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Section LII.
[1] 3618
And after that,
Jesus knew that all things were finished; and that the scripture [2]
might be accomplished, he said, I thirst. 3619
And there was set a vessel full of
vinegar: and in that hour one of them hasted, and took a sponge,
and filled it with that [3] vinegar, 3620
and
fastened it on a reed, and brought it near3621
his mouth to give him a [4] drink. 3622
And
when Jesus had taken that vinegar, he said, Everything is
finished. [5] 3623
But the rest said,
Let be, that we may3624
see whether Elijah
cometh to save him. [6, 7] 3625
And Jesus said,
My Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And
Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and said, My Father, into thy
hands I commend3626
my spirit.
3627
He said that, and bowed his head, and gave up
his spirit.
[8] 3628
And immediately the
face of3629
| 3629 cf.
Syriac versions and Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary. Vat.
ms. omits the face of. | the door of the
temple was rent into two parts from [9] top to bottom; 3630
and the earth was shaken; and the stones were
split to pieces; and the [Arabic, p. 197] tombs were opened; and the
bodies of many saints which slept, arose and [10] came forth; 3631
and after his resurrection they entered into
the holy city and [11] appeared unto many. 3632
And the officer of the footsoldiers, and they
that were with him who were guarding Jesus,3633
| 3633 This sentence is a
good example of word-for-word translation of the Peshitta. |
when they saw the earthquake, and the things which came [12] to pass,
feared greatly, and praised God, and said, 3634
This man was righteous; and, [13]
Truly he was the Son of God. 3635
And all the
multitudes that were come together to the sight, when they saw what
came to pass, returned and smote upon their breasts.
[14] 3636
And the Jews, because of the Friday, said,
Let these bodies not remain on their crosses,3637
| 3637 The word is probably
plural. |
because it is the morning of the sabbath (for that sabbath was a great
day); and they asked of Pilate that they might break the legs of those
that were [15] crucified, and take them down. 3638
And the soldiers came, and brake the legs of
the [16] first, and that other which was crucified with him:
3639
but when they came to Jesus, [17] they saw
that he had died before, so they brake not his legs: 3640
but one of the soldiers pierced3641
him in his side with a spear, and
immediately there came forth blood and [18] water. 3642
And he that hath seen hath borne witness, and
his witness is true: and he [19] knoweth that he hath said the
truth, that ye also may believe. 3643
This he did, that [20] the scripture might be
fulfilled, which saith, A bone shall not be broken in him; 3644
and the scripture also which saith, Let them
look upon him whom they pierced.3645
[21] 3646
And there were in
the distance all the acquaintance of Jesus standing, and the women that
came with him from Galilee, those that followed him and
ministered. [22] 3647
One of them was Mary
Magdalene; and Mary the mother of James the little and [23] [Arabic, p.
198] Joses, 3648
and the mother of
the sons of Zebedee, and Salome, and many others which came up with him
unto Jerusalem; 3649
and they saw
that.
[24] 3650
And when the evening
of the Friday was come, because of the entering of the [25] sabbath,
3651
there came a rich man,3652
a noble3653
of
Ramah,3654
a city of
Judah,3655
named Joseph, and
he was a good man and upright; 3656
and he was
a3657
disciple of Jesus, but [26] was concealing
himself for fear of the Jews. 3658
And he did not
agree with the accusers [27] in their desire and their deeds:
3659
and he was looking for the kingdom of
God. 3660
And this man went
boldly, and entered in unto Pilate, and asked of him the body of [28]
Jesus. 3661
And Pilate wondered
how he had died already: and he called the officer of [29] the
footsoldiers, and asked him concerning his death before the time.
3662
And when [30] he knew, he commanded him to
deliver up his body unto Joseph. 3663
And
Joseph bought for him a winding cloth of pure linen, and took down the
body of Jesus, [31] and wound it in it; and they came and took
it. 3664
And there came unto
him Nicodemus also, who of old came unto Jesus by night; and he brought
with him perfume3665
[32] of myrrh and
aloes, about a hundred pounds. 3666
And
they took the body of Jesus, and wound it in the linen and the perfume,
as was the custom of the Jews to bury.
[33] 3667
And there was in the
place where Jesus was crucified a garden; and in that garden [34] a new
tomb cut out in a rock,3668
wherein was never
man yet laid. 3669
And they left [35]
Jesus there because the sabbath had come in, and because the tomb was
near. 3670
And they
pushed3671
| 3671 On the plural,
which is to be found also in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary, see
§ 38, 43, note (end). The word chosen might be simply a
clerical error for an original Arabic rolled. | a great stone, and
thrust3672
| 3672 Lit. cast
(cf. Sinaitic). | it against the door
of the sepulchre, and [36] went away. 3673
And
Mary Magdalene and Mary that was related to Joses came to [37] [Arabic,
p. 199] the sepulchre after them,3674
| 3674 Dual. The
clause (from came) is found verbatim in Sin. and Cur. at Luke
xxiii. 55. Here, after the word Luke of the reference, at
the end of leaf 117 of Vat. ms., is a note by a
later hand: “Here a leaf is wanting.” This
second and last lacuna extends from § 52, 37, to § 53,
4. |
3675
and sat opposite the sepulchre,3676
and saw the [38] body, how they took it in
and laid it there. 3677
And they returned,
and bought ointment3678
and
perfume,3679
| 3679 The two
Arabic words are practically synonymous (cf.
Luke xxiii. 56, Pesh.). | and
prepared3680
it, that
they might come and anoint him. [39] 3681
And
on the day which was the sabbath day they desisted according to the
command.
[40, 41] 3682
And the chief
priests and the Pharisees gathered unto Pilate, and said unto him,
3683
Our lord, we remember that that misleader
said, while he was alive, After three days [42] I rise. 3684
And now send beforehand and guard the
tomb3685
| 3685 The ms. omits the tomb. | until the third day,3686
lest his disciples come and steal him by night, and they will say unto
the people that he [43] is risen from the dead: and the last
error shall be worse than the first. 3687
He
said unto them, And have ye not guards?3688
| 3688 The word might
be taken as a collective noun, singular. But cf. Peshitta
and § 52, 51. |
go, and take precautions as ye know how. [44] 3689
And they went, and set guards at the
tomb, and sealed that stone, with the guards.
[45] 3690
And in the evening
of the sabbath, which is the morning of the first day, and in
[46] the dawning3691
| 3691 cf.
Peshitta. The Arabic word is variously explained. | while the darkness
yet remained, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary and other women to
see the tomb. 3692
They brought with
them the [47] perfume which they had prepared, and said among
themselves, 3693
Who is it that will
[48] remove for us the stone from
the door of the tomb? for it was very great. 3694
And when they said thus, there occurred a
great earthquake; and an angel came down [49] from heaven, and came and
removed the stone from the door. 3695
And
they came and found the stone removed from the sepulchre, and the angel
sitting upon the [50] stone. 3696
And his
appearance was as the lightning, and his raiment white as the [51]
snow: 3697
and for fear of him
the guards were troubled, and became as dead men. [52]
3698
And when he went away, the women entered into
the sepulchre; and they found [53] [Arabic, p. 200] not the body of
Jesus. 3699
And they saw there a
young man sitting on the [54] right, arrayed in a white garment; and
they were amazed.3700
| 3700 The diacritical points
of the first letter must be corrected. | 3701
And the angel answered and said unto the
women, Fear ye not: for I know that ye seek Jesus the [55]
Nazarene, who hath been crucified. He is not here; but he is
risen, as he said. 3702
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