Section V.
[1] 376
Jesus answered and
said unto him, Get thee hence,
Satan: for it is written, Thou [2]
shalt
worship the
Lord thy
God, and him alone shalt thou serve.
377
And when the [3]
devil378
| 378 Lit.
backbiter, a different word from that used above in § 4,
43, 47. |
had
completed all his
temptations, he departed from him for a
season.
379
And behold, the
angels drew near and
ministered unto him.
[4, 5] 380
And next day John was
standing, and two of his
disciples;
381
and he saw
Jesus
as [6] he was walking, and said, Behold, the
Lamb of
God!
382
And his two
disciples heard [7] him saying
this,
383
and they followed
Jesus.
384
And
Jesus turned and
saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What
seek ye? They
said unto him, Our master, [8] where art thou staying?
385
And he said unto them, Come and see. And
they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day: and it
was about the tenth hour. [9]
386
One of the two
which heard from
387
John, and followed
Jesus, was
Andrew the [10]
brother of
Simon.
388
And he saw first
Simon his
brother, and said
unto him, We have [11] found the
Messiah.
389
And he brought him unto
Jesus. And
Jesus
looked upon him and said, Thou art
Simon, son of Jonah: thou
shalt be called
Cephas.
390
| 390 The Arabic word
used throughout this work means Stones. |
[12] 391
And on the next day
Jesus desired to go forth to
Galilee, and he found
Philip, [13]
[Arabic, p. 19] and said unto him, Follow me.
392
Now
Philip was of
Bethsaida, of the city [14]
of
Andrew and
Simon.
393
And
Philip found
Nathanael, and said unto him, He of whom
Moses did
write in the
law and
in the
prophets, we have found that [15] he is
Jesus the son of
Joseph
of
Nazareth.
394
Nathanael said unto
him, Is it possible that there can
be any good thing from
Nazareth?
Philip said unto him, Come and
[16] see.
395
And
Jesus saw
Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a
396
| 396 Lit. the
(cf. note to § 1, 40). |
[17] son of
Israel in whom is no
guile.
397
And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest
thou me?
Jesus said unto him, Before
Philip called thee, while
thou wast under the [18]
fig tree, I saw thee.
398
Nathanael answered and said unto him, My
Master, thou art [19] the Son of
God; thou art the King of
Israel.
399
Jesus said unto him,
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the
fig tree, hast thou
believed? thou shalt see what is [20] greater than this.
400
And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the
angels of
God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
[21] 401
And
Jesus returned in
the
power of the Spirit to
Galilee.
[22] 402
And on the third day
there was a
feast in
Cana,
403
| 403 Arabic
Qatna; at § 5, 32, Qatina, following the Syriac
form. |
a
404
| 404 Lit. the
(cf. note to § 1, 40). |
city of
Galilee; and the [23] mother of
Jesus was there:
405
and
Jesus also and his
disciples were invited
to the [24]
feast.
406
And they lacked
wine: and his mother said unto
Jesus, They have no
wine.
[25]
407
And
Jesus said unto her, What have I to do
with thee,
woman? hath not mine [26] hour come?
408
| 408 The reading of
Cur. and Sin. is not known; but cf. Moesinger, p. 53, and
Isho’dad quoted in Harris, Fragments, etc., p.
46. |
409
And his mother said unto the
servants, What he
saith unto you, do. [27]
410
And there were there
six
vessels of
stone, placed for the
Jews’ purification, such as
[28] [Arabic, p. 20] would contain two or three jars.
411
And
Jesus said unto them, Fill the
vessels
[29] with
water. And they filled them to the top.
412
He said unto them, Draw [30] out now, and
present to the
ruler of the
feast. And they did
so.
413
And when the
ruler of the
company tasted that
water which had become
wine, and knew not whence it was (but the
servants knew, because they filled up the
water), the
ruler of the
company called [31] the bridegroom,
414
and said unto
him, Every man presenteth first the good
wine, and on
intoxication he
bringeth what is
poor; but thou hast kept the good
wine until [32]
now.
415
And this is the first
sign
416
| 416 Perhaps a comma
should be inserted after sign. |
which
Jesus did in
Cana of
Galilee, and
manifested [33] his
glory; and his
disciples believed on him.
417
And his
fame spread in all the
country [34]
which was around them.
418
And he taught in their
synagogues, and was
glorified [35] by
419
| 419 If the text does
not contain a misprint the word for by is wanting in both
mss. It should doubtless be restored as
in § 7, 3. |
every man.
420
And he came to
Nazareth, where he had been
brought up, and entered, according to his
custom, into the
synagogue on
the
sabbath day, and stood [36] up to read.
421
And he was given the book of Isaiah the
prophet. And
Jesus opened the book and found the place where it
was written,
[37] 422
The Spirit of the
Lord
is upon me,
And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to
the poor;
And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,
And to proclaim forgiveness to the
evil-doers,423
| 423 Evil-doers
could easily be an Arabic copyist’s corruption of
captives; but the word used here for forgiveness could
hardly spring from an Arabic release (in Ibn-at-Tayyib’s
Commentary, where the thing seems to have happened, a different word is
used). In Syriac, however, they are the same; while the first
pair contain the same consonants. |
and sight to the
blind,
And to bring the broken into forgiveness,424
[38] 425
And to
proclaim an
acceptable year of the
Lord.
[39] 426
And he rolled up the
book and gave it to the
servant, and went and sat down: [40] and
the
eyes of all that were in the
synagogue were observing him.
427
And he began to say unto them, To-day hath
this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with [41] your
ears.
428
And they all bare him
witness, and wondered at the words of
grace which were proceeding from
his mouth.
[42] [Arabic, p. 21] 429
And from that
time began
Jesus to
proclaim the
gospel of the
kingdom [43] of
God, and
to say,
Repent ye, and believe in the
gospel.
430
The time is fulfilled, and the
kingdom of
heaven hath come near.
[44] 431
And while he was
walking on the
shore of the
sea of
Galilee, he saw two
brethren,
Simon
who was called
Cephas, and
Andrew his
brother, casting their nets into
[45] the
sea; for they were fishers.
432
And
Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will [46] make you fishers of
men.
433
And they immediately
left their nets there and followed [47] him.
434
And when he went on from thence, he saw other
two
brothers, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his
brother, in the
ship with
Zebedee their
father, mending [48] their nets; and
Jesus
called them.
435
And they immediately
forsook the
ship and their
father Zebedee, and followed him.
[49] 436
And when the multitude gathered unto him to
hear the word of
God, while he [50] was standing on the
shore of the
sea of Gennesaret,
437
he saw two
boats
standing beside the
sea, while
438
the two fishers which
were gone out of them were washing their [51] nets.
439
And one of them belonged to
Simon
Cephas. And
Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that
they should move away a little from the
land into [52] the
water.
And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the
boat.
440
And when he had left off his speaking, he said
unto
Simon, Put out into the
deep, and cast your [53] net for a
draught.
441
And
Simon answered and
said unto him, My Master, we toiled [54] all night and caught nothing;
now
442
| 442 Borg. ms. has but. The Arabic expressions are very
similar. |
at thy word I will cast the net.
443
And when they did this, there were
enclosed
444
| 444 Borg. ms. has he did this, he enclosed, on which see
§ 38, 43, note (end). Either reading could spring from the
other, within the Arabic. |
a great many fishes;
and their net was on the [55] point of breaking.
445
And they beckoned to their comrades that were
in the other boat, to come and help them. And when they came,
they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of
sinking.
E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
