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Section XI.

[1] [Arabic, p. 42] ⁸¹⁴

⁸¹⁴ Matt. vii. 28.
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the multitudes were astonished [2] at his teaching; ⁸¹⁵

⁸¹⁵ Matt. vii. 29.
and that because he was teaching them as one having authority, not as their scribes and the Pharisees.

[3] ⁸¹⁶

⁸¹⁶ Matt. viii. 1.
And when he descended from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

[4] ⁸¹⁷

⁸¹⁷ Matt. viii. 5a; Luke vii. 2.
And when Jesus entered Capernaum, the servant of one of the chiefs was in an [5] evil case, and he was precious to him, and he was at the point of death. ⁸¹⁸

⁸¹⁸ Luke vii. 3.
And he [6] heard of Jesus, and came to him with the elders of the Jews; ⁸¹⁹

⁸¹⁹ Matt. viii. 5b; Matt. viii. 6.
and he besought him, and said, My Lord, my boy is laid in the house paralysed,⁸²⁰

⁸²⁰ i.e., so as to be unable to walk.
and he is suffering grievous [7] torment. ⁸²¹

⁸²¹ Luke vii. 4b.
And the elders urgently requested of him, and said, He is worthy that [8] this should be done unto him: ⁸²²

⁸²² Luke vii. 5.
for he loveth our people, and he also built the synagogue [9, 10] for us. ⁸²³

⁸²³ Matt. viii. 7.
Jesus said unto him, I will come and heal him. ⁸²⁴

⁸²⁴ Matt. viii. 8.
That chief answered and said, My Lord, I am not worthy that my roof should shade thee; but it sufficeth [11] that thou speak a word, and my lad shall be healed. ⁸²⁵

⁸²⁵ Luke vii. 8.
And I also am a man in obedience to authority, having under my hand soldiers:⁸²⁶

⁸²⁶ Or, bodies of soldiers.
and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant that he do this, [12] and he doeth it. ⁸²⁷

⁸²⁷ Luke vii. 9a.
And when Jesus heard that, he marvelled at him,⁸²⁸

⁸²⁸ Or, it.
and turned and said unto the multitude that were coming with him, ⁸²⁹

⁸²⁹ Matt. viii. 10b.
Verily I say unto you, I have [13] not found in Israel the like of this faith. ⁸³⁰

⁸³⁰ Matt. viii. 11.
I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob [14] [Arabic, p. 43] in the kingdom of heaven: ⁸³¹

⁸³¹ Matt. viii. 12.
but the children of the kingdom shall be cast [15] forth into the outer darkness: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ⁸³²

⁸³² Matt. viii. 13.
And Jesus said to that chief, Go thy way; as thou hast believed, so shall it be unto thee. [16] ⁸³³

⁸³³ Luke vii. 10.
And his lad was healed in that hour. And that chief returned to the house and found that sick servant healed.

[17] ⁸³⁴

⁸³⁴ Luke vii. 11.
And the day after, he was going to a city called Nain, and his disciples with him, [18] and a great multitude. ⁸³⁵

⁸³⁵ Luke vii. 12.
And when he was come near the gate of the city, he saw a crowd⁸³⁶

⁸³⁶ Lit. company.
accompanying one that was dead, the only son of his mother; and his mother was a widow: and there was with her a great multitude of the people of the [19] city. ⁸³⁷

⁸³⁷ Luke vii. 13.
And when Jesus saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep [20] not. ⁸³⁸

⁸³⁸ Luke vii. 14.
And he went and advanced to the bier, and the bearers of it stood still; and [21] he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. ⁸³⁹

⁸³⁹ Luke vii. 15.
And that dead man sat up and began [22] to speak; and he gave him to his mother. ⁸⁴⁰

⁸⁴⁰ Luke vii. 16.
And fear came on all the people: and they praised God, and said, There hath risen among us a great prophet: and, God [23] hath had regard to his people. ⁸⁴¹

⁸⁴¹ Luke vii. 17.
And this news concerning him spread in all Judæa, and in all the region which was about them.

[24] ⁸⁴²

⁸⁴² Matt. viii. 18.
And when Jesus saw great multitudes surrounding him, he commanded them to [25] depart to the other side. ⁸⁴³

⁸⁴³ Luke ix. 57a; Matt. viii. 19.
And while they were going in the way, there came one of the scribes and said unto him, My Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou [26] goest. ⁸⁴⁴

⁸⁴⁴ Matt. viii. 20.
Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have [27] nests; but the Son of man hath not a place in which to lay his head. ⁸⁴⁵

⁸⁴⁵ Luke ix. 59.
And he said unto another, Follow me. And he said unto him, My Lord, suffer me first to go and [28] bury my father. ⁸⁴⁶

⁸⁴⁶ Luke ix. 60.
Jesus said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their dead; but thou, [29] follow me and preach the kingdom of God. ⁸⁴⁷

⁸⁴⁷ Luke ix. 61.
And another said unto him, I will follow [Arabic, p. 44] thee, my Lord; but first suffer me to go and salute my household and [30] come. ⁸⁴⁸

⁸⁴⁸ Luke ix. 62.
Jesus said unto him, There is no one who putteth his hand to the plough⁸⁴⁹

⁸⁴⁹ Lit. plough of the yoke.
and looketh behind him, and yet is fit for the kingdom of God.

