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Section VII.

[1] [Arabic, p. 26] ⁵²³

⁵²³ Mark i. 35.
And in the morning of that day he went out very early, and went to a [2] desert place, and was there praying. ⁵²⁴

⁵²⁴ Mark i. 36.
And Simon and those that were with [3] him sought him. ⁵²⁵

⁵²⁵ Mark i. 37.
And when they found him, they said unto him, All the people seek for [4] thee. ⁵²⁶

⁵²⁶ Mark i. 38.
He said unto them, Let us go into the adjacent villages and towns, that I may [5] preach there also; for to this end did I come. ⁵²⁷

⁵²⁷ Luke iv. 42.
And the multitudes were seeking him, and came till they reached him; and they took hold of him, that he should not [6] go away from them. ⁵²⁸

⁵²⁸ Luke iv. 43.
But Jesus said unto them, I must preach of the kingdom of [7] God in other cities also: for because of this gospel was I sent. ⁵²⁹

⁵²⁹ Matt. ix. 35.
And Jesus was going about all the cities and the villages, and teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the diseases and all the sicknesses, [8] ⁵³⁰

⁵³⁰ Mark i. 39.
and casting out the devils. ⁵³¹

⁵³¹ Luke iv. 14b.
And his fame became known ⁵³²

⁵³² Luke iv. 15.
that⁵³³

⁵³³ This may represent a Syriac as.
he was teaching in [9] every place and being glorified by every man. ⁵³⁴

⁵³⁴ Mark ii. 14.
And when he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting among the tax-gatherers;⁵³⁵

⁵³⁵ See above, note to § 6, 46, which applies, although the Arabic words are different.
and he said unto him, Follow [10] me: and he rose and followed him. ⁵³⁶

⁵³⁶ Matt. iv. 24.
And the news of him was heard of in all the land of Syria: and they brought unto him all those whom grievous ills had befallen through divers diseases, and those that were enduring torment, and those that were possessed, and lunatics,⁵³⁷

⁵³⁷ Lit. son-of-the-roofs, a Syriac expression (cf. § 24, 31, note).
and paralytics; and he healed them.

[11, 12] ⁵³⁸

⁵³⁸ Mark ii. 1.
And after some days Jesus entered into Capernaum again. ⁵³⁹

⁵³⁹ Mark ii. 2.
And when they heard that he was in the house,⁵⁴⁰

⁵⁴⁰ This is the end of verse 1 in the Greek.
many gathered, so that it could not hold them, even about [13] [Arabic, p. 27] the door; and he made known to them the word of God. ⁵⁴¹

⁵⁴¹ Luke v. 17b.
And there were there some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, sitting, come from all the villages of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was [14] present to heal them. ⁵⁴²

⁵⁴² Luke v. 18.
And some men brought a bed with a man on it who was paralytic. [15] And they sought to bring him in and lay him before him. ⁵⁴³

⁵⁴³ Luke v. 19.
And when they found no way to bring him in because of the multitude of people, they went up to the roof, and let him down with his bed from the roofing,⁵⁴⁴

⁵⁴⁴ This word may be either a singular or a plural.
into the midst before Jesus. [16] ⁵⁴⁵

⁵⁴⁵ Luke v. 20.
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the paralytic, My son, thy sins are forgiven [17] thee. ⁵⁴⁶

⁵⁴⁶ Luke v. 21.
And the scribes and Pharisees began to think within their hearts, Why doth this man blaspheme?⁵⁴⁷

⁵⁴⁷ This word ordinarily means to forge lies against; but our translator uses it regularly as here.
Who is it that is able to forgive sins, but God alone? [18] ⁵⁴⁸

⁵⁴⁸ Mark ii. 8.
And Jesus knew by the spirit that they were thinking this within themselves, and he [19] said unto them, Why do ye think this within your heart? ⁵⁴⁹

⁵⁴⁹ Mark ii. 9.
Which is better,⁵⁵⁰

⁵⁵⁰ Peshitta has easier.
that it should be said to the paralytic, Thy sins are forgiven thee, or that it should be said [20] to him, Arise, and take thy bed, and walk? ⁵⁵¹

⁵⁵¹ Mark ii. 10.
That ye may know that the Son of man [21] is empowered on earth to forgive sins (and he said to the paralytic), ⁵⁵²

⁵⁵² Mark ii. 11.
I say unto thee, [22] Arise, take thy bed, and go to thine house. ⁵⁵³

⁵⁵³ Mark ii. 12a.
And he rose forthwith, and took his bed, and went out in the presence of all. ⁵⁵⁴

⁵⁵⁴ Luke v. 25b.
And he went to his house praising God. [23] ⁵⁵⁵

⁵⁵⁵ Matt. ix. 8a.
And when those multitudes saw, they feared; ⁵⁵⁶

⁵⁵⁶ Luke v. 26a.
and amazement took possession of [24] them, ⁵⁵⁷

⁵⁵⁷ Matt. ix. 8b.
and they praised God, who had given such power to men. ⁵⁵⁸

⁵⁵⁸ Luke v. 26c.
And they said, We have seen marvellous things to-day, ⁵⁵⁹

⁵⁵⁹ Mark ii. 12c.
of which we have never before seen the like.

