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Section LI.

[1] [Arabic, p. 192] ³⁵³³

³⁵³³ John xix. 13.
And when Pilate heard this saying, he took Jesus out, and sat on the tribune in the place which was called the pavement of stones, but in the Hebrew [2] called Gabbatha. ³⁵³⁴

³⁵³⁴ John xix. 14.
And that day was the Friday of the passover: and it had reached [3] about the sixth hour.³⁵³⁵

³⁵³⁵ Lit. six hours.
³⁵³⁶

³⁵³⁶ John xix. 15.
And he said to the Jews, Behold, your King! And they cried out, Take him, take him, crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests said unto him, We have no king except [4] Cæsar. ³⁵³⁷

³⁵³⁷ Matt. xxvii. 24.
And Pilate, when he saw it, and³⁵³⁸

³⁵³⁸ Or, that.
he was gaining nothing, but the tumult was increasing, took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said, I [5] am innocent of the blood of this innocent man: ye shall know.³⁵³⁹

³⁵³⁹ cf. Peshitta. Or, Ye know (cf. Sinaitic).
³⁵⁴⁰

³⁵⁴⁰ Matt. xxvii. 25.
And all the people [6] answered and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. ³⁵⁴¹

³⁵⁴¹ John xix. 16a.
Then Pilate commanded to grant them their request; and delivered up Jesus to be crucified, according to their wish.

[7] ³⁵⁴²

³⁵⁴² Matt. xxvii. 3.
Then Judas the betrayer, when he saw Jesus wronged, went and returned the [8] thirty pieces of money to the chief priests and the elders, ³⁵⁴³

³⁵⁴³ Matt. xxvii. 4.
and said, I have sinned in my betraying innocent blood. And they said unto him, And we, what must we do? [9] know thou. ³⁵⁴⁴

³⁵⁴⁴ Matt. xxvii. 5.
And he threw down the money in the temple, and departed; and he [10] went away³⁵⁴⁵

³⁵⁴⁵ Borg. ms. omits and he went away.
and hanged³⁵⁴⁶

³⁵⁴⁶ Lit. strangled.
himself. ³⁵⁴⁷

³⁵⁴⁷ Matt. xxvii. 6.
And the chief priests took the money, and said, We have not authority to cast it into the place of the offering,³⁵⁴⁸

³⁵⁴⁸ cf. § 32, 15, note.
for it is the price [11] of blood. ³⁵⁴⁹

³⁵⁴⁹ Matt. xxvii. 7.
And they took counsel, and bought with it the plain of the potter, for [12] the burial of strangers. ³⁵⁵⁰

³⁵⁵⁰ Matt. xxvii. 8.
Therefore that plain was called, The field of blood, unto [13] [Arabic, p. 193] this day. ³⁵⁵¹

³⁵⁵¹ Matt. xxvii. 9.
Therein³⁵⁵²

³⁵⁵² Or, at that (time).
was fulfilled the saying in the prophet which said, I took thirty pieces of money, the price of the precious one, which was fixed [14] by the children of Israel; ³⁵⁵³

³⁵⁵³ Matt. xxvii. 10.
and I paid them for the plain of the potter, as the Lord commanded me.

[15] ³⁵⁵⁴

³⁵⁵⁴ John xix. 16b; Mark xv. 20b.
And the Jews took Jesus, and went away to crucify him. ³⁵⁵⁵

³⁵⁵⁵ John xix. 17a; Matt. xxvii. 31b.
And when he bare his [16] cross and went out, they stripped him of those purple and scarlet garments which he [17] had on, and put on him his own garments. ³⁵⁵⁶

³⁵⁵⁶ Matt. xxvii. 32a; Mark xv. 21b.
And while they were going with him, they found a man, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, named Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus: ³⁵⁵⁷

³⁵⁵⁷ Matt. xxvii. 32b.
and they compelled this man to bear the cross of Jesus. [18] ³⁵⁵⁸

³⁵⁵⁸ Luke xxiii. 26b.
And they took the cross and laid it upon him, that he might bear it, and come after Jesus; and Jesus went, and his cross behind him.