[31] ⁸⁵⁰

⁸⁵⁰ Mark iv. 35; Luke viii. 22d.
And he said to them on that day in the evening, Let us go over to the other side [32] of the lake; and he left⁸⁵¹

⁸⁵¹ cf., e.g., at § 17, 19, § 23, 16, where the same Arabic and Syriac word is used; cf. also the ambiguity of the Greek (R.V. has left).
the multitudes. ⁸⁵²

⁸⁵² Mark iv. 36a; Luke viii. 22b.
And Jesus went up and sat in the ship, [33] he and his disciples, and there were with them other ships. ⁸⁵³

⁸⁵³ Mark iv. 36c; Matt. viii. 24a.
And there occurred on the sea a great tempest⁸⁵⁴

⁸⁵⁴ Lit. commotion.
of whirlwind and wind, ⁸⁵⁵

⁸⁵⁵ Luke viii. 23c.
and the ship was on the point of [34] sinking from the greatness⁸⁵⁶

⁸⁵⁶ Or, abundance.
of the waves. ⁸⁵⁷

⁸⁵⁷ Mark iv. 38a.
But Jesus was sleeping on a cushion in the stern of the ship; ⁸⁵⁸

⁸⁵⁸ Matt. viii. 25.
and his disciples came and awoke him, and said unto him, Our [35] Lord, save us; lo, we perish. ⁸⁵⁹

⁸⁵⁹ Luke viii. 24b.
And he rose, and rebuked the winds and the turbulence of the water, and said to the sea, Be still, for thou art rebuked; ⁸⁶⁰

⁸⁶⁰ Mark iv. 39b.
and the wind [36] was still, and there was a great calm. ⁸⁶¹

⁸⁶¹ Mark iv. 40.
And he said unto them, Why are ye thus [37] afraid? and why have ye no faith? ⁸⁶²

⁸⁶² Luke viii. 25b.
And they feared greatly.⁸⁶³

⁸⁶³ The last clause belongs in the Greek to verse 41.
And they marvelled, and said one to another, Who, think you, is this, who commandeth also the wind and the waves and the sea, and they obey him?

[38] ⁸⁶⁴

⁸⁶⁴ Luke viii. 26.
And they departed and came to the country of the Gadarenes, which is on the [39] other side, opposite the land of Galilee. ⁸⁶⁵

⁸⁶⁵ Luke viii. 27a.
And when he went out of the ship to the land, ⁸⁶⁶

⁸⁶⁶ Mark v. 2b; Luke viii. 27c.
there met him from among the tombs a man who had a devil for a long time, [40] and wore no clothes, neither dwelt in a house, but among the tombs. ⁸⁶⁷

⁸⁶⁷ Mark v. 3b.
And no man was [Arabic, p. 45] able to bind him with chains, ⁸⁶⁸

⁸⁶⁸ Mark v. 4a.
because any time that he was bound with chains [41] and fetters he cut the chains and loosened the fetters; ⁸⁶⁹

⁸⁶⁹ Luke viii. 29c.
and he was snatched⁸⁷⁰

⁸⁷⁰ Imperfect tense.
[42] away of the devil into the desert, ⁸⁷¹

⁸⁷¹ Mark v. 4b, 5a.
and no man was able to quiet him; and at all times, in the night and in the day, he would be among the tombs and in the mountains; ⁸⁷²

⁸⁷² Matt. viii. 28b.
and no man was able to pass by that way; ⁸⁷³

⁸⁷³ Mark v. 5b.
and he would cry out and wound himself [43] with stones. ⁸⁷⁴

⁸⁷⁴ Mark v. 6.
And when he saw Jesus at a distance, he hastened and worshipped [44] him, and cried with a loud voice and said, ⁸⁷⁵

⁸⁷⁵ Mark v. 7a; Luke viii. 28b.
What have we to do with thee, Jesus, [45] Son of the most high God? ⁸⁷⁶

⁸⁷⁶ Mark v. 7c; Luke viii. 29a.
I adjure thee by God, torment me not. And Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man: and he had suffered⁸⁷⁷

⁸⁷⁷ Lit. and it was for him.
a long [46] time since the time when he came into captivity to it. ⁸⁷⁸

⁸⁷⁸ Luke viii. 30.
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? He said unto him, Legion; for there had entered into him many [47] devils. ⁸⁷⁹

⁸⁷⁹ Luke viii. 31.
And they besought him that he would not command them to depart into [48] the depths. ⁸⁸⁰

⁸⁸⁰ Luke viii. 32.
And there was there a herd of many swine, feeding in the mountain, and those devils besought him to give them leave to enter the swine; and he gave [49] them leave. ⁸⁸¹

⁸⁸¹ Luke viii. 33.
And the devils went out of the man and entered into the swine. ⁸⁸²

⁸⁸² Mark v. 13b.
And that herd hastened to the summit and fell down into the midst of the sea, about two [50] thousand, and they were choked in the water. ⁸⁸³

⁸⁸³ Luke viii. 34.
And when the keepers saw what [51] happened, they fled, and told those in the cities and villages. ⁸⁸⁴

⁸⁸⁴ Luke viii. 35.
And the people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man whose [Arabic, p. 46] devils had gone out, clothed, modest,⁸⁸⁵

⁸⁸⁵ cf. Syriac versions.
seated at the feet of Jesus; and they [52] feared. ⁸⁸⁶

⁸⁸⁶ Luke viii. 36.
And they reported what they saw, and how the man was healed who had a devil, ⁸⁸⁷

⁸⁸⁷ Mark v. 16b.
and concerning those swine also.
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