Chapter 1.
Having called a council, the high priests and
scribes Annas and Caiaphas and Semes and Dathaes, and Gamaliel, Judas,
Levi and Nephthalim, Alexander and Jaïrus,1804
| 1804 There is in
themss. great variation as to these
names. |
and the
rest of the
Jews, came to
Pilate accusing
Jesus about many
things, saying: We know this man to be the son of
Joseph the
carpenter,
born of
Mary; and he says that he is the Son of
God, and a
king; moreover, he
profanes the
Sabbath, and wishes to do away with the
law of our fathers.
Pilate says: And what are the things
which he does, to show that he wishes to do away with it?
1805
| 1805 Lit., and wishes to
do away with it. |
The
Jews say: We have a
law
not to
cure any one on the
Sabbath; but this man
1806
| 1806 Compare with this,
Lactantius, iv. 17. The Jews brought charges against Jesus, that
He did away with the law of God given by Moses; that is, that He did
not rest on the Sabbath, etc. |
has on the
Sabbath cured the
lame and the
crooked, the withered and the
blind and the paralytic, the
dumb and the
demoniac, by
evil practices.
Pilate says to them: What
evil
practices? They say to him: He is a magician, and by
Beelzebul
prince of the
demons he casts out the
demons, and all are
subject to him.
Pilate says to them: This is not casting
out the
demons by an
unclean spirit, but by the
god
Æsculapius.
The Jews say
to Pilate: we entreat your highness that he stand at thy
tribunal, and be heard.1807
| 1807 Another reading
is: We entreat your highness to go into the prætorium, and
question him. For Jesus was standing outside with the crowd. |
And
Pilate having called them, says: Tell me how I, being a
procurator, can try a king? They say to him: We do not say
that he is a king, but he himself says that he is. And
Pilate
having called the runner, says to him: Let
Jesus be brought in
with respect. And the runner going out, and recognising Him,
adored Him, and took his cloak into his
hand, and spread it on the
ground, and says to him: My
lord,
walk on this, and come in, for
the procurator calls thee. And the
Jews seeing what the runner
had done,
cried out against
Pilate, saying: Why hast thou ordered
him to come in by a runner, and not by a crier? for assuredly the
runner, when he saw him, adored him, and spread his doublet on the
ground, and made him
walk like a king.
And Pilate having called the runner, says to
him: Why hast thou done this, and spread out thy cloak upon the
earth, and made Jesus walk upon it? The runner says to him:
My lord procurator, when thou didst send me to Jerusalem to
Alexander,1808
I saw him
sitting upon an ass, and the sons of the Hebrews held
branches in their
hands, and shouted; and other spread their
clothes under him saying,
Save now, thou who art in the highest:
blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the
Lord.
1809
The Jews cry out, and say to the runner: The
sons of the Hebrews shouted in Hebrew; whence then hast thou the
Greek? The runner says to them: I asked one of the Jews,
and said, What is it they are shouting in Hebrew? And he
interpreted it for me. Pilate says to them: And what did
they shout in Hebrew? The Jews say to him: Hosanna membrome Baruchamma Adonaï.1810
Pilate says to them: And this
hosanna, etc., how is it
interpreted? The
Jews say to him:
Save now in the highest;
blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
Lord.
Pilate says to them: If you bear witness to the words
spoken by the
children, in what has the runner done wrong? And
they were
silent. And the procurator says to the runner: Go
out, and bring him in what way thou wilt. And the runner going
out, did in the same manner as before, and says to
Jesus: My
lord, come in; the procurator calleth thee.
And Jesus going in, and the standard-bearers
holding their standards, the tops of the standards were bent down, and
adored Jesus. And the Jews seeing the bearing of the standards,
how they were bent down and adored Jesus, cried1811
| 1811 Another reading
is: Annas and Caiaphas and Joseph, the three false witnesses,
began to cry out, etc. |
out vehemently against the standard-bearers. And
Pilate says to
the
Jews: Do you not wonder how the tops of the standards were
bent down, and adored
Jesus? The
Jews say to
Pilate: We saw
how the standard-bearers bent them down, and adored him. And the
procurator having called the standard-bearers, says to them: Why
have you done this? They say to
Pilate: We are
Greeks and
temple-
slaves, and how could we adore him? and assuredly, as we were
holding them up, the tops bent down of their own
accord, and adored
him.
Pilate says to the rulers of the synagogue and the
elders of the people: Do you choose for yourselves men strong and
powerful, and let them hold up the standards, and let us see whether
they will bend down with them. And the elders of the Jews picked
out twelve men powerful and strong, and made them hold up the standards
six by six; and they were placed in front of the procurator’s
tribunal. And Pilate says to the runner: Take him outside
of the prætorium, and bring him in again in whatever way may
please thee. And Jesus and the runner went out of the
prætorium. And Pilate, summoning those who had formerly held
up the standards, says to them: I have sworn by the health of
Cæsar, that if the standards do not bend down when Jesus comes in,
I will cut off your heads. And the procurator ordered Jesus to
come in the second time. And the runner did in the same manner as
before, and made many entreaties to Jesus to walk on his cloak.
And He walked on it, and went in. And as He went in, the
standards were again bent down, and adored Jesus.
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