[19] ³⁵⁵⁹

³⁵⁵⁹ Luke xxiii. 27.
And there followed him much people, and women which were lamenting and [20] raving.³⁵⁶⁰

³⁵⁶⁰ Lit. being burned. The text is probably corrupt.
³⁵⁶¹

³⁵⁶¹ Luke xxiii. 28.
But Jesus turned unto them and said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not [21] for me: weep for yourselves, and for your children. ³⁵⁶²

³⁵⁶² Luke xxiii. 29.
Days are coming, when they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that bare not, and the breasts [22] that gave not suck. ³⁵⁶³

³⁵⁶³ Luke xxiii. 30.
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and [23] to the hills, Cover us. ³⁵⁶⁴

³⁵⁶⁴ Luke xxiii. 31.
For if they do so in the green tree,³⁵⁶⁵

³⁵⁶⁵ Lit. wood (cf. Syr. and Greek).
what shall be in the dry?

[24] ³⁵⁶⁶

³⁵⁶⁶ Luke xxiii. 32.
And they brought with Jesus two others of the malefactors,³⁵⁶⁷

³⁵⁶⁷ Or, others, malefactors.
to be put to death.

[25] ³⁵⁶⁸

³⁵⁶⁸ Luke xxiii. 33a; John xix. 17c.
And when they came unto a certain place called The skull, and called in the Hebrew Golgotha, they crucified him there: ³⁵⁶⁹

³⁵⁶⁹ Luke xxiii. 33b.
they crucified with him these two [26] malefactors, one on his right, and the other on his left. ³⁵⁷⁰

³⁵⁷⁰ Mark xv. 28.
And the scripture was [27] [Arabic, p. 194] fulfilled, which saith, He was numbered with the transgressors. ³⁵⁷¹

³⁵⁷¹ Mark xv. 23a.
And they gave him to drink wine and myrrh, and vinegar which had been mixed with the myrrh; ³⁵⁷²

³⁵⁷² Matt. xxvii. 34b; Mark xv. 23b.
and he tasted, and would not drink; and he received it not.

[28] ³⁵⁷³

³⁵⁷³ John xix. 23.
And the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and cast lots for them in four parts, to every party of the soldiers a part; and his tunic was [29] without sewing, from the top woven throughout. ³⁵⁷⁴

³⁵⁷⁴ John xix. 24.
And they said one to another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: and the scripture was fulfilled, which saith,

They divided my garments among them,

And cast the lot for my vesture.

[30, 31] ³⁵⁷⁵

³⁵⁷⁵ Matt. xxvii. 36.
This the soldiers did. And they sat and guarded him there. ³⁵⁷⁶

³⁵⁷⁶ John xix. 19.
And Pilate wrote on a tablet the cause of his death, and put it on the wood of the cross above his head.³⁵⁷⁷

³⁵⁷⁷ Matt. xxvii. 37.
And there was written upon it thus: This is Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the [32] Jews. ³⁵⁷⁸

³⁵⁷⁸ John xix. 20.
And this tablet³⁵⁷⁹

³⁵⁷⁹ A different word from that in the preceding verse; in each case, the word used in the Peshitta (Cur. and Sin. lacking).
read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin. [33] ³⁵⁸⁰

³⁵⁸⁰ John xix. 21.
And the chief priests said unto Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but, He it is [34] that³⁵⁸¹

³⁵⁸¹ The Syriac words, retained in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (f. 366a), seem to have been transposed. Vat. ms. omits he, probably meaning but that he said.
said, I am the King of the Jews. ³⁵⁸²

³⁵⁸² John xix. 22.
Pilate said unto them, What hath been [35] written hath been written.³⁵⁸³

³⁵⁸³ In a carelessly written Arabic ms. there is almost no difference between hath been written and I have written, as it is in Ibn-at-Tayyib (loc. cit., f. 366a).
³⁵⁸⁴

³⁵⁸⁴ Luke xxiii. 35a; Matt. xxvii. 39.
And the people were standing beholding; and they [36] that passed by were reviling³⁵⁸⁵

³⁵⁸⁵ cf. § 7, 17, note. Borg. ms. has jesting at.
him, and shaking³⁵⁸⁶

³⁵⁸⁶ The Arabic text has deriding (cf. § 51, 37). Either with is accidentally omitted, or, more probably, we should correct the spelling to shaking (cf. Syriac versions).
their heads, and saying, ³⁵⁸⁷

³⁵⁸⁷ Matt. xxvii. 40a; Mark xv. 29.
Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, ³⁵⁸⁸

