and what I [15] should speak; and I know that his commandment2750    Not the same word. is eternal life.  2751    John xii. 50.The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.

[16] 2752    Luke xi. 53.And 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    So Ciasca, following Vat. ms.  The true reading, however, is probably that underlying the Borg. ms.  If we restore diacritical points to the radical letters we get deceiving (cf. § 41, 31), an alternative meaning (or the word laying wait for, used in the Peshitta.  The Arabic follows the Peshitta very closely in this and the following verse. him [17] in many things; 2754    Luke xi. 54.seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.

[18] 2755    Luke xii. 1.And 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.  2756    Luke xii. 2.For there is nothing [20] concealed, that shall not be revealed:  nor hid, that shall not be known.  2757    Luke xii. 3.Everything 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] 2758    John xii. 36b.This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them.  2759    John xii. 37.But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him:  2760    John xii. 38.that 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] 2761    John xii. 39.And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,

[25] 2762    John xii. 40.They 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] 2763    John xii. 41.This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

[27] 2764    Matt. xxiv. 1.And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward [28] to shew2765    Or, and shewed. him the buildings of the temple, 2766    Mark xiii. 1b; Luke xxi. 5b.and 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.  2767    Matt. xxiv. 2a.Jesus answered and said [30] unto them, See ye these great buildings? 2768    Luke xix. 43a; Luke xix. 44b [or rather Matt. xxiv. 2b, or Mark xiii. 2b].verily 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] 2769    Mark xiv. 1.And two days before2770    Lit. before two days would be (cf. Sin. and above, § 39, 1, note). the passover of unleavened bread, the chief priests and [32] the scribes sought how they might take him by deceit,2771    cf. § 41, 16, note. and kill him:  2772    Mark xiv. 2.and they said, It shall not be at the feast, lest the people be agitated.

[33] 2773    Mark xiii. 3.And 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, 2774    Luke xxi. 7b; Matt. xxiv. 3b.Teacher, tell us when that shall be, and what is the sign [35] [Arabic, p. 157] of thy coming and the end of the world.  2775    Matt. xxiv. 4a; Luke xvii. 22b; Matt. xxiv. 4b.Jesus answered and said unto them, Days will come, when ye shall long to see one of the days of the Son of [36, 37] 2776    Matt. xxiv. 5a.man, and shall not behold.  2777    Luke xxi. 8b.Take heed lest any man lead you astray.  Many shall [38] come in my name, and say, I am the Messiah; 2778    Mark xiii. 6b; Luke xxi. 8c.and they shall say, The time is come [39] near, and shall lead many astray:  go not therefore after them.  2779    Mark xiii. 7a; Matt. xxiv. 7b; Luke xxi. 9b.And when ye hear of wars and tidings of insurrections, see to it, be2780    Or, that ye be, if we suppose the present text to have resulted from the loss of the second of two alifs. not agitated:  for these things must [40] first be; only the end is not yet come.  2781    Matt. xxiv. 7a.Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom [41] against kingdom:  2782    Luke xxi. 11.and 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    Or, omit that. shall appear from heaven, and there shall be great [42, 43] storms   2784    Matt. xxiv. 8.All these things are the beginning of travail.  2785    Luke xxi. 12.But before all of that, they shall lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you unto the synagogues [44] and into prisons, and bring you before kings and judges for my name’s sake.  2786    Luke xxi. 13.And [45] that shall be unto you for a witness.  2787    Mark xiii. 10.But first must my gospel be preached unto all [46] nations.  2788    Luke xii. 11.And when they bring you into the synagogues before the rulers and the authorities, be not anxious beforehand how ye shall answer for yourselves, or what ye [47, 48] shall say:  2789    Mark xiii. 11b.because it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.  2790    Luke xxi. 14.Lay it to your heart, not [49] [Arabic, p. 158] to be anxious before the time what ye shall say:  2791    Luke xxi. 15.and I shall2792    The Arabic text lacks a letter. give you understanding and wisdom,2793    Borg. ms. reads you the fruits of wisdom. which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay.  [50] 2794    Matt. xxiv. 9.And then shall they deliver you unto constraint, and shall kill you:  and ye shall be [51] hated of all nations because of my name.  2795    Matt. xxiv. 30.And then shall many go astray,2796    See § 25, 17, note. and they [52] shall hate one another, and deliver one another unto death.  2797    Luke xxi. 16.And your parents, and your brethren, and your kinsfolk, and your friends shall deliver you up, and shall [53, 54] slay some of you.  2798    Luke xxi. 18.But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish.  2799    Luke xxi. 19.And by [55] your patience ye shall gain2800    Or, possess. your souls.  2801    Matt. xxiv. 11.And many men,2802    So the Arabic text; but it doubtless simply represents the Syriac, which here agrees with the Greek. false prophets, shall arise, [56] and lead many astray.  2803    Matt. xxiv. 12.And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many [57] shall wax cold.  2804    Matt. xxiv. 13.But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.  2805    Matt. xxiv. 14.And [58] this, the2806    So the Arabic text; but it doubtless simply represents the Syriac, which here agrees with the Greek. gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all.