[25] [Arabic, p. 28] ⁵⁶⁰

⁵⁶⁰ Luke v. 27.
And after that, Jesus went out, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting [26] among the publicans:⁵⁶¹

⁵⁶¹ See above, note to § 6, 46.
and he said unto him, Follow me. ⁵⁶²

⁵⁶² Luke v. 28.
And he left [27] everything, and rose, and followed him. ⁵⁶³

⁵⁶³ Luke v. 29.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house. And there was a great multitude of the publicans and others sitting with him. [28] ⁵⁶⁴

⁵⁶⁴ Luke v. 30.
And the scribes and Pharisees murmured, and said unto his disciples, Why do ye eat [29] and drink with the publicans and sinners? ⁵⁶⁵

⁵⁶⁵ Luke v. 31.
Jesus answered and said unto them, The physician seeketh not those who are well, but those that are afflicted with grievous [30, 31] sickness.⁵⁶⁶

⁵⁶⁶ A Syriacism.
⁵⁶⁷

⁵⁶⁷ Luke v. 32.
I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners, to repentance. ⁵⁶⁸

⁵⁶⁸ Luke v. 33.
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast always, and pray, and the [32] Pharisees also, but thy disciples eat and drink? ⁵⁶⁹

⁵⁶⁹ Luke v. 34.
He said unto them, Ye cannot make [33] the sons of the marriage feast⁵⁷⁰

⁵⁷⁰ The Arabic word, which occurs here in many of the Arabic versions, could also be read bridegroom. The Syriac word for marriage chamber is also used in the sense of marriage feast.
fast, while the bridegroom is with them. ⁵⁷¹

⁵⁷¹ Luke v. 35.
Days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them; then will they fast in those [34] days. ⁵⁷²

⁵⁷² Luke v. 36a.
And he spake unto them a parable: ⁵⁷³

⁵⁷³ Mark ii. 21.
No man inserteth a new patch and seweth it in a worn garment, lest the newness of the new take from the worn, and [35] there occur a great rent. ⁵⁷⁴

⁵⁷⁴ Mark ii. 22.
And no man putteth fresh wine into old skins, lest the wine burst the skins, and the skins be destroyed, and the wine spilled; but they put [36] the fresh wine in the new skins, and both are preserved. ⁵⁷⁵

⁵⁷⁵ Luke v. 38, 39.
And no man drinketh old wine and straightway desireth fresh; for he saith, The old is better.

[37] ⁵⁷⁶

⁵⁷⁶ Matt. xii. 1.
And while Jesus was walking on the sabbath day among the sown fields, his disciples [Arabic, p. 29] hungered. And they were rubbing the ears with their hands, and [38] eating. ⁵⁷⁷

⁵⁷⁷ Matt. xii. 2a.
But some of the Pharisees, when they saw them, ⁵⁷⁸

⁵⁷⁸ Mark ii. 24.
said unto him, See, [39] why⁵⁷⁹

⁵⁷⁹ Syr. In Arab. it means what?
do thy disciples on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? ⁵⁸⁰

⁵⁸⁰ Mark ii. 25.
But Jesus said unto them, Have ye not read in olden time what David did, when he had need and [40] hungered, he and those that were with him? ⁵⁸¹

⁵⁸¹ Mark ii. 26.
how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the table of the Lord, which it was not lawful that any should eat, save the priests, and gave to them that were with him also? [41] ⁵⁸²

⁵⁸² Mark ii. 27.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was created because of man, and man was not [42] created because of the sabbath. ⁵⁸³

⁵⁸³ Matt. xii. 5.
Or have ye not read in the law, that the priests in [43] the temple profane the sabbath, and yet they are blameless? ⁵⁸⁴

⁵⁸⁴ Matt. xii. 6.
I say unto you now, [44] that here is what⁵⁸⁵

⁵⁸⁵ This may be simply a misinterpretation of the ordinary Syriac reading, which in all probability agrees with the masculine reading found in the Text. Rec. of the Greek.
is greater than the temple. ⁵⁸⁶

⁵⁸⁶ Matt. xii. 7.
If ye had known this:⁵⁸⁷

⁵⁸⁷ Is it possible that the Arabic word after known is not meant simply to introduce the quotation, but is to be taken in the adverbial sense, how representing the Syriac what that is?
I love mercy, [45] not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned⁵⁸⁸

⁵⁸⁸ See § 10, 13, note.
those on whom is no blame. ⁵⁸⁹

⁵⁸⁹ Matt. xii. 8.
The [46] Lord of the sabbath is the Son of man. ⁵⁹⁰

⁵⁹⁰ Mark iii. 21.
And his relatives heard, and went out to take him, and said, He hath gone out of his mind.

[47] ⁵⁹¹

⁵⁹¹ Luke vi. 6.
And on the next⁵⁹²

⁵⁹² Lit. other. The definite article is a mistake of the translator.
sabbath day he entered⁵⁹³

⁵⁹³ Here, at the end of leaf 17 of Vat. ms., is a note by a later hand: “Here a leaf is missing.” This first lacuna extends from § 7, 47 to § 8, 17.
into the synagogue and was teaching. [48] ⁵⁹⁴

⁵⁹⁴ Luke vi. 7.
And there was there a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day, [49] that they might find the means of accusing him. ⁵⁹⁵

⁵⁹⁵ Luke vi. 8.
But he knew their thoughts, and said unto the man whose hand was withered, Rise and come near into the midst of [50] the synagogue. ⁵⁹⁶

⁵⁹⁶ Luke vi. 9.
And when he came and stood, Jesus said unto them, I ask you, which is lawful to be done on the sabbath day, good or evil? shall lives be saved or [51] [Arabic, p. 30] destroyed? ⁵⁹⁷

⁵⁹⁷ Mark iii. 4b.
But they were silent. ⁵⁹⁸

⁵⁹⁸ Mark iii. 5.
Regarding⁵⁹⁹

⁵⁹⁹ An easy clerical error for And so he regarded (cf. Peshitta).
them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts. And he said unto the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand became straight. [52] ⁶⁰⁰

⁶⁰⁰ Matt. xii. 11.
Then he said unto them, What man of you shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a [53] well on the sabbath day, will not take it and lift it out? ⁶⁰¹

⁶⁰¹ Matt. xii. 12.
And how much is man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the sabbath to do good.
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