³⁵⁸⁸ Matt. xxvii. 40c.
save thyself if thou art the Son [37] of God, and come down from the cross. ³⁵⁸⁹

³⁵⁸⁹ Matt. xxvii. 41.
And in like manner the chief priests and the [Arabic, p. 195] scribes and the elders and the Pharisees derided him, and laughed one with [38, 39] another, and said, ³⁵⁹⁰

³⁵⁹⁰ Matt. xxvii. 42a.
The saviour of others cannot save himself. ³⁵⁹¹

³⁵⁹¹ Luke xxiii. 35c; Matt. xxvii. 42c.
If he is the Messiah, the chosen of God, and the King of Israel,³⁵⁹²

³⁵⁹² Verse 37 or Mt.
let him come down now from the [40] cross, that we may see, and believe in him. ³⁵⁹³

³⁵⁹³ Matt. xxvii. 43.
He that relieth on God—let him deliver him [41] now, if he is pleased with him: for he said, I am the Son of God. ³⁵⁹⁴

³⁵⁹⁴ Luke xxiii. 36.
And the soldiers [42] also scoffed at him in that they came near unto him, ³⁵⁹⁵

³⁵⁹⁵ Luke xxiii. 37.
and brought him vinegar, and [43] said unto him, If thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself. ³⁵⁹⁶

³⁵⁹⁶ Matt. xxvii. 44.
And likewise the two robbers³⁵⁹⁷

³⁵⁹⁷ Borg. ms. has boys (an easy clerical error).
also that were crucified with him reproached him.

[44] ³⁵⁹⁸

³⁵⁹⁸ Luke xxiii. 39.
And one of those two malefactors who were crucified with him reviled him, and [45] said, If thou art the Messiah, save thyself, and save us also. ³⁵⁹⁹

³⁵⁹⁹ Luke xxiii. 40.
But his comrade rebuked him, and said, Dost thou not even fear God, being thyself also in this [46] condemnation? ³⁶⁰⁰

³⁶⁰⁰ Luke xxiii. 41.
And we with justice, and as we deserved, and according to our deed,³⁶⁰¹

³⁶⁰¹ Our deed might be read we have done, and perhaps our translator’s style would justify our writing as for to.
have we been rewarded: but this man hath not done anything unlawful. [47] ³⁶⁰²

³⁶⁰² Luke xxiii. 42.
And he said unto Jesus, Remember me, my Lord, when thou comest in thy kingdom. [48] ³⁶⁰³

³⁶⁰³ Luke xxiii. 43.
Jesus said unto him, Verily³⁶⁰⁴

³⁶⁰⁴ Borg. ms. has Verily, verily.
I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.

[49] ³⁶⁰⁵

³⁶⁰⁵ John xix. 25.
And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister,³⁶⁰⁶

³⁶⁰⁶ A single word in Arabic.
[50] Mary³⁶⁰⁷

³⁶⁰⁷ Vat. ms. has and Mary.
that was related to Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ³⁶⁰⁸

³⁶⁰⁸ John xix. 26.
And Jesus saw his mother, and that disciple whom he loved standing by; and he said to his mother, [51] Woman, behold, thy son! ³⁶⁰⁹

³⁶⁰⁹ John xix. 27.
And he said to that disciple, Behold, thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto himself.

[52] [Arabic, p. 196] ³⁶¹⁰

³⁶¹⁰ Matt. xxvii. 45a; Luke xxiii. 44b.
And from the sixth hour³⁶¹¹

³⁶¹¹ Lit six hours and nine hours respectively.
darkness was on all the land unto the ninth [53] hour,³⁶¹²

³⁶¹² Lit six hours and nine hours respectively.
and the sun became dark. ³⁶¹³

³⁶¹³ Luke xxiii. 45a; Mark xv. 34.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and said, Yail, Yaili,³⁶¹⁴

³⁶¹⁴ In Vat. ms. the second word is like the first. The syllable Ya doubtless is the Arabic interjection O!
why hast thou forsaken me? which³⁶¹⁵

³⁶¹⁵ The Borg. ms. omits from which to me.
is, My [54] God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ³⁶¹⁶

³⁶¹⁶ Matt. xxvii. 47.
And some of those that stood there, when they heard, said,³⁶¹⁷

³⁶¹⁷ Borg. ms. omits when they, and has and said.
This man called Elijah.
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